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Elektra opera in one act
- Title
- Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
- Author
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
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- Additional Authors
- Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
- Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
- Love, Shirley.
- Bybee, Ariel.
- Di Franco, Loretta.
- Smith, Alma Jean.
- Coss, Elizabeth.
- Nilsson, Birgit.
- Rysanek, Leonie.
- Dunn, Mignon.
- Webber, Constance.
- Anguish, Elizabeth.
- Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
- Harper, Talmage.
- McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
- Cheek, John, 1948-
- Nagy, Robert, 1929-
- Levine, James, 1943-2021.
- Allen, Peter, 1920-
- Culshaw, John.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 2 sound cassettes (153 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1980]
- Uniform Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:40:46 (synopses and features) ; 1:52:52 (opera).
- Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
- Indexed In (note)
- Opera news
- Performer (note)
- Batyah Godfrey, Shirley Love, Ariel Bybee, Loretta Di Franco and Alma Jean Smith (Five serving women) ; Elizabeth Coss (Overseer of the servants) ; Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Elizabeth Anguish (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Talmage Harper (An old servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; John Cheek (The guardian of Orest) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1980.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 635 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in German.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Elektra (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (John Culshaw) -- side 2. Elektra through "Was willst du? Seht doch, dort" -- side 3. "Ich habe keine guten Nächte" through "Orest! es rührt sich niemand" -- side 4. Elektra concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).
- Call Number
- *LTCM 635 (F)
- OCLC
- NYPG92-R1964
- Author
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
- Title
- Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
- Playing Time
- 004046 015252
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1980]
- Cast
- Batyah Godfrey, Shirley Love, Ariel Bybee, Loretta Di Franco and Alma Jean Smith (Five serving women) ; Elizabeth Coss (Overseer of the servants) ; Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Elizabeth Anguish (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Talmage Harper (An old servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; John Cheek (The guardian of Orest) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 44, no. 13 (Feb. 9, 1980).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1980.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 635 (F)
- Language
- Sung in German.
- Added Author
- Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. LibrettistGodfrey Ben-David, Batyah. PerformerLove, Shirley. PerformerBybee, Ariel. PerformerDi Franco, Loretta. PerformerSmith, Alma Jean. PerformerCoss, Elizabeth. PerformerNilsson, Birgit. PerformerRysanek, Leonie. PerformerDunn, Mignon. PerformerWebber, Constance. PerformerAnguish, Elizabeth. PerformerAnthony, Charles, 1929-2012. PerformerHarper, Talmage. PerformerMcIntyre, Donald, 1934- PerformerCheek, John, 1948- PerformerNagy, Robert, 1929- PerformerLevine, James, 1943-2021. ConductorAllen, Peter, 1920- CommentatorCulshaw, John. CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LTCM 635 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)