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Götterdämmerung opera in a prologue and three acts

Title
Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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AudioUse in library *LDC 28832 [CD. Service copy]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Bean, Gweneth.
  • Castle, Joyce.
  • Gruber, Andrea.
  • Behrens, Hildegard.
  • Jerusalem, Siegfried.
  • Raffell, Anthony.
  • Salminen, Matti.
  • Lisowska, Hanna.
  • Ludwig, Christa.
  • Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
  • Erickson, Kaaren.
  • Kesling, Diane.
  • Parsons, Meredith.
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Mohr, Richard.
  • Southern, Hugh.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
  • Osbourne, Charles.
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Masiello, Alberta.
  • Behr, Jan.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
6 sound cassettes (346 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 21, 1990]
Uniform Title
  • Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:11:28 (synopses and features) ; 4:35:25 (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)
  • Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Joyce Castle (Second Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Hanna Lisowska (Gutrune) ; Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 576 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD. 5 Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Hugh Southern) ; Met moments (Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr, Boris Goldovsky and Edward Downes) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Charles Osbourne and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28832
OCLC
NYPG92-R371
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer. Librettist
Title
Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Playing Time
011128 043525
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 21, 1990]
Cast
Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Joyce Castle (Second Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Hanna Lisowska (Gutrune) ; Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1992, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 54, no. 15 (Apr. 14, 1990).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 576 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
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Added Author
Bean, Gweneth. Performer
Castle, Joyce. Performer
Gruber, Andrea. Performer
Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer
Raffell, Anthony. Performer
Salminen, Matti. Performer
Lisowska, Hanna. Performer
Ludwig, Christa. Performer
Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer
Erickson, Kaaren. Performer
Kesling, Diane. Performer
Parsons, Meredith. Performer
Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Southern, Hugh. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator
Osbourne, Charles. Commentator
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
Met moments (Radio program)
Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
Behr, Jan. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. 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
*LDC 28832 Service copy
*LTCM 576 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28832
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