side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air: John Culshaw discusses Siegfried ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Composer-libretto roundtable (Paul Hume ; Andrew Porter ; Edward Downes, moderator) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 to D'rum frisch dir, Mime den Muth -- side 4. Act 1, continued -- side 5. Act 2 to Da lieg' neidischer Kerl -- side 6. Act 2, conclusion -- side 7. Act 3, beginning -- side 8. Act 3 from Heil dir Sonne ; Closing remarks (Allen).
Call number
*LTCM 10 (F)
Note
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 3:44:00 (opera) ; 1:06:00 (synopses and features).
Official cast list and production notes (7 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.
Indexed in (note)
Opera news
Performer (note)
Jess Thomas (Siegfried) ; Ragnar Ulfung (Mime) ; Donald McIntyre (The Wanderer) ; Marius Rintzler (Alberich) ; Birigt Nilsson (Brünnhilde) ; Lilli Chookasian (Erda) ; John Macurdy (Fafner) ; Betsy Norden (Forest Bird).
Event (note)
Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1975.
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Richard Wagner's Siegfried [sound recording] : music drama in three acts.
Playing time
034400 010600
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 15, 1975
Cast
Jess Thomas (Siegfried) ; Ragnar Ulfung (Mime) ; Donald McIntyre (The Wanderer) ; Marius Rintzler (Alberich) ; Birigt Nilsson (Brünnhilde) ; Lilli Chookasian (Erda) ; John Macurdy (Fafner) ; Betsy Norden (Forest Bird).
Original version
Re-recorded at NYPL, Oct. 1982, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 39, no. 15 (Mar. 15, 1975)
Event
Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1975.