Research Catalog

Title

Parsifal : radio broadcast, 1986-04-19 [sound recording] : stage-consecrating festival play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Talvela, Martti.
• Best, Michael.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Gilmore, Gail.
• Clark, Richard J.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Bachlund, Gary.
• Hofmann, Peter, 1944-
• Robbins, Julien.
• Johnsson, Hillary.
• Mazura, Franz.
• Robinson, Gail, 1946-
• Wohlafka, Louise.
• Bergquist, Eleanor.
• Norden, Betsy.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Deng, Yun.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Von Stade, Frederica.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (312 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 19, 1986]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:55:19 (synopses and features) ; 4:17:17 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Martti Talvela (Gurnemanz) ; Michael Best (First Knight of the Grail) ; Diane Kesling (First Esquire) ; James Courtney (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Yun Deng (Second Esquire) ; Gail Gilmore (Kundry) ; Richard J. Clark (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; Gary Bachlund (Fourth Esquire) ; Peter Hofmann (Parsifal) ; Julien Robbins (Titurel) ; Hillary Johnsson (A Voice) ; Franz Mazura (Klingsor) ; Gail Robinson, Louise Wohlafka, Eleanor Berquist, Betsy Norden, Loretta Di Franco and Yun Deng (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 19, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 495 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, Alberta Masiello and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Oh, wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer!" -- side 4. "Vor Allem non:" through "Mein Sohn Amfortas" -- side 5. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Ich sah das Kind (Kundry) -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "Der irrniss und der Leiden Pfade" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 495 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R402

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Parsifal : radio broadcast, 1986-04-19 [sound recording] : stage-consecrating festival play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

005519 041717

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 19, 1986]

Cast

Martti Talvela (Gurnemanz) ; Michael Best (First Knight of the Grail) ; Diane Kesling (First Esquire) ; James Courtney (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Yun Deng (Second Esquire) ; Gail Gilmore (Kundry) ; Richard J. Clark (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; Gary Bachlund (Fourth Esquire) ; Peter Hofmann (Parsifal) ; Julien Robbins (Titurel) ; Hillary Johnsson (A Voice) ; Franz Mazura (Klingsor) ; Gail Robinson, Louise Wohlafka, Eleanor Berquist, Betsy Norden, Loretta Di Franco and Yun Deng (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in June 1991, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 50, no. 15 (Apr. 12, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 19, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 495 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Talvela, Martti. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Gilmore, Gail. Performer

Clark, Richard J. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Bachlund, Gary. Performer

Hofmann, Peter, 1944- Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Johnsson, Hillary. Performer

Mazura, Franz. Performer

Robinson, Gail, 1946- Performer

Wohlafka, Louise. Performer

Bergquist, Eleanor. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Deng, Yun. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Von Stade, Frederica. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 495 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)