Research Catalog

Title

Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
• Cook, Terry.
• Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano)
• Grant Murphy, Heidi.
• Baker, Mark (Tenor)
• Norman, Jessye.
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Murray, John Horton.
• Fracker, Richard.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Bean, Gweneth.
• Haugland, Aage, 1944-
• Kilduff, Barbara.
• Erickson, Kaaren.
• McCaffrey, Patricia.
• Guyer, Joyce.
• Zseller, Eva.
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Franzen, Don.
• Scott, Iain.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Albanese, Licia.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 sound discs (323 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1991]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Met moments (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: 0:51:25 (synopses and features) ; 4:32:29 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Robert Lloyd (Gurnemanz) ; Terry Cook (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Wendy Hoffman (Second Esquire) ; Heidi Grant (First Esquire) ; Jessye Norman (Kundry) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Amfortas) ; John Horton Murray (Third Esquire) ; Richard Fracker (Fourth Esquire) ; Plácido Domingo (Parsifal) ; Paul Plishka (Titurel) ; Gweneth Bean (A Voice) ; Aage Haugland (Klingsor) ; Barbara Kilduff, Kaaren Erickson, Patricia McCaffrey, Joyce Guyer, Eva Zseller and Sondra Kelly (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, braodcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 594 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD 5. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Singer's roundtable (Richard Mohr, host, with Licia Albanese and Jerome Hines) ; Met Moments (Francis Robinson, host, with Walter Slezak) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Terrence McNally, Don Franzen and Iain Scott) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29104

OCLC

NYPG92-R976

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

005125 043229

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1991]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1991]

Cast

Robert Lloyd (Gurnemanz) ; Terry Cook (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Wendy Hoffman (Second Esquire) ; Heidi Grant (First Esquire) ; Jessye Norman (Kundry) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Amfortas) ; John Horton Murray (Third Esquire) ; Richard Fracker (Fourth Esquire) ; Plácido Domingo (Parsifal) ; Paul Plishka (Titurel) ; Gweneth Bean (A Voice) ; Aage Haugland (Klingsor) ; Barbara Kilduff, Kaaren Erickson, Patricia McCaffrey, Joyce Guyer, Eva Zseller and Sondra Kelly (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, braodcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1992, 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. 55, no. 14 (Mar. 30, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 594 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer

Cook, Terry. Performer

Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer

Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Fracker, Richard. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Bean, Gweneth. Performer

Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer

Kilduff, Barbara. Performer

Erickson, Kaaren. Performer

McCaffrey, Patricia. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Zseller, Eva. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Franzen, Don. Commentator

Scott, Iain. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Albanese, Licia. Commentator

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29104 Service copy.

*LTCM 594 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29104.