Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Nilsson, Birgit.
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• King, James, 1925-2005.
• Dooley, William.
• Pechner, Gerhard.
• Harper, Elinor.
• Fercana, Mary.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Ghazal, Edward.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Love, Shirley.
• Grillo, Joann.
• Williams, Nancy, 1935-
• Sukis, Lilian.
• Pracht, Mary Ellen.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (151 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-10 (Dec. 10, 1966)]

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Nilsson, Birgit > Interviews
• Operas

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:42:30 (synopses and features) ; 1:48:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 10, 1966.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Milton Cross) ; Edward Downes interviews Birgit Nilsson ; Synopsis of opera (Cross) -- side 2. Opera, from beginning to "... ich wieder schlafe" -- side 3. "Was bluten muss" to "Es ist kein Mann im Haus, Orest" -- side 4. Instrumental interlude to conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 248 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R138

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

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

Playing Time

004230 014800

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-10 (Dec. 10, 1966)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-10 (Dec. 10, 1966)]

Performer

Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Regina Resnik (Klytaemnestra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; James King (Aegisth) ; William Dooley (Orest) ; Gerhard Pechner (The guardian of Orest) ; Elinor Harper (The confidant) ; Mary Fercana (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Edward Ghazal (An old servant) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Overseer of the servants) ; Shirley Love, Joann Grillo, Nancy Williams, Lilian Sukis, Mary Ellen Pracht (Serving women) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1986, from masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 31, no. 7 (Dec. 10, 1966).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 10, 1966.

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Nilsson, Birgit. Performer. Commentator

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

King, James, 1925-2005. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Harper, Elinor. Performer

Fercana, Mary. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Ghazal, Edward. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Grillo, Joann. Performer

Williams, Nancy, 1935- Performer

Sukis, Lilian. Performer

Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 248 (F) \(Production notes filed in listening room.)