side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Karin Branzell and Mack Harrell) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Deems Taylor and Max Rudolf) ; Synopsis of act 3 and closing remarks (Cross) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Act 1 through scene 4 -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through scene 3 -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 scene 1 -- side 8. Act 3 concluded.
Call number
*LT-10 4895
Note
Sung in German.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:36:39 (synopses and features) ; 4:02:45 (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, Mar. 21, 1953.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 345 (F)
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Tristan und Isolde [sound recording] : music drama in three acts / book and music by Richard Wagner.
Playing time
0639 40245
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1953]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1953]
Performer
Set Svanholm (Tristan) ; Helen Traubel (Isolde) ; Hans Hotter (King Mark) ; Paul Schoeffler (Kurvenal) ; Blanche Thebom (Brangaene) ; Emery Darcy (Melot) ; Algerd Brazis (Steersman) ; Paul Franke (Shepherd) ; Thomas Hayward (Sailor's voice) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 17, no. 20 (Mar. 16, 1953).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 21, 1953.
Original version
Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1989 from aluminum-based acetates (9 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Reproduction
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 345 (F)
Added author
Svanholm, Set. Performer
Traubel, Helen. Performer
Hotter, Hans. Performer
Schöffler, Paul, 1897- Performer
Thebom, Blanche. Performer
Darcy, Emery. Performer
Brazis, Algerd. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Hayward, Thomas. Performer
Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Performer
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Branzell, Karin, 1891-1974. Commentator
Harrell, Mack. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. 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 4895 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 345 (F).
*LTCM 345 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4895.