Research Catalog

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : music drama in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Edelmann, Otto.
• Thebom, Blanche.
• Harshaw, Margaret.
• Vinay, Ramon.
• Schech, Marianne.
• Böhme, Kurt, 1908-
• Lind, Gloria.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Krall, Heidi.
• Warfield, Sandra.
• Lipton, Martha.
• Moll, Mariquita.
• Elias, Rosalind.
• Amparan, Belen.
• Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Bampton, Rose.
• Adler, Kurt Herbert.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981.
• Bagar, Robert C.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Hughes, Allen.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (233 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 2, 1957\570202\]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subjects

• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 > Ring des Nibelungen Walküre
• Operas

Note

• Sung in German.
• Durations: 0:39:40 (synopses and features) ; 3:12:50 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 73 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1957.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono, Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 73 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and Synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky, Rose Bampton and Kurt Herbert Adler discuss Die Walküre ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Robert Lawrence, Alfred Frankenstein, Robert Bagar, Jay Harrison and Allen Hughes ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34064

OCLC

NYPG84-R1077

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : music drama in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

003940 031250

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 2, 1957\570202\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 2, 1957\570202\]

Performer

Otto Edelmann (Wotan) ; Blanche Thebom (Fricka) ; Margaret Harshaw (Brünnhilde) ; Ramon Vinay (Siegmund) ; Marianne Schech (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Boehme (Hunding) ; Gloria Lind, Carlotta Ordassy, Heidi Krall, Sandra Warfield, Martha Lipton, Mariquita Moll, Rosalind Elias, Belen Amparan (Valkyries) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 21, no. 12 (Jan. 28, 1957).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1957.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Aug., 1984, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono, Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 73 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Edelmann, Otto. Performer

Thebom, Blanche. Performer

Harshaw, Margaret. Performer

Vinay, Ramon. Performer

Schech, Marianne. Performer

Böhme, Kurt, 1908- Performer

Lind, Gloria. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Krall, Heidi. Performer

Warfield, Sandra. Performer

Lipton, Martha. Performer

Moll, Mariquita. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Amparan, Belen. Performer

Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Bampton, Rose. Commentator

Adler, Kurt Herbert. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981. Commentator

Bagar, Robert C. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Hughes, Allen. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 34064 Service copy.

*LTCM 73 (F) Cassette copy (Production notes filed in listening room.) Request service copy in *LDC 34064.