Research Catalog

Title

Das Rheingold [sound recording] : opera in four scenes / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Park, Mi-Hae.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Parsons, Meredith.
• Mazura, Franz.
• Dernesch, Helga.
• Sotin, Hans.
• Häggander, Mari Anne.
• Macurdy, John.
• Haugland, Aage, 1944-
• Fisher, E. Burke.
• Joll, Phillip.
• Jerusalem, Siegfried.
• Clark, Graham, 1941-
• Gjevang, Anne.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• 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 Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 16, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:41:57 (synopses and features) ; 2:36:50 (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)

• Mi-Hae Park (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Franz Mazura (Alberich) ; Helga Dernesch (Fricka) ; Hans Sotin (Wotan) ; Mari-Anne Häggander (Freia) ; John Macurdy (Fasolt) ; Aage Haugland (Fafner) ; Timothy Jenkins (Froh) ; Phillip Joll (Donner) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge) ; Graham Clark (Mime) ; Anne Gjevang (Erda) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 16, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 521 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Rheingold (Allen) -- CD 2-4. Das Rheingold ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 27341

OCLC

NYPG91-R1015

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Das Rheingold [sound recording] : opera in four scenes / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

004157 023650

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 16, 1988]

Cast

Mi-Hae Park (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Franz Mazura (Alberich) ; Helga Dernesch (Fricka) ; Hans Sotin (Wotan) ; Mari-Anne Häggander (Freia) ; John Macurdy (Fasolt) ; Aage Haugland (Fafner) ; Timothy Jenkins (Froh) ; Phillip Joll (Donner) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge) ; Graham Clark (Mime) ; Anne Gjevang (Erda) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, 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. 9 (Jan. 16, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 16, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 521 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Park, Mi-Hae. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Parsons, Meredith. Performer

Mazura, Franz. Performer

Dernesch, Helga. Performer

Sotin, Hans. Performer

Häggander, Mari Anne. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer

Fisher, E. Burke. Performer

Joll, Phillip. Performer

Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer

Clark, Graham, 1941- Performer

Gjevang, Anne. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27341 Service copy.

*LTCM 521 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27341.