Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929
2. Rysanek, Leonie
3. King, James, 1925-2005
4. Ludwig, Christa
5. Berry, Walter
6. Dalis, Irene
7. Dooley, William
8. Ordassy, Carlotta
9. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011
10. Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990
11. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996
12. Nagy, Robert, 1929-2008
13. Amparan, Belen
14. Pracht, Mary Ellen
15. Welting, Patricia
16. Sukis, Lilian
17. Kalil, Margaret
18. Grillo, Joann
19. Baldwin, Marcia
20. Love, Shirley
21. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
22. Goodloe, Robert
23. Christopher, Russell
24. Di Franco, Loretta
25. Armstrong, Karan, 1941-
26. Williams, Nancy, 1935-2006
27. Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981
28. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
29. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
30. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
31. Ducloux, Walter
32. McEwen, Terry
33. Merrill, Nathaniel
34. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
35. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
36. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (251 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-17 (Dec 17, 1966)]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas. - [Browse in index]

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lwrence, Leonie Rysanek and Irene Dalis discuss Die Frau ohne Schatten, with Louise Sherman, piano) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Walter Ducloux, Terry McEwen, Nathaniel Merrill and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Closing remarks -- side 3. Act 1 to "So ist es gesprochen -- side 4. act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 to "Versteh ich mein Handwerk nicht mehr?" -- side 5. Act 2, conclusion ; Act 3, scene 1 -- side 6. Act 3, scenes 2-4.

Call number

1. *LTCM 249 (F)

Language

1. German

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:15:25 (synopses and features) ; 2:35:05 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 17, 1966.

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Playing time

1. 011525 023505

Performer

1. Leonie Rysanek (Empress) ; James King (Emperor) ; Christa Ludwig (Dyer's wife) ; Walter Berry (Barak) ; Irene Dalis (Nurse) ; William Dooley (Messenger of Keikobad) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Falcon) ; Paul Franke (Hunchback) ; Clifford Harvuot (One-eyed) ; Lorenzo Alvary (One-armed) ; Robert Nagy (Apparition of a young man) ; Belen Amparan (Voice from above) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Guardian of the threshold) ; Patricia Welting, Lilian Sukis, Margaret Kalil, Joann Grillo, Marcia Baldwin, Shirley Love (Voices of the unborn) ; Charles Anthony, Robert Goodloe, Russell Christopher (Watchmen) ; Loretta Di Franco, Karan Armstrong, Nancy Williams (Servants) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Karl Böhm, conductor.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 31, no. 8 (Dec. 17, 1966).

Research call number

1. *LTCM 249 (F) \(Production notes on file.)