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Die Walküre opera in three acts

Title
Die Walküre [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Additional Authors
  • Lakes, Gary.
  • Norman, Jessye.
  • Moll, Kurt, 1938-
  • Morris, James, 1947-
  • Behrens, Hildegard.
  • Engert, Ruthild.
  • Sellers, Pyramid.
  • Wray, Margaret Jane.
  • Castle, Joyce.
  • Kelly, Sondra.
  • La Ganke, Adriana.
  • Kesling, Diane.
  • Hillhouse, Wendy.
  • Kreitzer, Jacalyn.
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Woitach, Richard.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Hubay, Alfred.
  • McNally, Terrence.
  • Jenkins, Speight.
  • Gutman, John.
  • Lehmann, Lotte.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
6 sound discs (321 min.) : digital ;stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 7, 1990]
Uniform Title
  • Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:12:15 (synopses and features) ; 4:09:01 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Gary Lakes (Siegmund) ; Jessye Norman (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Moll (Hunding) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Ruthild Engert-Ely (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Margaret Jane Wray (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite) ; Adriana La Ganke (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 7, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 574 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD 5. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Met moments (John Gutman, host, with Lotte Lehmann) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Speight Jenkins and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28825
OCLC
NYPG92-R368
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Die Walküre [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Playing Time
011215 040901
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 7, 1990]
Cast
Gary Lakes (Siegmund) ; Jessye Norman (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Moll (Hunding) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Ruthild Engert-Ely (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Margaret Jane Wray (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite) ; Adriana La Ganke (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1992, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 54, no. 14 (Mar. 31, 1990).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 7, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 574 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
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Added Author
Lakes, Gary. Performer
Norman, Jessye. Performer
Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer
Morris, James, 1947- Performer
Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
Engert, Ruthild. Performer
Sellers, Pyramid. Performer
Wray, Margaret Jane. Performer
Castle, Joyce. Performer
Kelly, Sondra. Performer
La Ganke, Adriana. Performer
Kesling, Diane. Performer
Hillhouse, Wendy. Performer
Kreitzer, Jacalyn. Performer
Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Woitach, Richard. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
McNally, Terrence. Commentator
Jenkins, Speight. Commentator
Gutman, John. Commentator
Lehmann, Lotte. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 28825 Service copy
*LTCM 574 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28825.
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