Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Guyer, Joyce.
2. Bunnell, Jane.
3. White, Wendy.
4. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
5. Schwarz, Hanna.
6. Morris, James, 1947-
7. Hong, Hei-Kyung.
8. Hölle, Matthias.
9. Kopčák, Sergej.
10. Murray, John Horton.
11. Held, Alan, 1959-
12. Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
13. Pampuch, Helmut, 1940-2008.
14. Gjevang, Anne.
15. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
16. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
17. Downes, Edward, 1911-
18. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
19. Purdy, Christopher.
20. Eckert, Thor, Jr.
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
22. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound discs (187 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 27, 1993]

Uniform title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Part 1 -- CD 2. Part 2 -- CD 3. Part 3 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4 Introduction (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Christopher Purdy and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Rheingold (Allen).

Call number

1. *LT-10-A 1584

Note

1. Sung in German.
2. Compact discs.
3. House program on file in Music Division.
4. Durations: 0:37:18 (synopses and features) ; 2:29:50 (opera).
5. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 27, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 722 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

1. Das Rheingold [sound recording] : opera in four scenes / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing time

1. 003718 022950

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 27, 1993]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 27, 1993]

Performer

1. Joyce Guyer (Woglinde) ; Jane Bunnell (Wellgunde) ; Wendy White (Flosshilde) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Hanna Schwarz (Fricka) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Hei-Kyung Hong (Freia) ; Matthias Hölle (Fasolt) ; Sergei Koptchak (Fafner) ; John Horton Murray (Froh) ; Alan Held (Donner) ; Philip Langridge (Loge) ; Helmut Pampuch (Mime) ; Anne Gjevang (Erda) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 57, no. 14 (Mar. 27, 1993).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 27, 1993.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1993, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 722 (F)

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Guyer, Joyce. Performer
2. Bunnell, Jane. Performer
3. White, Wendy. Performer
4. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer
5. Schwarz, Hanna. Performer
6. Morris, James, 1947- Performer
7. Hong, Hei-Kyung. Performer
8. Hölle, Matthias. Performer
9. Kopčák, Sergej. Performer
10. Murray, John Horton. Performer
11. Held, Alan, 1959- Performer
12. Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010. Performer
13. Pampuch, Helmut, 1940-2008. Performer
14. Gjevang, Anne. Performer
15. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
16. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
17. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
18. Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
19. Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
20. Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LT-10-A 1584 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31788.
2. *LTCM 722 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31788.
3. *LDC 31788 Service copy.