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Tannhäuser opera in three acts

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

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Additional Authors
  • Traubel, Helen
  • Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970
  • Melchior, Lauritz
  • Janssen, Herbert
  • Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978
  • Garris, John
  • Hawkins, Osie
  • Darcy, Emery
  • Gurney, John, 1902-1997
  • Stellman, Maxine
  • Szell, George, 1897-1970
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
  • Downes, Olin, 1886-1955
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965
  • Davenport, Marcia, 1903-1996
  • Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
  • Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960
  • Rossevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
  • Nash, Walter, 1882-1968
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 19, 1942.
Uniform Title
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Opera victory rally (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Note
  • Subtitle from house program.
  • Durations: ca. 1 hr., 12 mins. (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; ca. 3 hrs, 6 mins. (opera).
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Helen Traubel (Elisabeth) ; Kerstin Thorborg (Venus) ; Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser) ; Herbert Janssen (Wolfram) ; Alexander Kipnis (Hermann) ; John Garris (Walther) ; Osie Hawkins (Biterolf) ; Emery Darcy (Heinrich) ; John Gurney (Reinmar) ; Maxine Stellman (Shepherd) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; George Szell, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (in Spanish) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Synopsis of Act 2 (in Spanish) ; Act 2 -- CD 3. Synopsis of Act 3 (in Spanish) ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (in Spanish) -- CD 4. Opening remarks and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera forum quiz (Olin Downes questions Robert Lawrence, Sigmund Spaeth, and Marcia Davenport) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Opera victory rally (Mrs. August Belmont introduces Lawrence Tibbett, rally chairman ; Mrs. Franklin D. Rossevelt speaks on Britain's war situation ; Walter Nash, New Zealand's Minister to the U.S., speaks on war involvement by the British Commonwealth nations) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LDC 32703
OCLC
NYPG04-R281
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Tannhäuser [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 19, 1942.
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 19, 1942.
Cast
Helen Traubel (Elisabeth) ; Kerstin Thorborg (Venus) ; Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser) ; Herbert Janssen (Wolfram) ; Alexander Kipnis (Hermann) ; John Garris (Walther) ; Osie Hawkins (Biterolf) ; Emery Darcy (Heinrich) ; John Gurney (Reinmar) ; Maxine Stellman (Shepherd) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; George Szell, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 7 (Dec. 14, 1942).
Language
Sung in German.
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Added Author
Traubel, Helen. Performer
Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970. Performer
Melchior, Lauritz. Performer
Janssen, Herbert. prfn
Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978. Performer
Garris, John. Performer
Hawkins, Osie. Performer
Darcy, Emery. Performer
Gurney, John, 1902-1997. Performer
Stellman, Maxine. Performer
Szell, George, 1897-1970. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Davenport, Marcia, 1903-1996, commentator.
Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979, commentator.
Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Commentator
Rossevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Commentator
Nash, Walter, 1882-1968. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Opera victory rally (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 32703
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