Research Catalog

Title

Tristan und Isolde (Incomplete) [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Traubel, Helen
• Harshaw, Margaret
• Svanholm, Set
• Berglund, Joel, 1903-1985
• Ernster, Dezsö, 1898-1981
• Darcy, Emery
• Garris, John, 1911-1949
• Pechner, Gerhard
• Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
• Goldovsky, Boris
• St. Leger, Frank
• Lipton, Martha
• Downes, Olin, 1886-1955
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
• Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] November 30, 1946.

Uniform Title

• Tristan und Isolde. Selections
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Tristan und Isolde.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas > Excerpts

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 48:02 (Introduction, synopses and intermission features) ; 1:35:46 (Opera).
• Only Act 2, scene 2, and Act 3 recorded.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Helen Traubel (Isolde) ; Margaret Harshaw (Brangäne) ; Set Svanholm (Tristan) ; Joel Berglund (Kurwenal) ; Dezsö Ernster (Marke) ; Emery Darcy (Melot) ; John Garris (Sailor's voice and Shepherd) ; Gerhard Pechner (Steersman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Fritz Busch, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, November 30, 1946.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Act 2, scene 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, Frank St. Leger, and Martha Lipton discuss the Wagnerian orchestra) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Opera quiz (Olin Downes questions Robert Lawrence, Basil Rathbone, and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Mrs. August Belmont invites membership in the Metropolitan Opera Guild ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32736

OCLC

NYPG05-R64

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Tristan und Isolde (Incomplete) [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] November 30, 1946.

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] November 30, 1946.

Cast

Helen Traubel (Isolde) ; Margaret Harshaw (Brangäne) ; Set Svanholm (Tristan) ; Joel Berglund (Kurwenal) ; Dezsö Ernster (Marke) ; Emery Darcy (Melot) ; John Garris (Sailor's voice and Shepherd) ; Gerhard Pechner (Steersman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Fritz Busch, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, November 30, 1946.

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Traubel, Helen. Performer

Harshaw, Margaret. Performer

Svanholm, Set. Performer

Berglund, Joel, 1903-1985, singer.

Ernster, Dezsö, 1898-1981. Performer

Darcy, Emery. Performer

Garris, John, 1911-1949. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

St. Leger, Frank. Commentator

Lipton, Martha. Commentator

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32736