Research Catalog

Title

Die Fledermaus [sound recording] : operetta in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. Original dialogue adapted for this production by Otto Schenk and translated into English by Marcel Prawy.

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1874.
• Genée, Richard, 1823-1895.
• Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003.
• Rendall, David.
• Blegen, Judith.
• Daniels, Barbara, 1946-
• Allen, Thomas, 1944-
• Best, Michael.
• Devlin, Michael, 1942-
• Mazura, Franz.
• Chapman, Karen.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Dobriansky, Andrij.
• Schenk, Otto.
• Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Gainsley, Philip.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 9, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Fledermaus. English & German
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Fledermaus.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:51:42 (synopses and features) ; 3:04:23 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• David Rendall (Alfred) ; Judith Blegen (Adele) ; Barbara Daniels (Rosalinde) ; Thomas Allen (Eisenstein) ; Michael Best (Dr. Blind) ; Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke) ; Franz Mazura (Frank) ; Karen Chapman (Ida) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Ivan) ; Otto Schenk (Frosch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 9, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 520 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German ; dialogue in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Philip Gainsley, Christopher Purdy and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 27342

OCLC

NYPG91-R1003

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

Title

Die Fledermaus [sound recording] : operetta in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. Original dialogue adapted for this production by Otto Schenk and translated into English by Marcel Prawy.

Playing Time

005142 030423

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 9, 1988]

Cast

David Rendall (Alfred) ; Judith Blegen (Adele) ; Barbara Daniels (Rosalinde) ; Thomas Allen (Eisenstein) ; Michael Best (Dr. Blind) ; Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke) ; Franz Mazura (Frank) ; Karen Chapman (Ida) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Ivan) ; Otto Schenk (Frosch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1991, 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. 52, no. 8 (Jan. 2, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 9, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 520 (F)

Language

Sung in German ; dialogue in English.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1874. Librettist

Genée, Richard, 1823-1895. Librettist

Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003. Translator

Rendall, David. Performer

Blegen, Judith. Performer

Daniels, Barbara, 1946- Performer

Allen, Thomas, 1944- Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Devlin, Michael, 1942- Performer

Mazura, Franz. Performer

Chapman, Karen. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Schenk, Otto. Performer

Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

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 27342 Service copy.

*LTCM 520 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27342.