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

• Erickson, Kaaren.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Parsons, Meredith.
• Ludwig, Christa.
• Sotin, Hans.
• Shade, Ellen.
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
• Salminen, Matti.
• Baker, Mark (Tenor)
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Jerusalem, Siegfried.
• Hiestermann, Horst.
• Svendén, Birgitta.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (200 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 1989]

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

• Sung in German.
• Durations: 0:39:40 (synopses and features) ; 2:36:18 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (on file under classmark : *LTCM 552 (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. 1, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 552 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Opera , Part 1 -- CD 2. Opera, Part 2 -- CD 3. Opera, Part 3 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction (Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of the opera (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 552 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R88

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

003940 023618

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 1989]

Performer

Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Christa Ludwig (Fricka) ; Hans Sotin (Wotan) ; Ellen Shade (Freia) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fasolt) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Mark W. Baker (Froh) ; James Courtney (Donner) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge) ; Horst Hiestermann (Mime) ; Birgitta Svendén (Erda) ; 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. 1, 1989.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 552 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Erickson, Kaaren. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Parsons, Meredith. Performer

Ludwig, Christa. Performer

Sotin, Hans. Performer

Shade, Ellen. Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer

Hiestermann, Horst. Performer

Svendén, Birgitta. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. 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

*LTCM 552 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31947.

*LDC 31947 Service copy.