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Die Frau ohne Schatten opera in three acts

Title
Die Frau ohne Schatten [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Author
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

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AudioUse in library *LDC 28834 [CD. Service copy]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
  • Dernesch, Helga.
  • Mazura, Franz.
  • Schunk, Robert.
  • Meier, Johanna.
  • Erickson, Kaaren.
  • Fracker, Richard.
  • Christopher, Russell.
  • Vernon, Richard, 1950-
  • Martin, Janis.
  • Courtney, James, 1946-
  • Grant Murphy, Heidi.
  • Guyer, Joyce.
  • Kelly, Sondra.
  • Baker, Mark (Tenor)
  • Kotoski, Dawn.
  • Di Franco, Loretta.
  • Bybee, Ariel.
  • Catania, Claudia.
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Kaston, Motti.
  • Cokorinos, Philip.
  • Bean, Gweneth.
  • Perick, Christof.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Ramey, Samuel.
  • Southern, Hugh.
  • Kennir, James W.
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-
  • McNally, Terrence.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Pinza, Ezio.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound discs (250 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1989]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:04:30 (synopses and features) ; 3:05:10 (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)
  • Helga Dernesch (The nurse) ; Franz Mazura (The messenger of Keikobad) ; Robert Schunk (The emperor) ; Johanna Meier (The empress) ; Kaaren Erickson (The falcon) ; Richard Fracker (The hunchback) ; Janis Martin (The dyer's wife) ; Russell Christopher (The one-eyed) ; Richard Vernon (The one-armed) ; James Courtney (Barak) ; Heidi Grant, Joyce Guyer, Sondra Kelly (Servants) ; Mark W. Baker (Apparition of a young man) ; Dawn Kotoski, Joyce Guyer, Loretta Di Franco, Ariel Bybee, Sondra Kelly, Claudia Catania (Voices of the unborn) ; Charles Anthony, Philip Cokorinos, Motti Kaston (Watchmen) ; Gweneth Bean (A voice from above) ; Heidi Grant (The guardian of the threshold) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1989.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 557 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
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. Hugh Southern and James Kennir ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Samuel Ramey ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Met moments (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Ezio Pinza) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, M. Owen Lee and Terrence McNally) ; Samuel Ramey ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28834
OCLC
NYPG92-R339
Author
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Title
Die Frau ohne Schatten [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Playing Time
010430 030510
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1989]
Cast
Helga Dernesch (The nurse) ; Franz Mazura (The messenger of Keikobad) ; Robert Schunk (The emperor) ; Johanna Meier (The empress) ; Kaaren Erickson (The falcon) ; Richard Fracker (The hunchback) ; Janis Martin (The dyer's wife) ; Russell Christopher (The one-eyed) ; Richard Vernon (The one-armed) ; James Courtney (Barak) ; Heidi Grant, Joyce Guyer, Sondra Kelly (Servants) ; Mark W. Baker (Apparition of a young man) ; Dawn Kotoski, Joyce Guyer, Loretta Di Franco, Ariel Bybee, Sondra Kelly, Claudia Catania (Voices of the unborn) ; Charles Anthony, Philip Cokorinos, Motti Kaston (Watchmen) ; Gweneth Bean (A voice from above) ; Heidi Grant (The guardian of the threshold) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 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. 54, no. 6 (Dec. 9, 1989).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1989.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 557 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
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Added Author
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist
Dernesch, Helga. Performer
Mazura, Franz. Performer
Schunk, Robert. Performer
Meier, Johanna. Performer
Erickson, Kaaren. Performer
Fracker, Richard. Performer
Christopher, Russell. Performer
Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer
Martin, Janis. Performer
Courtney, James, 1946- performer
Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer
Guyer, Joyce. Performer
Kelly, Sondra. Performer
Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer
Kotoski, Dawn. Performer
Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
Bybee, Ariel. Performer
Catania, Claudia. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Kaston, Motti. Performer
Cokorinos, Philip. Performer
Bean, Gweneth. Performer
Perick, Christof. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Ramey, Samuel. Commentator
Southern, Hugh. Commentator
Kennir, James W. Commentator
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
McNally, Terrence. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Pinza, Ezio. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 28834 Service copy
*LTCM 557 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28834
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