Research Catalog

Title

Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny : radio broadcast, 1984-01-21 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Kurt Weill ; original text and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

Author

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
• Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927-
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011
• Decker, Geraldine
• Craig, Patricia (Soprano)
• Barnett, Cynthia
• Cook, Carla
• Grillo, Joann
• Jones, Isola
• Love, Shirley
• Zannoth, Sherry
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-1998
• Sergi, Arturo
• Darrenkamp, John
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Castel, Nico
• Best, Michael
• Tate, Jeffery
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Dunn, Mignon
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Bonelli, Peter
• Hume, Paul, 1915-2001
• McNally, Terrence
• Mohr, Richard
• Milnes, Sherrill
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (200 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 21, 1984]

Uniform Title

• Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. English
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny.
• First intermission feature (Interview)
• Mahogonny.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:51:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:29:09 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty) ; Cornell MacNeil (Trinity Moses) ; Geraldine Decker (Leocadia Begbick) ; Patricia Craig (Jenny) ; Cynthia Barnett, Carla Cook, Joann Grillo, Isola Jones, Shirley Love, Sherry Zannoth (Six Girls of Mahagonny ; Richard Cassilly (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Arturo Sergi (Jacob Schmidt) ; Paul Plishka (Alaska Wolf Joe) ; Nico Castel (Announcer) ; Michael Best (Toby Higgins) ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor ; Peter Allen, announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 21, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 443 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; First Intermission (Richard Mohr, host, with Sherrill Milnes) ; Syniosis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, Paul Hume and Terrence McNally) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 through "And I also once stood with my back to the wall" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 443 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R129

Author

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.

Title

Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny : radio broadcast, 1984-01-21 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Kurt Weill ; original text and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

Playing Time

005102 022909

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 21, 1984]

Cast

Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty) ; Cornell MacNeil (Trinity Moses) ; Geraldine Decker (Leocadia Begbick) ; Patricia Craig (Jenny) ; Cynthia Barnett, Carla Cook, Joann Grillo, Isola Jones, Shirley Love, Sherry Zannoth (Six Girls of Mahagonny ; Richard Cassilly (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Arturo Sergi (Jacob Schmidt) ; Paul Plishka (Alaska Wolf Joe) ; Nico Castel (Announcer) ; Michael Best (Toby Higgins) ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor ; Peter Allen, announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1990, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 48, no. 9 (Jan. 21, 1984).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 21, 1984.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 443 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Librettist

Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927- Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011, singer.

Decker, Geraldine. Performer

Craig, Patricia (Soprano) Performer

Barnett, Cynthia. Performer

Cook, Carla. Performer

Grillo, Joann. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Zannoth, Sherry. Performer

Cassilly, Richard, 1927-1998, singer.

Sergi, Arturo. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Tate, Jeffery. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Dunn, Mignon. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

Hume, Paul, 1915-2001, commentator.

McNally, Terrence, commentator.

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

First intermission feature (Interview)

Mahogonny.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 443 (F) (Production notes on file.)