Research Catalog

Title

Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny : radio broadcast, 1979-12-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Kurt Weill ; original German text and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

Author

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
• Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927-
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Varnay, Astrid.
• Stratas, Teresa.
• Barlow, Klara.
• Casei, Nedda, 1935-2020.
• Cornell, Gwynn.
• Grillo, Joann.
• Jones, Isola.
• Wohlafka, Louise.
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
• Sergi, Arturo.
• Shinall, Vern.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Castel, Nico.
• Best, Michael.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Woitach, Richard.
• Leverie, Sigmund.
• Newman, Edwin.
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Alexander, John, 1923-1990.
• Stilwell, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (229 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 22, 1979]

Uniform Title

• Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. English
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny.
• Mahagonny

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:22:29 (synopses and features) ; 2:27:06 (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)

• Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty) ; Cornell MacNeil (Trinity Moses) ; Astrid Varnay (Begbick) ; Teresa Stratas (Jenny) ; Klara Barlow, Nedda Casei, Gwynn Cornell, Joann Grillo, Isola Jones and Louise Wohlafka (Six girls of Mahagonny) ; Richard Cassilly (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Arturo Sergi (Jacob Schmidt) ; Vern Shinall (Moneybags Billy) ; Paul Plishka (Alaska Wolf Joe) ; Nico Castel (Announcer) ; Michael Best (Toby Higgins) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 22, 1979.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 627 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Singer's roundtable (Robert Jacobson, host, with Marilyn Horne, John Alexander and Richard Stillwell) ; Sherrill Milnes -- side 2. Roundtable concluded ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Robert Lawrence, Richard Woitach, Sigmund Leverie and Edwin Newman) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 through "And I also once stood with my back to the wall" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 627 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1914

Author

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Composer

Title

Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny : radio broadcast, 1979-12-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Kurt Weill ; original German text and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

Playing Time

012229 022706

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 22, 1979]

Cast

Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty) ; Cornell MacNeil (Trinity Moses) ; Astrid Varnay (Begbick) ; Teresa Stratas (Jenny) ; Klara Barlow, Nedda Casei, Gwynn Cornell, Joann Grillo, Isola Jones and Louise Wohlafka (Six girls of Mahagonny) ; Richard Cassilly (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Arturo Sergi (Jacob Schmidt) ; Vern Shinall (Moneybags Billy) ; Paul Plishka (Alaska Wolf Joe) ; Nico Castel (Announcer) ; Michael Best (Toby Higgins) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 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. 6 (Dec. 1, 1979).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 22, 1979.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 627 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Librettist

Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927- Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Varnay, Astrid. Performer

Stratas, Teresa. Performer

Barlow, Klara. Performer

Casei, Nedda, 1935-2020. Performer

Cornell, Gwynn. Performer

Grillo, Joann. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Wohlafka, Louise. Performer

Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Performer

Sergi, Arturo. Performer

Shinall, Vern. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Leverie, Sigmund. Commentator

Newman, Edwin. Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Commentator

Stilwell, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 627 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)