Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Edelmann, Otto.
2. Thebom, Blanche.
3. Harshaw, Margaret.
4. Vinay, Ramon.
5. Schech, Marianne.
6. Böhme, Kurt, 1908-
7. Lind, Gloria.
8. Ordassy, Carlotta.
9. Krall, Heidi.
10. Warfield, Sandra.
11. Lipton, Martha.
12. Moll, Mariquita.
13. Elias, Rosalind.
14. Amparan, Belen.
15. Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960.
16. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
17. Goldovsky, Boris.
18. Bampton, Rose.
19. Adler, Kurt Herbert.
20. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
21. Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981.
22. Bagar, Robert C.
23. Harrison, Jay.
24. Hughes, Allen.
25. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
26. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound discs (233 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 2, 1957\570202\]

Uniform title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
3. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subject

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
2. Operas

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and Synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky, Rose Bampton and Kurt Herbert Adler discuss Die Walküre ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Robert Lawrence, Alfred Frankenstein, Robert Bagar, Jay Harrison and Allen Hughes ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call number

1. *LDC 34064

Note

1. Sung in German.
2. Durations: 0:39:40 (synopses and features) ; 3:12:50 (opera).
3. Compact discs.
4. Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 73 (F).
5. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1957.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono, Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 73 (F).

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

1. Die Walküre [sound recording] : music drama in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Playing time

1. 003940 031250

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 2, 1957\570202\]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 2, 1957\570202\]

Performer

1. Otto Edelmann (Wotan) ; Blanche Thebom (Fricka) ; Margaret Harshaw (Brünnhilde) ; Ramon Vinay (Siegmund) ; Marianne Schech (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Boehme (Hunding) ; Gloria Lind, Carlotta Ordassy, Heidi Krall, Sandra Warfield, Martha Lipton, Mariquita Moll, Rosalind Elias, Belen Amparan (Valkyries) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 21, no. 12 (Jan. 28, 1957).

Event

1. Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1957.

Original version

1. Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Aug., 1984, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono, Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 73 (F).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Edelmann, Otto. Performer
2. Thebom, Blanche. Performer
3. Harshaw, Margaret. Performer
4. Vinay, Ramon. Performer
5. Schech, Marianne. Performer
6. Böhme, Kurt, 1908- Performer
7. Lind, Gloria. Performer
8. Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer
9. Krall, Heidi. Performer
10. Warfield, Sandra. Performer
11. Lipton, Martha. Performer
12. Moll, Mariquita. Performer
13. Elias, Rosalind. Performer
14. Amparan, Belen. Performer
15. Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. Conductor
16. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
17. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
18. Bampton, Rose. Commentator
19. Adler, Kurt Herbert. Commentator
20. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
21. Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981. Commentator
22. Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
23. Harrison, Jay. Commentator
24. Hughes, Allen. Commentator
25. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 34064 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 73 (F) Cassette copy (Production notes filed in listening room.) Request service copy in *LDC 34064.