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Le nozze di Figaro
- Title
- Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
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- Additional Authors
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
- Dean, Stafford
- Valente, Benita
- Te Kanawa, Kiri
- Elias, Rosalind
- Kraft, Jean
- Norden, Betsy
- Mays, Linda
- Shawn, Dorothy
- Stewart, Thomas, 1926-
- Foldi, Andrew, 1920-
- Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
- Best, Richard, 1935-
- Schmorr, Robert
- Bedford, Steuart
- Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
- Goldovsky, Boris
- Downes, Edward, 1911-
- Masiello, Alberta
- Mohr, Richard
- Weaver, William, 1923-2013
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
- Description
- on 7 sides of 4 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 21, 1976
- Uniform Title
- Nozze di Figaro
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Nozze di Figaro
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program.
- Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file.
- Performer (note)
- Stafford Dean (Figaro) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess Almaviva) ; Benita Valente (Susanna) ; Rosalind Elias (Cherubino) ; Jean Kraft (Marcellina) ; Betsy Norden (Barbarina) ; Linda Mays, Dorothy Shawn (Peasant girls) ; Thomas Stewart (Count Almaviva) ; Andrew Foldi (Don Bartolo) ; Andrea Velis (Don Basilio) ; Richard Best (Antonio) ; Robert Schmorr (Don Curzio) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 21, 1976.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky on the character of musical keys) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Alberta Masiello, Richard Mohr, and William Weaver) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Special piano quiz (Alberta Masiello, quizmaster-pianist, with Richard Mohr, William Weaver, and Edward Downes) ; synopsis of Act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2, part 1 -- side 5. Act 2, part 2 -- side 6. Act 3 -- side 7. Act 4 ; Closing remarks(Allen).
- Call Number
- *LTCM 799
- OCLC
- NYPG06-R27
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
- Title
- Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 21, 1976
- Cast
- Stafford Dean (Figaro) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess Almaviva) ; Benita Valente (Susanna) ; Rosalind Elias (Cherubino) ; Jean Kraft (Marcellina) ; Betsy Norden (Barbarina) ; Linda Mays, Dorothy Shawn (Peasant girls) ; Thomas Stewart (Count Almaviva) ; Andrew Foldi (Don Bartolo) ; Andrea Velis (Don Basilio) ; Richard Best (Antonio) ; Robert Schmorr (Don Curzio) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 21, 1976.
- Original Version
- Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. LibrettistBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.Dean, Stafford. PerformerValente, Benita. PerformerTe Kanawa, Kiri. PerformerElias, Rosalind. PerformerKraft, Jean. PerformerNorden, Betsy. PerformerMays, Linda. PerformerShawn, Dorothy. PerformerStewart, Thomas, 1926- PerformerFoldi, Andrew, 1920- PerformerVelis, Andrea, 1932-1994. PerformerBest, Richard, 1935- PerformerSchmorr, Robert. PerformerBedford, Steuart. ConductorAllen, Peter, 1920-2016. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorDownes, Edward, 1911- CommentatorMasiello, Alberta. Commentator. PerformerMohr, Richard. CommentatorWeaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LTCM 799 Notes on file.