Research Catalog

Title

Armida : radio broadcast, 2011-03-05 : [opera in three acts] / music by Gioachino Rossini ; libretto by Giovanni Schmidt ; based on the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso.

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Publication

New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2011]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schmidt, Giovanni, approximately 1775-
• Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.
• Frizza, Riccardo, 1971-
• Fleming, Renée
• Brownlee, Lawrence
• Osborn, John (Tenor)
• Siragusa, Antonino, 1964-
• Banks, Barry
• Van Rensburg, Kobie
• Manucharyan, Yeghishe
• Volpe, Peter
• Crawford, David, 1978-
• Juntwait, Margaret
• Siff, Ira
• Dessay, Natalie, 1965-
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Scheppelmann, Christina
• Bristo, Damon
• Moore, Gerald Martin
• Offenkrantz, Paul
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Toolajian, Loren
• Pape, René
• Vaness, Carol
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA

Description

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

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 5, 2011

Uniform Title

• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 5, 2011.
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

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.

Performer (note)

• Renée Fleming (Armida) ; Lawrence Brownlee (Rinaldo) ; John Osborn (Goffredo) ; Antonino Siragusa (Gernando) ; Barry Banks (Carlo) ; Kobie van Rensburg (Ubaldo) ; Yeghishe Manucharyan (Eustazio) ; Peter Volpe (Idraote) ; David Crawford (Astarotte) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Riccardo Frizza, conductor.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian; commentary in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Synopsis of act 1 (Juntwait & Siff) ; Act 1 ; ArmidaTime Capsule ; Backstage pass: Loren Toolajian interviews Renée Fleming (start) -- CD 2. Backstage pass: Loren Toolajian interviews Renée Fleming (conclusion) and Lawrence Brownlee ; Juntwait talks with René Pape about Boris Godunov (on tape) ; Carol Vaness: Levine 40th Anniversary tribute (with Mary Jo Heath) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait & Siff) ; Act 2 ; Met Memory with Paul Offenkranz (with Mary Jo Heath) ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Natalie Dessay (with William Berger) questions Christina Scheppelmann, Damon Bristo, and Gerald Martin Moore), start -- CD 3. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Natalie Dessay (with William Berger) questions Christina Scheppelmann, Damon Bristo, and Gerald Martin Moore), conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait & Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 53220

OCLC

893428766

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, composer.

Title

Armida : radio broadcast, 2011-03-05 : [opera in three acts] / music by Gioachino Rossini ; libretto by Giovanni Schmidt ; based on the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso.

Production

New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2011]

Playing Time

011958 011958 010222

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] March 5, 2011

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 5, 2011.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Performer

Margaret Juntwait, Natalie Dessay, hosts ; Loren Toolajian, interviewer ; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, René Pape, interviewees ; Ira Siff, Mary Jo Heath, William Berger, Carol Vaness, Christina Scheppelmann, Damon Bristo, Gerald Martin Moore, Paul Offenkratz, commentators.

Cast

Renée Fleming (Armida) ; Lawrence Brownlee (Rinaldo) ; John Osborn (Goffredo) ; Antonino Siragusa (Gernando) ; Barry Banks (Carlo) ; Kobie van Rensburg (Ubaldo) ; Yeghishe Manucharyan (Eustazio) ; Peter Volpe (Idraote) ; David Crawford (Astarotte) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Riccardo Frizza, conductor.

Event

Broadcast live on Sirius XM Metropolitan Opera Radio from Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 2011 March 5.

Language

Sung in Italian; commentary in English.

Source

Gift; Metropolitan Opera, August 2012.

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Added Author

Schmidt, Giovanni, approximately 1775- librettist.

Libretto based on (work): Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Gerusalemme liberata.

Frizza, Riccardo, 1971- conductor.

Fleming, Renée, performer.

Fleming, Renée, interviewee.

Brownlee, Lawrence, performer.

Brownlee, Lawrence, interviewee.

Osborn, John (Tenor), performer.

Siragusa, Antonino, 1964- performer.

Banks, Barry, performer.

Van Rensburg, Kobie, performer.

Manucharyan, Yeghishe, performer.

Volpe, Peter, performer.

Crawford, David, 1978- performer.

Juntwait, Margaret, host.

Siff, Ira, commentator.

Dessay, Natalie, 1965- host.

Berger, William, 1961- commentator.

Scheppelmann, Christina, commentator.

Bristo, Damon, commentator.

Moore, Gerald Martin, commentator.

Offenkrantz, Paul, commentator.

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- commentator.

Toolajian, Loren, commentator.

Pape, René, interviewee.

Vaness, Carol, commentator.

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

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

Added Title

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Research Call Number

*LDC 53220