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Fledermaus opera in three acts

Title: Fledermaus [sound recording] ; opera in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; English lyrics by Howard Dietz ; book by Garson Kanin after the German of Haffner and Genée and the French of Meilhac and Halévy.
Author: Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (218 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-01-07 (Jan. 1, 1967)]

Uniform Title

Fledermaus. English
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Fledermaus.

Subject

Operas

Note

Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:11:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:27:00 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 7, 1967.

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Rudolf Bing and Edward Downes) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Downes, Max de Schauensee, Terry McEwen, Boris Goldovsky and William Weaver) ; Met Auditions announcement (Howard J. Hook, Jr.) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Broadcast closing remarks -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 through "Happy days" -- side 5. Act 2, conclusion -- side 6. Act 3.

Call Number

*LTCM 252 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R143

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

Title

Fledermaus [sound recording] ; opera in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; English lyrics by Howard Dietz ; book by Garson Kanin after the German of Haffner and Genée and the French of Meilhac and Halévy.

Playing Time

011100 022700

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-01-07 (Jan. 1, 1967)]

Performer

John Reardon (Gabriel von Eisenstein) ; Mary Costa (Rosalinda) ; Roberta Peters (Adele) ; Arturo Sergi (Alfred) ; Kitty Carlisle (Prince Orlofsky) ; Donald Gramm (Dr. Falke) ; Ron Bottcher (Frank) ; Paul Franke (Dr. Blind) ; Jack Gilford (Frosch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Franz Allers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 31, no. 11 (Jan. 7, 1967).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 7, 1967.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Réveillon.

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Réveillon.

Genée, Richard, 1823-1895. lbt.

Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1874. Librettist

Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983. Translator

Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999. Translator

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. Performer

Costa, Mary. Performer

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Sergi, Arturo. Performer

Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007. Performer

Gramm, Donald. Performer

Bottcher, Ron. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Gilford, Jack. Performer

Allers, Franz. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Hook, Howard J., Jr.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 252 (F) Production notes on file.

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