Research Catalog

Title

Der fliegende Holländer [sound recording] : romantic opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Salminen, Matti.
• Groves, Paul (Tenor)
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Dunn, Mignon.
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Lakes, Gary.
• Conlon, James, 1950-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Thebom, Blanche.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (181 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1992]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Durations: 0:36:03 (synopses and features) ; 2:25:38 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 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,

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 603 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Overture ; Part 1 -- CD 2. Part 2 -- CD 3. Part 3 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) ; Introduction (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Alison Ames and Albert Innaurato) ; Met moments (Boris Goldovsky and Blanche Thebom discuss Wagner and Der fliegende Holländer [originally aired Dec. 30, 1950]) ; Synopsis of Der fliegende Holländer.

Call Number

*LDC 30389

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer. Librettist

Title

Der fliegende Holländer [sound recording] : romantic opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1992]

Performer

Matti Salminen (Daland) ; Paul Groves (The Steersman) ; James Morris (The Dutchman) ; Mignon Dunn (Mary) ; Hildegard Behrens (Senta) ; Gary Lakes (Erik) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Conlon, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in June, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 9 (Jan. 18, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1992.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 603 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Groves, Paul (Tenor) Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Lakes, Gary. Performer

Conlon, James, 1950- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Thebom, Blanche. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 30389 Service copy.

*LTCM 603 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30389.