Research Catalog

Title

Der Rosenkavalier [sound recording] : comedy for music in three acts / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Ziegler, Delores.
• Gessendorf, Mechthild.
• Evans, Joel.
• Castel, Nico.
• Haugland, Aage, 1944-
• Goldberg, Judith.
• Meyers, Mary.
• Bush, Sandra.
• Bystrom, Barbara.
• Green, Constance.
• Reese, Irwin.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Stocker, Christopher.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Castle, Joyce.
• Aldridge, Erbert.
• Willson, Tim.
• Coffey, Frank (Singer)
• Williams, Dennis.
• Leaf, Sven.
• Meredith, Morley.
• Gondek, Juliana.
• Murray, John Horton.
• Kilduff, Barbara.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Kout, Jiří.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Graff, Yveta Synek.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Culshaw, John.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (249 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 9, 1991]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Rosenkavalier (Opera)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:00:30 (synopses and features) ; 3:08:53 (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)

• Delores Ziegler (Octavian) ; Mechthild Gessendorf (Princess von Werdenberg) ; Joel Evans (A blackamoor) ; Nico Castel (The Princess' major-domo) ; Aage Haugland (Baron Ochs) ; Judith Goldberg, Mary Meyers and Sandra Bush (Three noble orphans) ; Barbara Bystrom (A noble widow) ; Constance Green (A milliner) ; Irwin Reese (An animal vendor) ; Anthony Laciura (Valzacchi) ; Luciano Pavarotti (An Italian singer) ; Christopher Stocker (A hairdresser) ; James Courtney (A notary) ; Joyce Castle (Annina) ; Erbert Aldridge (Leopold) ; Tim Willson, Frank Coffey, Dennis Williams and Sven Leaf (Lackeys and waiters) ; Morley Meredith (Faninal) ; Juliana Gondek (Marianne) ; John Horton Murray (Faninal's major-domo) ; Barbara Kilduff (Sophie) ; Charles Anthony (An innkeeper) ; Richard Vernon (A police commissary) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Jĭri Kout, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 9, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 590 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 - CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Yveta Synek) ; Met Moments (John Culshaw) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Alfred Hubay and Albert Innaurato) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29119

OCLC

NYPG92-R962

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Composer

Title

Der Rosenkavalier [sound recording] : comedy for music in three acts / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing Time

010030 030853

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 9, 1991]

Cast

Delores Ziegler (Octavian) ; Mechthild Gessendorf (Princess von Werdenberg) ; Joel Evans (A blackamoor) ; Nico Castel (The Princess' major-domo) ; Aage Haugland (Baron Ochs) ; Judith Goldberg, Mary Meyers and Sandra Bush (Three noble orphans) ; Barbara Bystrom (A noble widow) ; Constance Green (A milliner) ; Irwin Reese (An animal vendor) ; Anthony Laciura (Valzacchi) ; Luciano Pavarotti (An Italian singer) ; Christopher Stocker (A hairdresser) ; James Courtney (A notary) ; Joyce Castle (Annina) ; Erbert Aldridge (Leopold) ; Tim Willson, Frank Coffey, Dennis Williams and Sven Leaf (Lackeys and waiters) ; Morley Meredith (Faninal) ; Juliana Gondek (Marianne) ; John Horton Murray (Faninal's major-domo) ; Barbara Kilduff (Sophie) ; Charles Anthony (An innkeeper) ; Richard Vernon (A police commissary) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Jĭri Kout, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 55, no. 12 (Mar. 2, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 9, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 590 (F)

Local Note

Compact discs.

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Ziegler, Delores. Performer

Gessendorf, Mechthild. Performer

Evans, Joel. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer

Goldberg, Judith. Performer

Meyers, Mary. Performer

Bush, Sandra. Performer

Bystrom, Barbara. Performer

Green, Constance. Performer

Reese, Irwin. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Stocker, Christopher. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Castle, Joyce. Performer

Aldridge, Erbert. Performer

Willson, Tim. Performer

Coffey, Frank (Singer) Performer

Williams, Dennis. Performer

Leaf, Sven. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Gondek, Juliana. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Kilduff, Barbara. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Kout, Jiří. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Graff, Yveta Synek. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met Moments (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29119 Service copy.

*LTCM 590 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29119.