Research Catalog

Title

Hansel and Gretel [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette.

Author

Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916
• Blegen, Judith
• Von Stade, Frederica
• Napier, Marita
• Noble, Tim
• Wray, Margaret Jane
• Kotoski, Dawn
• Martin, Janis
• Perick, Christof
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Krisel, Michelle
• Eckert, Thor Jr.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-2010
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

2 sound discs (137 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 24, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Hänsel und Gretel. English
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Hänsel und Gretel.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in English.
• Durations: 0:30:15 (synopses and features) ; 1:47:02 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (under classmark : *LTCM 538 (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, Dec. 24, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 538 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, Thor Eckert Jr. and George Jellinek) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Act II ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 538 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R53

Author

Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.

Title

Hansel and Gretel [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette.

Playing Time

003015 014702

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 24, 1988]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 24, 1988]

Performer

Judith Blegen (Gretel) ; Frederica von Stade (Hansel) ; Marita Napier (Gertrude) ; Timothy Noble (Peter) ; Margaret Jane Wray (The Sandman) ; Dawn Kotoski (The Dewfairy) ; Janis Martin (The Witch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 7 (Dec. 24, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 24, 1988.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 538 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916. Librettist

Blegen, Judith. Performer

Von Stade, Frederica. Performer

Napier, Marita. Performer

Noble, Tim. Performer

Wray, Margaret Jane. Performer

Kotoski, Dawn. Performer

Martin, Janis. Performer

Perick, Christof. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Krisel, Michelle. Commentator

Eckert, Thor Jr. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919-2010, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 538 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31954.

*LDC 31954 Service copy.