Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
2. Sophocles
3. Kelly, Sondra
4. Zseller, Eva
5. Shaulis, Jane
6. Card, June
7. Skok, Heidi
8. Neves, Susan
9. Danter, Penelope
10. Voigt, Deborah
11. Rysanek, Leonie
12. Goldberg, Judith
13. Rawn, Jean
14. Murray, John Horton
15. Vernon, Richard, 1950-
16. Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
17. Perry, Herbert
18. King, James, 1925-2005.
19. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
20. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
21. Volpe, Joseph
22. Downes, Edward, 1911-
23. Ames, Alison, 1945-
24. Livingstone, William
25. Scott, Iain
26. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
27. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 2 sound cassettes (147 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 18, 1992]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, William Livingstone and Iain Scott) ; Opera news on the air (Joseph Volpe) ; Synopsis of Elektra (Allen) -- side 2. Elektra through "Was willst du? Seht doch, dort" -- side 3. "Ich habe keine guten Nächte" through "Orest! es rührt sich niemand!" -- side 4. Elektra concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 616 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:36:14 (synopses and features) ; 1:51:39 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Sondra Kelly, Eva Zseller, Jane Shaulis, June Card, Heidi Skok (Five serving women) ; Susan Neves (Overseer of the servants) ; Penelope Danter (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Leonie Rysanek (Klytämnestra) ; Judith Goldberg (The confidante) ; Jean Rawn (The trainbearer) ; John Horton Murray (A young servant) ; Richard Vernon (An old servant) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Orest) ; Herbert Perry (The guardian of Orest) ; James King (Aegisth) ; 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, Apr. 18, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 616 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

1. Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after his drama based on Sophocles' tragedy.

Playing time

1. 003614 015139

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 18, 1992]

Cast

1. Sondra Kelly, Eva Zseller, Jane Shaulis, June Card, Heidi Skok (Five serving women) ; Susan Neves (Overseer of the servants) ; Penelope Danter (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Leonie Rysanek (Klytämnestra) ; Judith Goldberg (The confidante) ; Jean Rawn (The trainbearer) ; John Horton Murray (A young servant) ; Richard Vernon (An old servant) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Orest) ; Herbert Perry (The guardian of Orest) ; James King (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1992, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 56, no. 15 (Apr. 11, 1992).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 18, 1992.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 616 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Added author

1. Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist
2. Sophocles. Electra.
3. Kelly, Sondra. Performer
4. Zseller, Eva. Performer
5. Shaulis, Jane. Performer
6. Card, June. Performer
7. Skok, Heidi. Performer
8. Neves, Susan. Performer
9. Danter, Penelope. Performer
10. Voigt, Deborah. Performer
11. Rysanek, Leonie. Performer
12. Goldberg, Judith. Performer
13. Rawn, Jean. Performer
14. Murray, John Horton. Performer
15. Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer
16. Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer
17. Perry, Herbert. Performer
18. King, James, 1925-2005. Performer
19. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
20. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
21. Volpe, Joseph. Commentator
22. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
23. Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator
24. Livingstone, William. Commentator
25. Scott, Iain. Commentator
26. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 616 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)