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Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : music drama in three acts and a prologue from the trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen

Title
Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : music drama in three acts and a prologue from the trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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AudioUse in library *LTCM 153 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Arroyo, Martina.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Dalis, Irene.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Ducloux, Walter.
  • Dunn, Mignon.
  • Elias, Rosalind.
  • Frick, Gottlob, 1906-1994.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Herbert, Ralph.
  • Hopf, Hans.
  • Jaretzki, Paul.
  • Kuchta, Gladys.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
  • Madeira, Jean.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Mittelmann, Norman.
  • Nilsson, Birgit.
  • Trucco, Victor.
Description
4 sound cassettes (305 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
  • Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 27, 1962
  • Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 27, 1962.
Uniform Title
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
Subject
Note
  • Titles from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:43:40 (synopses and features) ; 4:21:05 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (7 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news,
Event (note)
  • Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 27, 1962.
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky and Robert Lawrence analyze Götterdämmerung) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Walter Ducloux, Victor Trucco and Paul Jaretzki) ; synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Prologue -- side 3. Act 1, scenes 1-2 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 3 -- side 5. Act 2, scenes 1-4 -- side 6. Act 2, scene 5 -- side 7. Act 3 to Brünnhild' bietet mir Gruss! -- side 8. Act 3, Funeral music to conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 153 (F)
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : music drama in three acts and a prologue from the trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Playing Time
004340 042105
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 27, 1962
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 27, 1962.
Performer
Hans Hopf (Siegfried) ; Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde) ; Norman Mittelmann (Gunther) ; Gottlob Frick (Hagen) ; Gladys Kuchta (Gutrune) ; Jean Madeira (First Norn) ; Irene Dalis (Second Norn, Waltraute) ; Martina Arroyo (Third Nord, Woglinde) ; Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde) ; Mignon Dunn (Flosshilde) ; Ralph Herbert (Alberich) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1985, from borrowed masters (6 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 26, no. 11 (Jan. 27, 1962).
Event
Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 27, 1962.
Language
Sung in German.
Added Author
Hopf, Hans. Performer
Nilsson, Birgit. Performer
Mittelmann, Norman. Performer
Frick, Gottlob, 1906-1994. Performer
Kuchta, Gladys. Performer
Madeira, Jean. Performer
Dalis, Irene. Performer
Arroyo, Martina. Performer
Elias, Rosalind. Performer
Dunn, Mignon. Performer
Herbert, Ralph. Performer
Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Trucco, Victor. Commentator
Jaretzki, Paul. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 153 (F) Production notes on file.
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