Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / libretto and music by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hiestermann, Horst.
• Johns, William, 1940-
• Sotin, Hans.
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Guyer, Joyce.
• Bean, Gweneth.
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

7 sound discs (316 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 15, 1989]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in German.
• Durations: 1:08:38 (synopses and features) ; 4:07:35 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (on file under classmark : *LTCM 554 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 15, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 554 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 -- CD 3. Act II, part 1 -- CD 4. Act II, part 2 ; CD 5. Act III, part 1 -- CD 6. Act III, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 7. Opera News on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Christopher Purdy, host, with Edward Downes, Thor Eckert Jr. and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 554 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R329

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / libretto and music by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

010838 040735

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 15, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 15, 1989]

Performer

Horst Hiestermann (Mime) ; William Johns (Siegfried) ; Hans Sotin (The Wanderer) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Joyce Guyer (The Forest Bird) ; Gweneth Bean (Erda) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 14 (Apr. 1, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 15, 1989.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 554 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Hiestermann, Horst. Performer

Johns, William, 1940- Performer

Sotin, Hans. Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Bean, Gweneth. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. 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

*LTCM 554 (F) Cassette copy (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31949.

*LDC 31949 Service copy.