# Metropolitan Opera Auditions Heard 1945–1958. 12 episodes. ## Sets - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1949-02-05 L'elisir D'amore Act I (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/3964d841-c460-49af-a484-93918b2a7bc5 - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-03-09 Ilona Kombrink and Jefferson Morris (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/3a18d58e-d09a-4e67-abaf-3bd3a56cd0fe - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-01-05 Sophia Stephan and John McCurdy (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/490acff5-6366-45bc-93ab-f26799fae260 - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-03-02 Lillian Messina and Louise Pearl (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/6dfce7fe-e466-4c88-9680-b15d7fda7faf - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-01-12 Robert Kirkham (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/77377a5b-144e-4c94-b909-14424e835470 - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-02-23 Barbara Leichsenring (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/805f410a-8498-4817-bb5b-d7b47229729a - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1945-02-05 L'elisir D'amore (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/8e0ea61d-404e-4d2d-b5ed-c2735fda908e - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-02-09 William Murray (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/9ab0060d-aa8c-4520-9d6f-b9bb040b7554 - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-01-19 Maxine Norman (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/a0f49868-d230-4d0f-af22-62a071c7e9dd - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-02-16 Georgia Davis (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/a1adf175-85ab-4ecf-bd1b-e09d67379763 - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-03-30 Rudolf Bing Announces Audition Winners (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/c90ec2ef-5c46-431c-9340-4960f1cf08ea - Metropolitan Opera Auditions 1958-03-16 Helen Cox Raab (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/f1aeedcc-b5fd-4a72-af00-49c8c20c1a62 ## Episodes, in broadcast order 1. [Complete Broadcast Of Lelisir Damore](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/765cebb14c2c), aired 5 February 1945 (2 h 22 min): https://archive.org/download/8e0ea61d-404e-4d2d-b5ed-c2735fda908e/metropolitan_opera_auditions_1945-02-05_complete_broadcast_of_lelisir_damore%20-%20e0f467bbdaf3201f.mp3 1. [Gaetano Donizetti's 'L'elisir D'amore'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/87fc06cfc1b5), aired 5 February 1949 (2 h 22 min): https://archive.org/download/3964d841-c460-49af-a484-93918b2a7bc5/Metropolitian%20Opera%2049-02-05%20%2858%29%20Complete%20broadcast%20of%20L%27elisir%20D%27Amore%20-%204be5d426531ae13d.mp3 1. [Sophia Stephan and John McCurdy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/08070791e297), aired 5 January 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/490acff5-6366-45bc-93ab-f26799fae260/Metropolitan%20Opera%20Auditions%2058-01-05%20Guest%20-%20Sophia%20Stephan%20-%2082fe4c691204cfe2.mp3 1. [Robert Kirkham](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/120415a68aa5), aired 12 January 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/77377a5b-144e-4c94-b909-14424e835470/Metropolitan%20Opera%20Auditions%2058-01-12%20Guest%20-%20Martha%20Stotler%20-%202d3ffe6b04b7f6b5.mp3 1. [Maxine Norman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/a6be8dd5613a), aired 19 January 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/a0f49868-d230-4d0f-af22-62a071c7e9dd/Metropolitan%20Opera%20Auditions%2058-01-19%20Guest%20-%20Maxine%20Norman%20-%209637cf806dd0819f.mp3 1. [William Murray](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/e4e63e944f5a), aired 9 February 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/9ab0060d-aa8c-4520-9d6f-b9bb040b7554/Metropolitan%20Opera%20Auditions%2058-02-09%20Guest%20-%20Micheline%20Tessier%20-%20f2a574cab37b5719.mp3 1. [Georgia Davis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/37fbc7589992), aired 16 February 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/a1adf175-85ab-4ecf-bd1b-e09d67379763/c4bfad3b1dea6013f9dfcb69efdbed3569d1aa6636ff4ce69a74928001fe1733.mp3 1. [Barbara Leichsenring](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/08869e4409ce), aired 23 February 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/805f410a-8498-4817-bb5b-d7b47229729a/0f3d5c9ed447699fca72993a3bd30e396b3f031b4dbefa2aebd4d252c1b6b0e7.mp3 1. [Lillian Messina and Louise Pearl](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/a374ee54c952), aired 2 March 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/6dfce7fe-e466-4c88-9680-b15d7fda7faf/44566c514df9da70d947ccc48d8a6d3cd1fd8c083b08e952092c6d7e55c3cab1.mp3 1. [Ilona Kombrink and Jefferson Morris](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/dc1d9e1e5c85), aired 9 March 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/3a18d58e-d09a-4e67-abaf-3bd3a56cd0fe/5d456cb044e0646d94b446a989fd2b0e372744240366dcdf3ea04ab795441f54.mp3 1. [Helen Cox Raab](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/6d63504062e3), aired 16 March 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/f1aeedcc-b5fd-4a72-af00-49c8c20c1a62/f8e397e5fb988ee86259695156ed780b7ba436ab0d386a27353e3f683a7d193c.mp3 1. [Rudolf Bing Announces Audition Winners](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/metropolitan-opera-auditions/6e301e201fd7), aired 30 March 1958 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/c90ec2ef-5c46-431c-9340-4960f1cf08ea/3817fea769bff7920d4f982b4dab7fc06198969c73c1a8dd3b6188a2eb80cba3.mp3 From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named. Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is. An episode whose only basis is its uploader's public-domain mark is not played, as that law protects it; one under its rights holder's licence plays everywhere.