Research Catalog

Title

Parsifal [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Svanholm, Set.
• Harshaw, Margaret.
• Edelmann, Otto.
• Pechner, Gerhard.
• Schöffler, Paul, 1897-
• Moscona, Nicola.
• Warfield, Sandra.
• Da Costa, Albert, 1927-1967.
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Georgiou, Vilma.
• Elias, Rosalind.
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Carelli, Gabor.
• Leone, Maria (Soprano)
• Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006.
• Krall, Heidi.
• Roggero, Margaret.
• Cundari, Emilia.
• Stiedry, Fritz.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Bampton, Rose.
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Bagar, Robert C.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• De Schauensee, Max.
• Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (295 min.) : mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 24, 1956\560324\]

Uniform Title

• Parsifal
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Parsifal

Subjects

• Operas
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 > Parsifal

Note

• Sung in German.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 3:59:19 (opera) ; 0:55:49 (synopses and features).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 24, 1956.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky, Rose Bampton and Anthony Quayle discuss Parsifal ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Robert Lawrence, Robert Bagar, Sigmund Spaeth, Max de Schauensee and Max Rudolf ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 to Wer schoss den Schwan? -- side 4. Act 1, continued to Nehmet hin mein Blut -- side 5. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 to wo ich viel ersah -- side 6. Act 2, conclusion -- side 7. Act 3 to Mittag: die Stund' ist da. -- side 8. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 64 (F)

OCLC

NYPG84-R824

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Parsifal [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

035919 005549

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 24, 1956\560324\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 24, 1956\560324\]

Performer

Set Svanholm (Parsifal) ; Margaret Harshaw (Kundry ; Nicola Moscona (Titurel) ; Gerhard Pechner (Klingsor) ; Otto Edelman (Gurnemanz) ; Paul Schoeffler (Amfortas) ; Sandra Warfield (voice) ; Albert Da Costa (First Knight) ; Clifford Harvuot (Second Knight ) ; Vilma Georgiou (First Esquire, flower maiden) ; Rosalind Elias (Second Esquire) ; Maria Leonie, Herta Glaz, Heidi Krall, Margaret Roggero, Emilia Cudari (Flower Maidens) ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 20, no. 20 (Mar. 19, 1956).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 24, 1956.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, Jun., 1984, from borrowed copies (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Added Author

Svanholm, Set. Performer

Harshaw, Margaret. Performer

Edelmann, Otto. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Schöffler, Paul, 1897- Performer

Moscona, Nicola. Performer

Warfield, Sandra. Performer

Da Costa, Albert, 1927-1967. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Georgiou, Vilma. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Carelli, Gabor. Performer

Leone, Maria (Soprano) Performer

Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006. Performer

Krall, Heidi. Performer

Roggero, Margaret. Performer

Cundari, Emilia. Performer

Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Bampton, Rose. Commentator

Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Bagar, Robert C. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 64 (F) Production notes on file.