Research Catalog

Title

Das Rheingold [sound recording] / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Adam, Theo.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Grobe, Donald.
• Stolze, Gerhard.
• Kelemen, Zoltan, 1936-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Talvela, Martti.
• Ridderbusch, Karl.
• Reynolds, Anna.
• Mangelsdorff, Simone.
• Chookasian, Lili.
• Rebmann, Lieselotte.
• Moser, Edda.
• Love, Shirley.
• Karajan, Herbert von.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (179 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1969]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:33:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:25:30 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1969.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky discusses Das Rheingold) ; Synopsis of the opera (Cross) ; Das Rheingold, beginning to "Fing' eine diese Faust" -- side 2. Das Rheingold, from "... Lügt, Schwestern!" to "Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild?" -- side 3. Das Rheingold, from "Den Selgen Göttern wie geht's" to "Der Ring!?" -- side 4. Das Rheingold, from "Zu deiner Lösung müsst du" to end ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 298 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R46

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Das Rheingold [sound recording] / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

003330 022530

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1969]

Performer

Theo Adam (Wotan) ; Sherrill Milnes (Donner) ; Donald Grobe (Froh) ; Gerhard Stolze (Loge) ; Zoltán Kelemen (Alberich) ; Andrea Velis (Mime) ; Martti Talvela (Fasolt) ; Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner) ; Anna Reynolds (Fricka, Flosshilde) ; Simone Mangelsdorff (Freia) ; Lili Chookasian (Erda) ; Liselotte Rebmann (Woglinde) ; Edda Moser (Wellgunde) ; Shirley Love (Flosshilde, scene 4) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 17 (Feb. 22, 1969).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1969.

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Adam, Theo. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Grobe, Donald. Performer

Stolze, Gerhard. Performer

Kelemen, Zoltan, 1936- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Talvela, Martti. Performer

Ridderbusch, Karl. Performer

Reynolds, Anna. Performer

Mangelsdorff, Simone. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Rebmann, Lieselotte. Performer

Moser, Edda. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Karajan, Herbert von. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 298 (F) Production notes in listening room.