Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
2. Cook, Terry.
3. Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano)
4. Grant Murphy, Heidi.
5. Baker, Mark (Tenor)
6. Norman, Jessye.
7. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
8. Murray, John Horton.
9. Fracker, Richard.
10. Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
11. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
12. Bean, Gweneth.
13. Haugland, Aage, 1944-
14. Kilduff, Barbara.
15. Erickson, Kaaren.
16. McCaffrey, Patricia.
17. Guyer, Joyce.
18. Zseller, Eva.
19. Kelly, Sondra.
20. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
21. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
22. Downes, Edward, 1911-
23. McNally, Terrence.
24. Franzen, Don.
25. Scott, Iain.
26. Mohr, Richard.
27. Albanese, Licia.
28. Hines, Jerome, 1921-
29. Robinson, Francis, 1910-
30. Slezak, Walter, 1902-
31. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
32. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 6 sound discs (323 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1991]

Uniform title

1. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
2. Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
3. Met moments (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD 5. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Singer's roundtable (Richard Mohr, host, with Licia Albanese and Jerome Hines) ; Met Moments (Francis Robinson, host, with Walter Slezak) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Terrence McNally, Don Franzen and Iain Scott) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 29104

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:51:25 (synopses and features) ; 4:32:29 (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. Robert Lloyd (Gurnemanz) ; Terry Cook (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Wendy Hoffman (Second Esquire) ; Heidi Grant (First Esquire) ; Jessye Norman (Kundry) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Amfortas) ; John Horton Murray (Third Esquire) ; Richard Fracker (Fourth Esquire) ; Plácido Domingo (Parsifal) ; Paul Plishka (Titurel) ; Gweneth Bean (A Voice) ; Aage Haugland (Klingsor) ; Barbara Kilduff, Kaaren Erickson, Patricia McCaffrey, Joyce Guyer, Eva Zseller and Sondra Kelly (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, braodcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 594 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

1. Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing time

1. 005125 043229

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1991]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1991]

Cast

1. Robert Lloyd (Gurnemanz) ; Terry Cook (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Wendy Hoffman (Second Esquire) ; Heidi Grant (First Esquire) ; Jessye Norman (Kundry) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Amfortas) ; John Horton Murray (Third Esquire) ; Richard Fracker (Fourth Esquire) ; Plácido Domingo (Parsifal) ; Paul Plishka (Titurel) ; Gweneth Bean (A Voice) ; Aage Haugland (Klingsor) ; Barbara Kilduff, Kaaren Erickson, Patricia McCaffrey, Joyce Guyer, Eva Zseller and Sondra Kelly (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, braodcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1992, 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. 55, no. 14 (Mar. 30, 1991).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1991.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 594 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer
2. Cook, Terry. Performer
3. Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano) Performer
4. Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer
5. Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer
6. Norman, Jessye. Performer
7. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer
8. Murray, John Horton. Performer
9. Fracker, Richard. Performer
10. Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer
11. Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
12. Bean, Gweneth. Performer
13. Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer
14. Kilduff, Barbara. Performer
15. Erickson, Kaaren. Performer
16. McCaffrey, Patricia. Performer
17. Guyer, Joyce. Performer
18. Zseller, Eva. Performer
19. Kelly, Sondra. Performer
20. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
21. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
22. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
23. McNally, Terrence. Commentator
24. Franzen, Don. Commentator
25. Scott, Iain. Commentator
26. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
27. Albanese, Licia. Commentator
28. Hines, Jerome, 1921- Commentator
29. Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
30. Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator
31. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
2. Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
3. Met moments (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 29104 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 594 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29104.