Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried [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.
• Windgassen, Wolfgang.
• Moedl, Martha.
• Madeira, Jean.
• Kelley, Norman.
• Pechner, Gerhard.
• Böhme, Kurt, 1908-
• Hurley, Laurel.
• Stiedry, Fritz.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Thebom, Blanche.
• Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Ducloux, Walter, 1913-
• Bagar, Robert C.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (270 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 16, 1957\570216\]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Subjects

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

Note

• Sung in German.
• Durations: 0:43:02 (synopses and features) ; 3:46:48 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 75 (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. 16, 1957.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 75 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Milton Cross) -- CD 4. Introduction and Synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky, Blanche Thebom and Erich Leinsdorf discuss Siegfried ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Robert Lawrence, Walter Ducloux, Robert Bagar and Sigmund Spaeth ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34066

OCLC

NYPG84-R1079

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

004302 034648

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 16, 1957\570216\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 16, 1957\570216\]

Performer

Otto Edelmann (Wanderer) ; Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried) ; Martha Moedl (Brünnhilde) ; Jean Madeira (Erda) ; Norman Kelley (Mime) ; Gerhard Pechner (Alberich) ; Kurt Boehme (Fafner) ; Laurel Hurley (Voice of the forest bird) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 21, no. 14 (Feb. 11, 1957).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1957.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Aug., 1984, from borrowed copies (5 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 75 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Edelmann, Otto. Performer

Windgassen, Wolfgang. Performer

Moedl, Martha. Performer

Madeira, Jean. Performer

Kelley, Norman. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Böhme, Kurt, 1908- Performer

Hurley, Laurel. Performer

Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Thebom, Blanche. Commentator

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Ducloux, Walter, 1913- Commentator

Bagar, Robert C. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. 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 34066 Service copy.

*LTCM 75 (F) Cassette copy (Production notes on file.) Request service copy in *LDC 34066.