Research Catalog

Title

Rusalka [sound recording] : lyric fairy tale in three acts / music by Antonʹin Dvořʹak ; libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil.

Author

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1868-1950.
• Uecker, Korliss.
• Krasovec, Kathryn.
• Reuter-Foss, Kitt.
• Kopčák, Sergej.
• Beňačková-Čápová, Gabriela.
• Toczyska, Stefania.
• Schaldenbrand, Christopher.
• Heppner, Ben.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• White, Wendy.
• Martin, Janis.
• Fiore, John.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Botstein, Leon.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ardoin, John.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (224 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 11, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 1:00:25 (synopses and features) ; 2:44:04 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 728 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 11, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 728 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Czech.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Welcoming remarks by Joseph Volpe and Texaco CEO Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. ; First intermission feature: Leon Botstein discusses Dvořʹak and "Rusalka" ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with John Ardoin, Terrence McNally, Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33902

OCLC

NYPG95-R604

Author

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.

Title

Rusalka [sound recording] : lyric fairy tale in three acts / music by Antonʹin Dvořʹak ; libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil.

Playing Time

010025 024404

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 11, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 11, 1993]

Performer

Korliss Uecker (First Wood-Sprite) ; Kathryn Krasovec (Second Wood-Sprite) ; Kitt Reuter-Foss (Third Wood-Sprite) ; Sergei Koptchak (Water-Gnome, Rusalka's father) ; Gabriela Beňačkovʹa (Rusalka) ; Stefania Toczyska (Jĕzibaba, a witch) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Hunter) ; Ben Heppner (The Prince) ; James Courtney (Gamekeeper) ; Wendy White (Kitchen Boy) ; Janis Martin (The Foreign Princess) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Fiore, conductor ; Peter Allen, braodcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 6 (Dec. 11, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 11, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 728 (F)

Language

Sung in Czech.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1868-1950. Librettist

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Krasovec, Kathryn. Performer

Reuter-Foss, Kitt. Performer

Kopčák, Sergej. Performer

Beňačková-Čápová, Gabriela. Performer

Toczyska, Stefania. Performer

Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Performer

Heppner, Ben. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

White, Wendy. Performer

Martin, Janis. Performer

Fiore, John. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Botstein, Leon. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ardoin, John. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33902 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1581 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33902.

*LTCM 728 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33902.