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Librettos for Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 2003-2004
NLS Music Circulars
Reading Materials for Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 2003-2004
2003
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/.
2003
December 6, 1:30pm
Met Season Preview
December 13, 1:00pm
La Juive
by Fromental Halévy
- NLS Music Section has no libretto or other items in special
format for this opera.
December 20, 1:30pm
Moses und Aron
by Arnold Schoenberg
- CBM 1337
- Michael Barclay lectures on Moses und Aron
December 27, 1:30pm
Benevenuto Cellini
by Hector Berlioz
- NLS Music Section has no libretto or other items in special
format for this opera.
2004
January 3, 1:30pm
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Gioacchino Rossini
- BRM 24734
- The barber of Seville: a comic opera in three acts; music by Gioacchino Rossini; libretto by Cesare Sterbini;
English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
- CBM 759
- Michael Barclay lectures on Il Barbiere di
Siviglia by Rossini.
- CBM 1431
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia; chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 1585
- The barber of Seville; by Gioacchino Rossini;
commentary by Alfred Glasser.
January 10, 1:30pm
Werther
by Jules Massenet
- CBM 802
- Michael Barclay lectures on Werther by Massenet.
January 17, 1:00pm
The Merry Widow
by Franz Lehár
- CBM 765
- Michael Barclay lectures on Merry Widow and operetta.
January 24, 1:30pm
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
- BRM 22369
- Madama Butterfly. Libretto. English & Italian
- LPM 429
- Madama Butterfly: opera in
three acts; music by Giacomo Puccini; libretto by L. Illica
and G. Giacosa ; based on the book by John L. Long and the
drama by David Belasco ; English version by John Gutman.
- CBM 1383
- Madama Butterfly; chat by Ann Thompson.
January 31, 1:00pm
Boris Godunov
by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
- BRM 24776
- Boris Godounov: a national music drama
in three acts; music by Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky.
Libretto. English & Italian.
- CBM 867
- Michael Barclay lectures on Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky.
- CBM 1259
- Boris Godunov; chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 1442
- Boris Godunov by Moussorgsky; narrated by George Jellinek.
- CBM 1586
- Boris Godunov by Modest
Mussorgsky; commentary by Alfred Glasser. Selections.
February 7, 1:30pm
Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi
- BRM 24629
- Verdi's opera Rigoletto. Libretto. English
- BRM 26051
- Rigoletto: opera in four acts: libretto. Music by Giuseppe Verdi.
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's
play Le roi s'amuse.
- LPM 450
- Rigoletto: opera in four acts; music by Giuseppe Verdi;
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's
play, Le roi s'amuse; English version by Joseph Machlis.
English & Italian.
- LPM 450
- Rigoletto: opera in four acts; music by Giuseppe Verdi;
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's
play, Le roi s'amuse ; English version by Joseph Machlis.
- CBM 768
- Michael Barclay lectures on Rigoletto by Verdi
- CBM 1403
- Rigoletto; chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 1598
- Rigoletto; by Giuseppe Verdi; commentary by Alfred Glasser.
February 14, 1:30pm
The Queen of Spades
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- CBM 1350
- Michael Barclay lectures on Pique-Dame [Queen of Spades] by Tchaikovsky
February 21, 1:30pm
Le Sacre du Printemps; Le Rossignol; Oedipus Rex
by Stravinsky
- BRM 30068
- Oedipus Rex, and, The rake's progress; Libretto.
February 28, 1:30pm
L'Italiana in Algeri
by Gioacchino Rossini
- CBM 1688
- Michael Barclay lectures on L'Italiana in Algeri
by Gioacchino Rossini
March 6, 1:30pm
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
- BRM 24721
- La traviata: a grand opera in four acts after
La dame aux cammelias by Alexander Dumas, fils;
music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by F. M. Piave.
Libretto. English.
- BRM 26392
- La traviata; by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto.
English & Italian.
- LPM 451
- La traviata; Giuseppe Verdi; libretto by Francesco Maria
Piave; new English version by Joseph Machlis.
- CBM 770
- Michael Barclay lectures on La Traviata by Verdi.
- CBM 1313
- La Traviata; by Verdi; written and narrated by
Peter Allen.
- CBM 1429
- La Traviata; chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 1602
- La Traviata; by Giuseppe Verdi; commentary by Alfred Glasser.
March 13, 1:30pm
Don Giovanni
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- BRM 24728
- Don Giovanni: opera in two acts; music by W. A. Mozart;
libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after the play by Tirso de
Molina ; English version by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
- BRM 24731
- Don Giovanni: from Mozart's librettos; Mozart;
translated by Robert Pack and Marjorie Lelash.
Libretto. English.
- LPM 453
- Don Giovanni: opera in two acts; music by W. A. Mozart;
libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after the play by Tirso de
Molina ; English version by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
- CBM 761
- Michael Braclay lectures on Don Giovanni by Mozart.
- CBM 1268
- Don Giovanni; chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 1310
- Don Giovanni; by Mozart; written and narrated by Father Owen Lee.
- CBM 1558
- Don Giovanni; by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; commentary
by Alfred Glasser.
March 20, 1:30pm
Das Rheingold
by Richard Wagner
- BRM 18813
- Das Rheingold: prologue to the operatic trilogy Der Ring
des Nibelungen: opera in one act; Wagner ;
English translation by Stewart Robb.
- BRM 18814
- Das Rheingold: prologue to the operatic trilogy Der Ring
des Nibelungen: opera in one act; Wagner. Libretto. German.
- BRM 24750
- Rhinegold: libretto; by Richard Wagner. Libretto. English
- LPM 650
- Das Rheingold: prologue to the operatic trilogy Der Ring
des Nibelungen: opera in one act; Wagner ;
English translation by Stewart Robb.
- CBM 1311
- Das Rheingold; by Wagner; written and narrated by Peter Allen.
- CBM 1326
- Michael Barclay lectures on Das Rheingold.
March 27, 1:30pm
Salome
by Richard Strauss
- BRM 24901
- Salome: music drama in one act (after
Oscar Wilde's tragedy); music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto. English.
- CBM 1264
- Salome; chat by Ann Thompson.
- CBM 1342
- Michael Barclay lectures on Salome.
April 3, 12:30pm
Die Walküre
by Richar Wagner
- BRM 24735
- Die Walküre: music drama in three acts from the trilogy
Der Ring des Nibelungen; by Richard Wagner ; English
version by Stewart Robb.
- CBM 1312
- Die Walküre; by Wagner; written and narrated by Peter Allen.
- CBM 1335
- Michael Barclay lectures on Die Walküre.
April 10, 1:30pm
Nabucco
by Giuseppe Verdi
- CBM 1433
- Michael Barclay lectures on Nabucco by Verdi.
- CBM 1705
- Nabucco; chat by Ann Thompson.
April 17, 12:00pm
Siegfried
by Richard Wagner
- BRM 26390
- Siegfried: music drama in three acts: from the trilogy Der
Ring des Nibelungen; by Richard Wagner; English version by
Stewart Robb.
- LPM 437
- Siegfried: music drama in three acts: from the trilogy Der
Ring des Nibelungen; by Richard Wagner; English version by
Stewart Robb.
- CBM 1315
- Siegfried; by Wagner; written and narrated by Peter Allen.
April 24, 12:00pm
Götterdämmerung
by Richard Wagner
- CBM 1316
- Götterdämmerung; by Wagner; written and narrated by Peter Allen.
- CBM 1595
- Götterdämmerung; by Richard Wagner;
commentary by Alfred Glasser.
Posted on 2006-05-30