Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bean, Gweneth.
• Dernesch, Helga.
• Napier, Marita.
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Krämer, Toni.
• Raffell, Anthony.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Harries, Kathryn.
• Ludwig, Christa.
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Erickson, Kaaren.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Parsons, Meredith.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Vaness, Carol.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 sound discs (347 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 1989]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in German.
• Durations: 1:11:01 (synopses and features) ; 4:36:24 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (under classmark *LTCM 555 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 22, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 555 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I, partt 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 -- CD 3. Act II -- CD 4. Act III, part 1 -- CD 5. Act III, part 2 -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, George Jellinek and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Closing remarks (Allen)

Call Number

*LTCM 555 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R330

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer. Librettist

Title

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

Playing Time

011101 043624

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 1989]

Performer

Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Helga Dernesch (Second Norn) ; Marita Napier (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Toni Krämer (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Kathryn Harries (Gutrune) ; Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 14 (Apr. 1, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 22, 1989.

Original Version

Tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1991, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 555 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Bean, Gweneth. Performer

Dernesch, Helga. Performer

Napier, Marita. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Krämer, Toni. Performer

Raffell, Anthony. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Harries, Kathryn. Performer

Ludwig, Christa. Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Erickson, Kaaren. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Parsons, Meredith. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Vaness, Carol. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- 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

*LTCM 555 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 31950.

*LDC 31950 Service copy.