Research Catalog

Title

Die Walküre [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

• Hofmann, Peter, 1944-
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Haugland, Aage, 1944-
• Adam, Theo.
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Meier, Waltraud.
• Sellers, Pyramid.
• Napier, Marita.
• Castle, Joyce.
• Khara, Joan.
• Tremitiere, Gail.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Hillhouse, Wendy.
• Kreitzer, Jacalyn.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Jenkins, Speight.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 19, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:28:11 (synopses and features) ; 4:01:57 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Peter Hofmann (Siegmund) ; Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde) ; Aage Haugland (Hunding) ; Theo Adam (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Waltraud Meier (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Marita Napier (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Joan Khara (Schwertleite) ; Gail Tremitiere (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 19, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 530 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2, beginning -- CD 3. Act 2, conclusion -- CD 4. Act 3, beginning -- CD 5. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Alfred Hubay) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Speight Jenkins and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 27330

OCLC

NYPG91-R1037

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

002811 040157

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 19, 1988]

Cast

Peter Hofmann (Siegmund) ; Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde) ; Aage Haugland (Hunding) ; Theo Adam (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Waltraud Meier (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Marita Napier (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Joan Khara (Schwertleite) ; Gail Tremitiere (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 52, no. 13 (Mar. 12, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 19, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 530 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Hofmann, Peter, 1944- Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer

Adam, Theo. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Meier, Waltraud. Performer

Sellers, Pyramid. Performer

Napier, Marita. Performer

Castle, Joyce. Performer

Khara, Joan. Performer

Tremitiere, Gail. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Hillhouse, Wendy. Performer

Kreitzer, Jacalyn. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27330 Service copy.

*LTCM 530 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27330.