Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003
• Fisher, E. Burke
• Volkman, Elizabeth
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Bybee, Ariel
• Troyanos, Tatiana
• Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
• Carpenter, John (Singer)
• Thomas, Jess
• Wildermann, William, 1919-2004
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah
• Shinall, Vern
• Norden, Betsy
• Wohlafka, Louise
• Smith, Alma Jean
• Di Franco, Loretta
• Jones, Isola
• Levine, James, 1943-2021
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Masiello, Alberta
• Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-2010
• McNally, Terrence
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound cassettes (266 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 5, 1980]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:45:05 (synopses and features) ; 3:41:04 (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)

• Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz) ; Timothy Jenkins (First Knight of the Grail) ; Elizabeth Volkman (First Esquire) ; Philip Booth (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Ariel Bybee (Second Esquire) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Kundry) ; Norman Bailey (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; John Carpenter (Fourth Esquire) ; Jess Thomas (Parsifal) ; William Wildermann (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Vern Shinall (Klingsor) ; Betsy Norden, Louise Wohlafka, Elizabeth Volkman, Alma Jean Smith, 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. 5, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 642 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Sigmund Leverie and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Oh, wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer!" -- side 3. "Durch mitleid wissend, der reine Thor" through "Den Vaterlosen gebor die Mutter" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Amfortas" -- 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 642 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R2022

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

004505 034104

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 5, 1980]

Cast

Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz) ; Timothy Jenkins (First Knight of the Grail) ; Elizabeth Volkman (First Esquire) ; Philip Booth (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Ariel Bybee (Second Esquire) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Kundry) ; Norman Bailey (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; John Carpenter (Fourth Esquire) ; Jess Thomas (Parsifal) ; William Wildermann (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Vern Shinall (Klingsor) ; Betsy Norden, Louise Wohlafka, Elizabeth Volkman, Alma Jean Smith, 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 Oct. 1992, 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. 44, no. 18 (Apr. 5, 1980).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 5, 1980.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 642 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003, singer.

Fisher, E. Burke. Performer

Volkman, Elizabeth. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Carpenter, John (Singer) Performer

Thomas, Jess. Performer

Wildermann, William, 1919-2004, singer.

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Shinall, Vern. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Wohlafka, Louise. Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-2010, commentator.

McNally, Terrence, 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 642 (F) (Production notes on file on file.)