Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
2. Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
3. Love, Shirley.
4. Bybee, Ariel.
5. Di Franco, Loretta.
6. Smith, Alma Jean.
7. Coss, Elizabeth.
8. Nilsson, Birgit.
9. Rysanek, Leonie.
10. Dunn, Mignon.
11. Webber, Constance.
12. Anguish, Elizabeth.
13. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
14. Harper, Talmage.
15. McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
16. Cheek, John, 1948-
17. Nagy, Robert, 1929-
18. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
19. Allen, Peter, 1920-
20. Culshaw, John.
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
22. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 2 sound cassettes (153 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1980]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Elektra (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (John Culshaw) -- side 2. Elektra through "Was willst du? Seht doch, dort" -- side 3. "Ich habe keine guten Nächte" through "Orest! es rührt sich niemand" -- side 4. Elektra concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 635 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:40:46 (synopses and features) ; 1:52:52 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Batyah Godfrey, Shirley Love, Ariel Bybee, Loretta Di Franco and Alma Jean Smith (Five serving women) ; Elizabeth Coss (Overseer of the servants) ; Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Elizabeth Anguish (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Talmage Harper (An old servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; John Cheek (The guardian of Orest) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 635 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

1. Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing time

1. 004046 015252

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1980]

Cast

1. Batyah Godfrey, Shirley Love, Ariel Bybee, Loretta Di Franco and Alma Jean Smith (Five serving women) ; Elizabeth Coss (Overseer of the servants) ; Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Elizabeth Anguish (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Talmage Harper (An old servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; John Cheek (The guardian of Orest) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

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

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 44, no. 13 (Feb. 9, 1980).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1980.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 635 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Added author

1. Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist
2. Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer
3. Love, Shirley. Performer
4. Bybee, Ariel. Performer
5. Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
6. Smith, Alma Jean. Performer
7. Coss, Elizabeth. Performer
8. Nilsson, Birgit. Performer
9. Rysanek, Leonie. Performer
10. Dunn, Mignon. Performer
11. Webber, Constance. Performer
12. Anguish, Elizabeth. Performer
13. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
14. Harper, Talmage. Performer
15. McIntyre, Donald, 1934- Performer
16. Cheek, John, 1948- Performer
17. Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
18. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
19. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
20. Culshaw, John. Commentator
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 635 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)