Research Catalog

Title

Tannhäuser [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

• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Johns, William, 1940-
• Grant Murphy, Heidi.
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
• West, Jon Fredric, 1952-
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Schmidt, Andreas, 1960-
• Murray, John Horton.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Evans, Anne.
• Evans, Joel.
• Huffman, Ted.
• Niles, Peter.
• Musial-Aderer, Franz.
• Sadkin, Eric.
• Schott, Benjamin.
• Segal, Yaniv.
• Silverman, Joseph (Singer)
• Allton, Deborah.
• Andrey, Pauline.
• Lay, Deanne.
• Perick, Christof.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Scott, Iain.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (242 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 15, 1992]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:52:12 (synopses and features) ; 3:09:49 (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)

• Tatiana Troyanos (Venus) ; William Johns (Tannhäuser) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (A young shepherd) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Landgrave) ; Jon Fredric West (Walther) ; Alan Held (Biterolf) ; Andreas Schmidt (Wolfram) ; John Horton Murray (Heinrich) ; Jeffrey Wells (Reinmar) ; Anne Evans (Elisabeth) ; Joel Evans, Ted Huffman, Peter Niles, Franz Musial-Aderer, Eric Sadkin, Benjamin Schott, Yaniv Segal, Joseph Silverman (Pages) ; Deborah Allton, Pauline Andrey, Deanne Lay (Three Graces) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 15, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 607 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Terrence McNally and Iain Scott) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 607 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1406

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer. Librettist

Title

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

Playing Time

005212 030949

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 15, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 15, 1992]

Cast

Tatiana Troyanos (Venus) ; William Johns (Tannhäuser) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (A young shepherd) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Landgrave) ; Jon Fredric West (Walther) ; Alan Held (Biterolf) ; Andreas Schmidt (Wolfram) ; John Horton Murray (Heinrich) ; Jeffrey Wells (Reinmar) ; Anne Evans (Elisabeth) ; Joel Evans, Ted Huffman, Peter Niles, Franz Musial-Aderer, Eric Sadkin, Benjamin Schott, Yaniv Segal, Joseph Silverman (Pages) ; Deborah Allton, Pauline Andrey, Deanne Lay (Three Graces) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 11 (Feb. 15, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 15, 1992.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 607 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Johns, William, 1940- Performer

Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

West, Jon Fredric, 1952- Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Schmidt, Andreas, 1960- Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Evans, Anne. Performer

Evans, Joel. Performer

Huffman, Ted. Performer

Niles, Peter. Performer

Musial-Aderer, Franz. Performer

Sadkin, Eric. Performer

Schott, Benjamin. Performer

Segal, Yaniv. Performer

Silverman, Joseph (Singer) Performer

Allton, Deborah. Performer

Andrey, Pauline. Performer

Lay, Deanne. Performer

Perick, Christof. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Scott, Iain. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 607 (F) Preservation copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30384.

*LDC 30384 Service copy.