Research Catalog

Title

Bluebeard's Castle : opera in one act / music by Béla Bartók ; English version by Chester Kallman after the original text by Béla Balázs. Erwartung : monodrama in four scenes / music by Arnold Schoenberg ; libretto by Marie Pappenheim [sound recording].

Author

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
• Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
• Frischauf, Marie.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Ohlsson, Gerrick.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound discs (156 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Uniform Title

• Kékszakállú herceg vára. English
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Kékszakállú herceg vára.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• First work sung in English ; second work sung in German.
• Durations: 0:42:41 (synopses and features) ; 1:12:38 (Bluebeard's Castle) ; 0:41:23 (Erwartung).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 543 (F)).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 543 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Bluebeard's Castle -- CD 2. Erwartung ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Opening and synopsis of Bluebeard's Castle (Peter Allen) ; Opera News on the air (Garrick Ohlsson) ; Synopsis of Erwartung (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 543 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R65

Author

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

Title

Bluebeard's Castle : opera in one act / music by Béla Bartók ; English version by Chester Kallman after the original text by Béla Balázs. Erwartung : monodrama in four scenes / music by Arnold Schoenberg ; libretto by Marie Pappenheim [sound recording].

Playing Time

004241 011238 004123

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Performer

In first work: Jessye Norman (Judith) ; Samuel Ramey (Bluebeard).

In second work: Jessye Norman (Erwartung).

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 9 (Jan. 21, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1989.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 543 (F)

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Added Author

Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975. Translator

Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949. Librettist

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Composer

Frischauf, Marie. Librettist

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Pavarotti, Luciano. Commentator

Ohlsson, Gerrick. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 543 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31959.

*LDC 31959 Service copy.