side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Marguerite Hood, Lucine Amara, Martha Lipton and Brian Sullivan) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, George Marek, Clark Maynard and Arthur Ward) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Prelude through "Das schöne Fest, Johannestag" -- side 3. Act 1 concluded -- side 4. Act 2 through "Da ist er!" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded -- side 6. Act 3 through "Morgen Leuchtend -- first draft" -- side 7. "Beckmesser's entrance" through "Grüss' Gott, mein Ev'chen" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded.
Call number
*LT-10 4914
Note
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:43:10 (synopses and features) ; 4:08:29 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
Opera news
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, and Philadelphia, Mar. 22, 1952.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 365 (F)
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Playing time
004310 040829
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 22, 1952]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 22, 1952]
Performer
Paul Schoeffler (Hans Sachs) ; Alois Pernerstorfer (Veit Pogner) ; Walburga Wegner (Eva) ; Herta Glaz (Magdalene) ; Hans Hopf (Walther) ; Gerhard Pechner (Beckmesser) ; Herbert Janssen (Kothner) ; Thomas Hayward (Vogelgesang) ; Algerd Brazis (Nachtigall) ; Alessio De Paolis (Zorn) ; Emery Darcy (Eisslinger) ; Gabor Carelli (Moser) ; Osie Hawkins (Ortel) ; Lawrence Davidson (Schwarz) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Foltz) ; Richard Holm (David) ; Clifford Harvuot (A night watchman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July, 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (10 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 16, no. 20 (Mar. 17, 1952).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, and Philadelphia, Mar. 22, 1952.
Reproduction
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 365 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
Added author
Schöffler, Paul, 1897- Performer
Pernerstorfer, Alois, 1912- Performer
Wegener, Walburga. Performer
Glaz, Hertha, 1908- Performer
Hopf, Hans. Performer
Pechner, Gerhard. Performer
Janssen, Herbert. Performer
Hayward, Thomas, 1921- Performer
Brazis, Algerd. Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Darcy, Emery. Performer
Carelli, Gabor. Performer
Hawkins, Osie. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
Holm, Richard. Performer
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Hood, Marguerite V. (Marguerite Vivian) Commentator
Amara, Lucine. Commentator
Lipton, Martha. Commentator
Sullivan, Brian, 1919-1969. Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator
Maynard, Clark. Commentator
Ward, Arthur, 1959- Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research call number
*LT-10 4914 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 365 (F)
*LTCM 365 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4914.