Research Catalog
Tannhäuser opera in three acts
- Title
- Tannhäuser [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
- Author
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hines, Jerome, 1921-
- Vinay, Ramon.
- London, George, 1920-1985.
- Gari, Giulio.
- Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
- Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
- Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
- Varnay, Astrid.
- Thebom, Blanche.
- Krall, Heidi.
- Kempe, Rudolf, 1910-1976.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
- Adler, Kurt Herbert.
- Cushing, Mary Watkins.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Mercer, Ruby.
- Robinson, Francis, 1910-
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Ducloux, Walter.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (228 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1955]
- Uniform Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:45:53 (synopses and features) ; 3:02:54 (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
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 29, 1955.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 416 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in German.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Norman Dello Joio, host, with Kurt Adler and Mary Watkins Cushing) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Robert Bagar, Ruby Mercer, Francis Robinson and Walter Ducloux) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Zieh 'hin Wahnsinniger" -- side 3. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Gepriesen March" -- side 4. Act 2 concluded -- side 5. Introduction ; Act 3 through "O du mein holder Abendstern" -- side 6. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LT-10 6082
- OCLC
- NYPG90-R653
- Author
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
- Title
- Tannhäuser [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
- Playing Time
- 004553 030254
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1955]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1955]
- Performer
- Jerome Hines (Landgraf) ; Ramon Vinay (Tannhäuser) ; George London (Wolfram) ; Giulio Gari (Walther) ; Clifford Harvuot (Biterolf) ; Paul Franke (Heinrich) ; Norman Scott (Reinmar) ; Astrid Varnay (Elisabeth) ; Blanche Thebom (Venus) ; Heidi Krall (A young shepherd) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Rudolf Kempe, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 19, no. 12 (Jan. 24, 1955).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 29, 1955.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 416 (F)
- Language
- Sung in German.
- Added Author
- Hines, Jerome, 1921- PerformerVinay, Ramon. PerformerLondon, George, 1920-1985. PerformerGari, Giulio. PerformerHarvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. PerformerFranke, Paul, 1917-2011. PerformerScott, Norman, 1921-1968. PerformerVarnay, Astrid. PerformerThebom, Blanche. PerformerKrall, Heidi. PerformerKempe, Rudolf, 1910-1976. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorDello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. CommentatorAdler, Kurt Herbert. CommentatorCushing, Mary Watkins. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorMercer, Ruby. CommentatorRobinson, Francis, 1910- CommentatorBagar, Robert C. CommentatorDucloux, Walter. CommentatorMetropolitan 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
- *LT-10 6082 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 416 (F)*LTCM 416 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6082.