Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Zednik, Heinz.
• Johns, William, 1940-
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Grant Murphy, Heidi.
• Gjevang, Anne.
• Jones, Gwyneth, 1936-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

7 sound discs (292 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 10, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in German.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 1:09:57 (synopses and features) ; 3:42:42 (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

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 10, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 724 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I. part 2 -- CD 3. Act II, part 1 -- CD 4. Act II, part 2 -- CD 5 Act III, part 1 -- CD 6. Act III, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 7. Opera news on the air (Charles Osborne with Gwyneth Jones) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, Terrence McNally and Charles Osborne) ; Met moments (Francis Robinson with Marian Anderson) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen)

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1586

OCLC

NYPG94-R384

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer

Title

Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

010957 034242

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 10, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 10, 1993]

Performer

Heinz Zednik (Mime) ; William Johns (Siegfried) ; James Morris (The Wanderer) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (The Forest Bird) ; Anne Gjevang (Erda) ; Gwyneth Jones (Brünnhilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 15 (Apr. 10, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 10, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1993, from borrowed masters (5 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 724 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Zednik, Heinz. Performer

Johns, William, 1940- Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer

Gjevang, Anne. Performer

Jones, Gwyneth, 1936- Performer. Commentator

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1586 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31785.

*LTCM 724 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31785.

*LDC 31785 Service copy.