side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Blanche Thebom) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; George A. Sloan ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, with Robert Lawrence, Sigmund Spaeth and George Marek) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Overture ; Act 1 through "He! Holla! Steuermann!" -- side 3. Act 1 concluded -- side 4. Introduction ; Act 2 through "Bleib' Senta!" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded -- side 6. Introduction ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call number
*LT-10 4925
Note
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:45:28 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:46 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
Opera news
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 30, 1950.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 376 (F)
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Der fliegende Hollaender [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Playing time
4528 21846
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 30, 1950]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 30, 1950]
Performer
Sven Nilsson (Daland) ; Astrid Varnay (Senta) ; Set Svanholm (Erik) ; Herta Glaz (Mary) ; Thomas Hayward (Steersman) ; Hans Hotter (Dutchman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (7 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 15, no. 10 (Dec. 25, 1950).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 30, 1950.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 376 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
Added author
Nilsson, Sven, 1898-1970, singer.
Varnay, Astrid. Performer
Svanholm, Set. Performer
Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006, singer.
Hayward, Thomas, 1917-1995, singer.
Hotter, Hans. Performer
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Sloan, George A. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Thebom, Blanche. Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research call number
*LT-10 4925 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 376 (F)
*LTCM 376 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4925.