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Parsifal stage-consecrating festival play in three acts

Title
Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating festival play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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Additional Authors
  • Moll, Kurt, 1938-
  • Best, Michael
  • Kesling, Diane
  • Vernon, Richard, 1950-
  • Dubinbaum, Gail
  • Rysanek, Leonie
  • Estes, Simon
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
  • Booth, Thomas
  • Vickers, Jon
  • Robbins, Julien
  • Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah
  • Robinson, Gail, 1946-
  • Wohlafka, Louise
  • Bergquist, Eleanor
  • Norden, Betsy
  • Di Franco, Loretta
  • Jones, Isola
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
  • Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013
  • Mohr, Richard
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019
  • Pfeiffer, John, 1920-1996
  • Purdy, Christopher
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound cassettes (321 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 20, 1985]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:47:16 (synopses and features) ; 4:33:50 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz) ; Michael Best (First Knight of the Grail) ; Diane Kesling (First Esquire) ; Richard Vernon (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Gail Dubinbaum (Second Esquire) ; Leonie Rysanek (Kundry) ; Simon Estes (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; Thomas Booth (Fourth Esquire) ; Jon Vickers (Parsifal) ; Julien Robbins (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Franz Mazura (Klingsor) ; Gail Robinson, Louise Wohlafka, Eleanor Bergquist, Betsy Norden, Loretta Di Franco and Isola Jones (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 20, 1985.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 475 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr and James Levine) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, John Pfeiffer and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Oh, wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer!" -- side 3. "Drum bleib es dem nach dem ihr fragt" through "Den Vaterlosen gebor die Mutter" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Ich sah das Kind" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "Der irrniss und der Leiden Pfade" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).
Call Number
*LTCM 475 (F)
OCLC
NYPG91-R206
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating festival play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Playing Time
004716 043350
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 20, 1985]
Cast
Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz) ; Michael Best (First Knight of the Grail) ; Diane Kesling (First Esquire) ; Richard Vernon (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Gail Dubinbaum (Second Esquire) ; Leonie Rysanek (Kundry) ; Simon Estes (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; Thomas Booth (Fourth Esquire) ; Jon Vickers (Parsifal) ; Julien Robbins (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Franz Mazura (Klingsor) ; Gail Robinson, Louise Wohlafka, Eleanor Bergquist, Betsy Norden, Loretta Di Franco and Isola Jones (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1991, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 49, no. 15 (Apr. 13, 1985).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 20, 1985.
Reproduction
Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 475 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
Added Author
Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer
Best, Michael. Performer
Kesling, Diane. Performer
Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer
Dubinbaum, Gail. Performer
Rysanek, Leonie. Performer
Estes, Simon. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Booth, Thomas. Performer
Vickers, Jon. Performer
Robbins, Julien. Performer
Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer
Robinson, Gail, 1946- Performer
Wohlafka, Louise. Performer
Bergquist, Eleanor. Performer
Norden, Betsy. Performer
Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
Jones, Isola. Performer
Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, commentator.
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
Pfeiffer, John, 1920-1996, commentator.
Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 475 (F) (Production notes on file.)
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