Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
2. Coote, Alice.
3. Schäfer, Christine, 1965-
4. Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
5. Plowright, Rosalind.
6. Held, Alan, 1959-
7. Cooke, Sasha.
8. Oropesa, Lisette.
9. Jurowski, Vladimir, 1972-
10. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
11. Park, Elena.
12. Jones, Richard, 1953 June 7-
13. Macfarlane, John.
14. Juntwait, Margaret.
15. Siff, Ira.
16. Blythe, Stephanie.
17. Dobell, Linda.
18. Fink, Deena Sidney.
19. Lewin, Naomi.
20. Terfel, Bryn.
21. Pountney, David.
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
24. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 2 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast] of Dec. 29, 2007

Uniform title

1. Hänsel und Gretel. English
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Hänsel und Gretel.

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait interviews director, Richard Jones, and choreographer, Linda Dobell) ; synopsis of act 1 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 1 ; Mary Jo Heath interviews Alice Coote -- CD 2. Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews child chorister, Deena Sidney Fink, Alan Held, and Rosalind Plowright) ; Elena Park interviews Richard Jones and set designer, John Macfarlane ; Juntwait interviews Stephanie Blythe ; Mary Jo Heath interviews Bryn Terfel ; Juntwait and Siff speak about the role of the witch ; synopsis of act 2 ; Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call number

1. *LDC 46558

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 29, 2007.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in English.

Author

1. Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.

Title

1. Hansel and Gretel : radio broadcast, 2007-12-29 [sound recording] : fairy-tale opera in two acts / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette ; English translation by David Pountney.

Imprint

1. [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2007]

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast] of Dec. 29, 2007

Performer

1. Alice Coote (Hänsel) ; Christine Schäfer (Gretel) ; Philip Landridge (Witch) ; Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude, the mother) ; Alan Held (Peter, the father) ; Sasha Cooke (Sandman) ; Lisette Oropesa (Dew Fairy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Childrens' Chorus ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event

1. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 29, 2007.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 72, no. 6 (Dec. 2007)

Language

1. Sung in English.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916. Librettist
2. Coote, Alice. Performer. Interviewee
3. Schäfer, Christine, 1965- Performer
4. Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010. Performer
5. Plowright, Rosalind. Performer. Interviewee
6. Held, Alan, 1959- Performer. Interviewee
7. Cooke, Sasha. Performer
8. Oropesa, Lisette. Performer
9. Jurowski, Vladimir, 1972- Conductor
10. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer
11. Park, Elena. Interviewer
12. Jones, Richard, 1953 June 7- Interviewee
13. Macfarlane, John. Interviewee
14. Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator
15. Siff, Ira. Commentator
16. Blythe, Stephanie. Interviewee
17. Dobell, Linda. Interviewee
18. Fink, Deena Sidney. Interviewee
19. Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer
20. Terfel, Bryn. Interviewee
21. Pountney, David. Translator
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 46558