Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Lakes, Gary.
2. Norman, Jessye.
3. Moll, Kurt, 1938-
4. Morris, James, 1947-
5. Behrens, Hildegard.
6. Engert, Ruthild.
7. Sellers, Pyramid.
8. Wray, Margaret Jane.
9. Castle, Joyce.
10. Kelly, Sondra.
11. La Ganke, Adriana.
12. Kesling, Diane.
13. Hillhouse, Wendy.
14. Bower, Jacalyn.
15. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
16. Allen, Peter, 1920-
17. Woitach, Richard.
18. Downes, Edward, 1911-
19. Hubay, Alfred.
20. McNally, Terrence.
21. Jenkins, Speight.
22. Gutman, John.
23. Lehmann, Lotte.
24. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
25. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 6 sound discs (321 min.) : digital ;stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 7, 1990]

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD 5. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Met moments (John Gutman, host, with Lotte Lehmann) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Speight Jenkins and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 28825

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:12:15 (synopses and features) ; 4:09:01 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Gary Lakes (Siegmund) ; Jessye Norman (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Moll (Hunding) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Ruthild Engert-Ely (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Margaret Jane Wray (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite) ; Adriana La Ganke (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; 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. 7, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 574 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing time

1. 011215 040901

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 7, 1990]

Cast

1. Gary Lakes (Siegmund) ; Jessye Norman (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Moll (Hunding) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Ruthild Engert-Ely (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Margaret Jane Wray (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite) ; Adriana La Ganke (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1992, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 54, no. 14 (Mar. 31, 1990).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 7, 1990.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 574 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Lakes, Gary. Performer
2. Norman, Jessye. Performer
3. Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer
4. Morris, James, 1947- Performer
5. Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
6. Engert, Ruthild. Performer
7. Sellers, Pyramid. Performer
8. Wray, Margaret Jane. Performer
9. Castle, Joyce. Performer
10. Kelly, Sondra. Performer
11. La Ganke, Adriana. Performer
12. Kesling, Diane. Performer
13. Hillhouse, Wendy. Performer
14. Bower, Jacalyn. Performer
15. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
16. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
17. Woitach, Richard. Commentator
18. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
19. Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
20. McNally, Terrence. Commentator
21. Jenkins, Speight. Commentator
22. Gutman, John. Commentator
23. Lehmann, Lotte. Commentator
24. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 28825 Service copy
2. *LTCM 574 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28825.