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> Librettos for Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 2003-2004
NLS Music Circulars
Reading Materials for Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts,
2004-2005
Issued
2004
Information
The performances of the Metropolitan Opera's annual season are broadcast on
radio. The broadcast information is
listed below. All times United States Eastern Time.
Email the NLS Music Section nlsm@loc.gov to request
items in this list.
At the end of each listing you will find NLS Music Section book ordering numbers
for libretti and other material about each opera being performed on that date,
if the NLS Music Section has supporting material. The braille music (prefix:
BRM) and large-print music (LPM) items are libretti. The cassette book music
(CBM) items are musically illustrated lectures and do not contain libretti.
In cases where more than one order number appears for braille or large print,
the libretto may be the language of the opera and English, the language of the
opera only, or English only. For lectures, the cassette items, one book may
be solely about that opera, another may be about the composer, another may be
about the composer with significant material about the opera being broadcast.
To request more information about listed books or a copy of material of interest
to you, contact the Music Section using this email link, nlsm@loc.gov,
or call the Music Section at 1-800-424-8567.
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Broadcasts
The web address for listings of radio stations that carry the live broadcasts, is http://www.operainfo.org/stationfinder/. The Metropolitan Opera Guild maintains the Chevron Texaco Opera Information Center, a Web site with information about each of the operas in the broadcast schedule.
If the station finder link fails, try the home page for the Chevron Texaco Opera Information Center at http://www.operainfo.org/.
2004
December 11, 1:30pm
I Vespiri Siciliani
by Guiseppe Verdi
-
- NLS Music Section has no libretto or other items in special
format for this opera.
December 18, 1:00pm
Tannhüser
by Richard Wagner
- BRM 24751
- Tannhaüser: opera in three acts: libretto
with pricipal arias in music braille. 96 pages of handcopied braille.
December 25, 1:30pm
Kat'a Kabanová
by Leos Janácek
- LPM 00647
- Kat'a Kabanová by Leos Janácek.
- CBM 00647
- Kat'a Kabanová by Leos Janácek.
- CBM 00798
- Michale Barclay lectures on Kat'a Kabanová by Janácek.
- CBM 01703
- Kat'a Kabanová, chat by Ann Thompson.
- LPM 00647
- Kat'a Kabanová by Leos Janácek, narrated by Yveta Synek Graff.
2005
January 1, 1:00pm
Rodelinda
by George Frideric Handel
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- NLS Music Section has not libretto or other items in special format for this opera.
January 8, 1:30pm
Otello
by Guiseppe Verde
- BRM 25376
- Otello: Lyric drama in four acts; music by Giuseppe Verdi; libretto by Arrigo Boito,
founded on Shakespeare's tragedy; English version by Walter Ducloux.
- LPM 00433
- Otello: Lyric drama in four acts; music by Giuseppe Verdi; libretto by Arrigo Boito,
founded on Shakespeare's tragedy; English version by Walter Ducloux.
- CBM 01437
- Otello by Guiseppe Verdi.
- CBM 01309
- Otello by Guiseppe Verdi, written and narrated by Bridget Paolucci.
- CBM 01344
- Michael Barclay lectures on Otello.
- CBM 01389
- Otello, chat by Ann Thompson.
January 15, 1:00pm
To be determined
Re-broadcast of an earlier recorded opera
January 22, 1:00pm
To be determined
Re-broadcast of an earlier recorded opera
January 29, 1:00pm
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
- BRM 26015
- Turandot: lyric drama in three acts and five
scenes, by Guiseppe Adami and Renato Simoni; music by
Giacomo Puccini; the last duet and the finale of the opera were
completed by F. Alfano; English version by K. H. B. de Jaffa.
- CBM 00863
- Michael Barclay lectures on Turandot by Puccini.
- CBM 01265
- Turandot, chat by Ann Thompson.
February 5, 1:30pm
Pelléas et Mélisande
by Claude Debussy
- BRM 24979
- Pelléas et Mélisande: lyric drama;
music by Claude Debussy; from the play of Maurice Maeterlinck;
English version by Henry Grafton Chapman.
- BRM 26388
- Pelléas et Mélisande: lyric drama;
music by Claude Debussy; from the play of Maurice Maeterlinck;
English version by Henry Grafton Chapman.
- CBM 01574
- Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude
Debussy; commentary by Alfred Glasser.
- CBM 00791
- Michael Barclay lectures on Pelléas et
Mélisande by Debussy.
- CBM 01454
- Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy;
narrated by Father Owen Lee.
February 12, 1:30pm
Le Nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- BRM 24758
- The Marriage ofFigaro from Mozart's librettos; Mozart; translated
by Robert Pack and Majorie Lelash.
- LPM 00459
- Le Nozze de Figaro: opera in four acts;
music by W.A. Mozart; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, Enlish version by Ruth
and Thomas Martin.
- CBM 00766
- Michael Barclay lectures on Le Nozze de Figaro
by Mozart.
- Le Nozze de Figaro chat by Ann Thompson.
February 19, 1:30pm
La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
- BRM 26380
- La Bohème; music by Giacomo
Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Biacosa and Luigi Illica; English
version by Joseph Machlis.
- BRM 23216
- La Bohème: an opera in four acts;
music by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto. English.
- LPM 00452
- La Bohème: an opera in four acts, music by
Giacomo Puccini; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica; English version
by Joseph Machlis.
- CBM 00760
- Michael Barclay lectures on La Bohème by
Puccini.
- CBM 01266
- La Bohème chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 01438
- La Bohème by Puccini, narrated by
Bridget Paolucci.
February 26, 1:30pm
Nabucco
by Guiseppe Verdi
- CBM 01433
- Michael Barclay lectures on Nabucco by Verdi.
- CBM 01705
- Nabucco chat by Ann Thompson.
March 5, 1:30pm
Samson et Dalila
by Camille Saint-Saëns
- BRM 24018
- Samson et Dalila; opera in three acts; text by
Ferdinand Lemaire; music by Camille Saint-Saëns; English version
by Frederic Lyster.
- CBM 00170
- Samson et Dalila; part 1, with introduction
and synopsis by Marcia Davenport; sung in French.
- CBM 00171
- Samson et Dalila; part 2, with introduction
and synopsis by Marcia Davenport; sung in French.
- CBM 00172
- Samson et Dalila; part 3, with introduction
and synopsis by Marcia Davenport; sung in French.
- CBM 01391
- Samson et Dalila, chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 01346
- Michael Barclay lectures on Samson et Dalila.
- CBM 01576
- Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns;
commentary by Alfred Glasser.
March 12, 1:30pm
Il Barbiere di Sivigilia
by Gioacchino Rossini
- BRM 24734
- The Barber of Seville: a comic opera in three acts;
music by Gioacchino Rossini; libretto by Caesar Sterbini; English
version by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
- LPM 00454
- The Barber of Seville: a comic opera in three acts;
music by Gioacchino Rossini; libretto by Caesar Sterbini; English
version by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
- CBM 00759
- Michael Barclay lectures on Il Barbiere di Sivigilia
by Rossini.
- CBM 01431
- Il Barbiere di Sivigilia, chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 01585
- The Barber of Seville by Gioacchinoi Rossini, commentary
by Alfred Glasser.
March 19, 1:00pm
Don Carlo
by Giuseppe Verdi
- BRM 26399
- Don Carlo; music by Giuseppe Verdi; Italian text
by Joseph Mery and Camille Du Locle; English version by Walter Ducloux.
- CBM 01701
- Don Carlo, chat by Ann Thompson.
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March 26, 1:30pm
Cavalleria Rusticana
by Pietro Mascagni
- BRM 23217
- Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni with
I Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo.
- BRM 30026
- Cavalleria Rusticana and
I Pagliacci: libretto in English; di G
Targioni-Tozzeti e G Menasci.
- LPM 00525
- Cavalleria Rusticana: opera in one act;
libretto by G. Targioni-Tozzeti and G. Menosci after a story by
G. Verga; English version by Joseph Machlis.
- CBM 01395 or CBM 01713
- Cavalleria Rusticana, chat by Ann Thompson.
April 2, 12:30pm
Die Rosenkavalier
by Richard Strauss
- BRM 22370
- Der Rosenkavalier, a comedy for music in three
acts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, music by Richard
Strauss.
- LPM 00446
- Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose Bearer), Op. 59:
comedy for music in three acts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal;
English by Alfred Kalisch; music by Richard
Strauss.
- CBM 00767
- Michael Barclay lectures on Der Rosenkavalier.
- CBM 01364
- Der Rosenkavalier, chat by Ann Thompson.
April 9, 1:30pm
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
- BRM 24732
- Tosca, music by Giacomo Puccini; libretto by
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play by Victorien Sardou;
English version by John Gutman.
- BRM 24738
- Tosca: an opera in three acts by V. Sardou, L. Illica
and G. Giacosa; music by G. Puccini; English version by W. Beatty-Kingston.
- LPM 00448
- Tosca, music by Giacomo Puccini; libretto by Giuseppe
Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play by Victorien Sardou; English version by
John Gutman.
- CBM 00769
- Michael Barclay lectures on Tosca by Puccini.
- CBM 01399
- Tosca, chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 01601
- Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, commentary by Alfred Glasser.
April 16, 12:00pm
Die Zauberflöte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- BRM 24017
- The Magic Flute from Mozart's librettos, translated
into English by Robert Pack and Marjorie Lelash.
- BRM 25926
- The Magic Flute, Die Zauberflöte,
by Wlofgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto in German.
- LPM 00435
- The Magic Flute, by W.A. Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schickaneder;
English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin; libretto in English and German.
- CBM 00772
- Michael Barclay lectures on Die Zauberflöte by
Mozart, with musical illustrations.
- CBM 01396
- Die Zauberflöte, chat by Ann Thompson; this presentation
points out the Masonic symbolism in Mozart's opera.
- CBM 02437
- The Magic Flute, Part III - lectures delivered by Robert Greenberg.
April 23, 12:30pm
Die Walküre
by Richard Wagner
- BRM 24735
- Die Walküre, music drama in three acts from
the trilog, Der Ring des Nigbelungen, by
Richard Wagner; English version by Stewart Robb.
- LPM 00431
- Die Walküre, music drama in three acts from
the trilog, Der Ring des Nigbelungen, by
Richard Wagner; English version by Stewart Robb.
- CBM 01312
- Die Walküre by Wagner; written and narrated
by Peter Allen.
- CBM 01335
- Micahel Barclay lectures on Die Walküre.
April 30, 1:30pm
Faust
by Charles Gounod
- BRM 24729
- Faust, opera in four acts; music by Charles
Gounod, libretto by Michael Carré and Jules Barier after the poem
by Goethe; English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
- LPM 00447
- Faust, opera in four acts; music by Charles
Gounod, libretto by Michael Carré and Jules Barier after the poem
by Goethe; English version by George Mead.
- CBM 01708
- Faust chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 01593
- Faust by Charles Gounod, commentary by Alfred Glasser.
May 7, 1:30pm
La Clemenza di Tito
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- CBM 01359
- Michael Barclay lectures on La Clemenza di Tito.
- CBM 01400
- Clemenza di Tito, chat by Ann Thompson.
Posted on 2004-10-20
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