Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hiestermann, Horst.
2. Krämer, Toni.
3. Sotin, Hans.
4. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
5. Macurdy, John.
6. Bradley, Gwendolyn.
7. Gjevang, Anne.
8. Behrens, Hildegard.
9. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
10. Allen, Peter, 1920-
11. Goldovsky, Boris.
12. Easton, Florence.
13. Downes, Edward, 1911-
14. Purdy, Christopher.
15. Eckert, Thor, Jr.
16. London, Nora.
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
18. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 7 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 5, 1988]

Uniform title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried
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. Siegfried

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, beginning -- CD 2. Act 1, conclusion -- CD 3. Act 2, beginning -- CD 4. Act 2, conclusion -- CD 5. Act 3, beginning -- CD 6. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 7. Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Florence Easton) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Christopher Purdy, host, with Edward Downes, Thor Eckert Jr. and Nora London) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 27329

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:05:13 (synopses and features) ; 4:09:51 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
4. Compact discs.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Horst Hiestermann (Mime) ; Toni Krämer (Siegfried) ; Hans Sotin (The Wanderer) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; John Macurdy (Fafner) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (The Forest Bird) ; Anne Gjevang (Erda) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 5, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 528 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

1. Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing time

1. 010513 040951

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 5, 1988]

Cast

1. Horst Hiestermann (Mime) ; Toni Krämer (Siegfried) ; Hans Sotin (The Wanderer) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; John Macurdy (Fafner) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (The Forest Bird) ; Anne Gjevang (Erda) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo, ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 52, no. 12 (Feb. 27, 1988).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 5, 1988.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 528 (F)

Local note

1. House program on file in Music Division.

Language

1. Sung in German.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Hiestermann, Horst. Performer
2. Krämer, Toni. Performer
3. Sotin, Hans. Performer
4. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer
5. Macurdy, John. Performer
6. Bradley, Gwendolyn. Performer
7. Gjevang, Anne. Performer
8. Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
9. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
10. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
11. Goldovsky, Boris. Performer
12. Easton, Florence. Performer
13. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
14. Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
15. Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
16. London, Nora. Commentator
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

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 27329 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 528 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27329.