METROPOLITAN OPERA RADIO BROADCASTS: COSI FAN
TUTTE, ACT I, PT. 2 (RADIO)
Summary
Continued from R:3151. Part two of three. One in this
series of performances by the Metropolitan Opera. In
this program, the Metropolitan Opera company performs
Mozart's opera "Cos“ fan tutte," sung in English. As
Act I continues, the heartbroken girls mourn their
lovers' abrupt departure. After Don Alfonso informs
Despina of the plan to fool the girls into being
unfaithful, the men return disguised as Albanians and
venture to win the affections of each other's
girlfriends. They pretend to take poison after being
rejected by the two girls, and Despina, disguised as a
doctor, pretends to bring them back to life. However,
the girls remain faithful to their absent lovers.
Continues with Act II on R:3153.
(Network affiliation varies; as above, 1945-1958; NBC,
1931-1943; Blue Network, 1943-1945; CBS, 1958-1960;
in syndication, 1960 to the present.)
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 12, 1952 2:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:48
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:3152
- GENRE: Radio - Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Operas
- SERIES RUN: ABC - Radio series, 1945-1958
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Fritz Stiedry … Conductor
- Kurt Adler … Choral Director, Chorus Master
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra … Symphony Orchestra
- Alfred Lunt … Stage Director
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Composer
- Eleanor Steber … Cast, Fiordiligi, Singer
- Blanche Thebom … Cast, Dorabella, Singer
- Patrice Munsel … Cast, Despina, Singer
- Richard Tucker … Cast, Ferrando, Singer
- Frank Guarrera … Cast, Guglielmo, Singer
- John Brownlee … Cast, Don Alfonso, Singer
- Alfred Lunt … Cast, a servant, Singer