Research Catalog

Title

Bluebeard's Castle : opera in one act / music by Béla Bartók ; English version by Chester Kallman after the original text by Béla Balázs. Erwartung : monodrama in four scenes / music by Arnold Schoenberg ; libretto by Marie Pappenheim [sound recording].

Author

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975
• Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949
• Norman, Jessye
• Ramey, Samuel
• Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951
• Frischauf, Marie
• Levine, James, 1943-2021
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Pavarotti, Luciano
• Ohlsson, Gerrick
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

2 sound discs (156 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Uniform Title

• Kékszakállú herceg vára. English
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Kékszakállú herceg vára.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• First work sung in English ; second work sung in German.
• Durations: 0:42:41 (synopses and features) ; 1:12:38 (Bluebeard's Castle) ; 0:41:23 (Erwartung).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 543 (F)).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 543 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Bluebeard's Castle -- CD 2. Erwartung ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Opening and synopsis of Bluebeard's Castle (Peter Allen) ; Opera News on the air (Garrick Ohlsson) ; Synopsis of Erwartung (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 543 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R65

Author

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

Title

Bluebeard's Castle : opera in one act / music by Béla Bartók ; English version by Chester Kallman after the original text by Béla Balázs. Erwartung : monodrama in four scenes / music by Arnold Schoenberg ; libretto by Marie Pappenheim [sound recording].

Playing Time

004241 011238 004123

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Performer

In first work: Jessye Norman (Judith) ; Samuel Ramey (Bluebeard).

In second work: Jessye Norman (Erwartung).

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 9 (Jan. 21, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1989.

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 543 (F)

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Added Author

Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975. Translator

Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949. Librettist

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Composer

Frischauf, Marie. Librettist

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Pavarotti, Luciano. Commentator

Ohlsson, Gerrick. 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

*LTCM 543 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file). Use service copy in *LDC 31959.

*LDC 31959 Service copy.