The magic flute [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by E. Schikaneder ; English text by Ruth and Thomas P. Martin.
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Robert Bagar, Fausto Cleva and Norman Dello Joio) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "O Isis und Osiris! welche Wonne!" -- side 6. "Soll ich dich, Feurer, nicht mehr sehn?" through "Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden" -- side 7. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- side 8. [blank].
Call number
*LT-10 4920
Note
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:27:42 (synopses and features) ; 2:53:45 (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, Nov. 25, 1950.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 371 (F)
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Title
The magic flute [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by E. Schikaneder ; English text by Ruth and Thomas P. Martin.
Playing time
002742 025345
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Nov. 25, 1950]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Nov. 25, 1950]
Performer
Jerome Hines (Sarastro) ; Richard Tucker (Tamino) ; Paul Schoeffler (The High Priest) ; Thomas Hayward, Clifford Harvuot (Two priests) ; Erna Berger (Queen of the Night) ; Eleanor Steber (Pamina) ; Lucine Amara, Thelma Votipka, Martha Lipton (Three ladies) ; John Brownlee (Papageno) ; Lillian Raymondi (Papagena) ; Leslie Chabay (Monostatos) ; Genevieve Warner, Paula Lenchner, Herta Glaz (Three genii) ; Emery Darcy, Lawrence Davidson (Two guards) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 15, no. 5 (Nov. 20, 1950).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Nov. 25, 1950.
Reproduction
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 371 (F)
Language
Sung in English.
Added author
Schikaneder, Emanuel, 1751-1812. Librettist
Martin, Ruth Berenice Kelley, 1914- Librettist
Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909- Librettist
Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer
Schöffler, Paul, 1897- Performer
Hayward, Thomas, 1921- Performer
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer
Berger, Erna, 1900- Performer
Steber, Eleanor. Performer
Amara, Lucine. Performer
Votipka, Thelma. Performer
Lipton, Martha. Performer
Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Performer
Raymondi, Lillian. Performer
Chabay, Leslie, 1907- Performer
Warner, Genevieve. Performer
Lenchner, Paula. Performer
Glaz, Hertha, 1908- Performer
Darcy, Emery. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
Cleva, Fausto. Commentator
Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research call number
*LT-10 4920 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 371
*LTCM 371 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4920.