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Enchanted Island

Title: Enchanted Island : radio broadcast, 2012-01-21 / English libretto by Jeremy Sams.
Publication: New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2012]

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Description

3 audio discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A newly-created pastiche with music by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and other baroque composers, and based on Shakespeare's Tempest and Midsummer night's dream.

Series Statement

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 21, 2012

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 21, 2012.
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title and date from the discs ; credits from audition and Metropolitan Opera program.
House program on file in Music Division.
Full list of composers and their music works including titles of arias used in this opera, can be found on Metropolitan Opera Association site.

Performer (note)

Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) ; David Daniels (Prospero) ; Plácido Domingo (Neptune) ; Danielle de Niese (Ariel) ; Luca Pisaroni (Caliban) ; Lisette Oropesa (Miranda) ; Anthony Roth Costanzo (Ferdinand) ; Elizabeth DeShong (Hermia) ; Elliot Madore (Lysander) ; Layla Claire (Helena) ; Paul Appleby (Demetrius) ; Ashley Emerson, Monica Yunus, Philippe Castagner, Tyler Simpson (Quartet) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; William Christie, conductor.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Stiff) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 1 (conclusion) ; Voigt interviews de Niese and Daniels ; McDermott, talks about his directorial work in "The Enchanted Opera" ; Sams speaks about his work in "The Enchanted Island" (on tape) ; Racette speaks about her role in Tosca ; Met Cameo with Paul Plishka ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Voigt interviews DiDonato and Pisaroni ; Act 2 (start) -- CD 3. Act 2 (conclusion) ; Closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 53123

OCLC

868712313

Title

Enchanted Island : radio broadcast, 2012-01-21 / English libretto by Jeremy Sams.

Production

New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2012]

Playing Time

011957 011957 010712

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 21, 2012

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 21, 2012.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Performer

Margaret Juntwait, Ira Siff, hosts ; Deborah Voigt, interviewer ; Danielle de Niese, David Daniels, Jeremy Sams, Joyce DiDonato, Luca Pisaroni, interviewees ; Phelim McDermott, Patricia Racette, Paul Plishka, commentators.

Cast

Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) ; David Daniels (Prospero) ; Plácido Domingo (Neptune) ; Danielle de Niese (Ariel) ; Luca Pisaroni (Caliban) ; Lisette Oropesa (Miranda) ; Anthony Roth Costanzo (Ferdinand) ; Elizabeth DeShong (Hermia) ; Elliot Madore (Lysander) ; Layla Claire (Helena) ; Paul Appleby (Demetrius) ; Ashley Emerson, Monica Yunus, Philippe Castagner, Tyler Simpson (Quartet) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; William Christie, conductor.

Event

Broadcast live on Sirius XM Metropolitan Opera Radio from Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 2012 January 21.

Language

Sung in English.

Source

Gift; Metropolitan Opera, August 2011.

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Added Author

Sams, Jeremy, librettist.

Sams, Jeremy, commentator.

Christie, William (William Lincoln), conductor.

DiDonato, Joyce, performer.

DiDonato, Joyce, interviewee.

Daniels, David, 1966- performer.

Daniels, David, 1966- interviewee.

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.

De Niese, Danielle, performer.

De Niese, Danielle, interviewee.

Pisaroni, Luca, 1975- performer.

Pisaroni, Luca, 1975- interviewee.

Oropesa, Lisette, performer.

Costanzo, Anthony Roth, performer.

DeShong, Elizabeth, performer.

Madore, Elliot, performer.

Claire, Layla, performer.

Appleby, Paul (Tenor), performer.

Voigt, Deborah, interviewer.

McDermott, Phelim, commentator.

Racette, Patricia, 1967- commentator.

Plishka, Paul, 1941- commentator.

Juntwait, Margaret, host.

Siff, Ira, host.

Container of (work): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Vocal music. Selections. English.

Container of (work): Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Vocal music. Selections. English.

Container of (work): Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. Vocal music. Selections. English.

Libretto based on (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Libretto based on (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Research Call Number

*LDC 53123

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