Research Catalog

Title

Tannhäuser [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

• Randová, Eva.
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
• Lakes, Gary.
• Clark, Richard J.
• Hagegård, Håkan.
• Booth, Thomas.
• Cook, Terry.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Cahill, Joseph.
• Caputo, George.
• Cipriano, Marcello.
• Coffey, Paul.
• Cole, David.
• Eggar, Michel.
• Fish, Matt.
• Wade, George.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Bonelli, Peter.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (256 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 1987]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:51:44 (synopses and features) ; 3:24:26 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Eva Randova (Venus) ; Richard Cassilly (Tannhäuser) ; Dawn Upshaw (A young shepherd) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann) ; Gary Lakes (Walther) ; Richard J. Clark (Biterolf) ; Håkan Hagegård (Wolfram) ; Thomas Booth (Heinrich) ; Terry Cook (Reinmar) ; Jessye Norman (Elisabeth) ; Joseph Cahill, George Caputo, Marcello Cipriano, Paul Coffey, David Cole, Maichael Eggar, Matthew Fish and George Wade (Pages) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 24, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 503 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, M. Owen Lee and Peter Bonelli) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Dir töne Lob!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Gar viel und Schön" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "Du sie Frau Venus" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 503 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R649

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

005144 032426

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 1987]

Cast

Eva Randova (Venus) ; Richard Cassilly (Tannhäuser) ; Dawn Upshaw (A young shepherd) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann) ; Gary Lakes (Walther) ; Richard J. Clark (Biterolf) ; Håkan Hagegård (Wolfram) ; Thomas Booth (Heinrich) ; Terry Cook (Reinmar) ; Jessye Norman (Elisabeth) ; Joseph Cahill, George Caputo, Marcello Cipriano, Paul Coffey, David Cole, Maichael Eggar, Matthew Fish and George Wade (Pages) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 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. 51, no. 9 (Jan. 17, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 24, 1987.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 503 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Randová, Eva. Performer

Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

Lakes, Gary. Performer

Clark, Richard J. Performer

Hagegård, Håkan. Performer

Booth, Thomas. Performer

Cook, Terry. Performer

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Cahill, Joseph. Performer

Caputo, George. Performer

Cipriano, Marcello. Performer

Coffey, Paul. Performer

Cole, David. Performer

Eggar, Michel. Performer

Fish, Matt. Performer

Wade, George. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

Metropolitan 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

*LTCM 503 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)