Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bean, Gweneth.
2. Castle, Joyce.
3. Gruber, Andrea.
4. Behrens, Hildegard.
5. Jerusalem, Siegfried.
6. Raffell, Anthony.
7. Salminen, Matti.
8. Lisowska, Hanna.
9. Ludwig, Christa.
10. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
11. Erickson, Kaaren.
12. Kesling, Diane.
13. Parsons, Meredith.
14. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-
16. Mohr, Richard.
17. Southern, Hugh.
18. Downes, Edward, 1911-
19. Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
20. Osbourne, Charles.
21. Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
22. Met moments (Radio program)
23. Masiello, Alberta.
24. Behr, Jan.
25. Goldovsky, Boris.
26. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
27. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 6 sound cassettes (346 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 21, 1990]

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. 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. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Hugh Southern) ; Met moments (Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr, Boris Goldovsky and Edward Downes) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Charles Osbourne and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 28832

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:11:28 (synopses and features) ; 4:35:25 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Joyce Castle (Second Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Hanna Lisowska (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.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 576 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer. Librettist

Title

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

Playing time

1. 011128 043525

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 21, 1990]

Cast

1. Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Joyce Castle (Second Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Hanna Lisowska (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.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1992, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 54, no. 15 (Apr. 14, 1990).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1990.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 576 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Bean, Gweneth. Performer
2. Castle, Joyce. Performer
3. Gruber, Andrea. Performer
4. Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
5. Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer
6. Raffell, Anthony. Performer
7. Salminen, Matti. Performer
8. Lisowska, Hanna. Performer
9. Ludwig, Christa. Performer
10. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer
11. Erickson, Kaaren. Performer
12. Kesling, Diane. Performer
13. Parsons, Meredith. Performer
14. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
15. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
16. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
17. Southern, Hugh. Commentator
18. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
19. Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator
20. Osbourne, Charles. Commentator
21. Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
22. Met moments (Radio program)
23. Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
24. Behr, Jan. Commentator
25. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
26. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 28832 Service copy
2. *LTCM 576 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28832