CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD 5. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Welcome from Joseph Volpe and Glenn F. Tilton ; Carolyn Abbate talks about Wagner's real men ; Fr. M. Owen Lee talks about Wagner and the wonder of art ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Texaco's opera quiz (William Livingstone, host, with Carolyn Abbate, Fr. Lee and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 3.
Call number
*LDC 27379
Note
Compact discs.
House program on file in Music Division.
Performer (note)
Kartia Mattila (Eva) ; Jill Grove (Magdalene) ; Ben Heppner (Walther) ; James Morris (Sachs) ; René Pape (Pogner) ; Matthew Polenzani (David) ; Thomas Allen (Beckmesser) ; John Del Carlo (Kothner) ; Eric Cutler (Vogelgesang) ; Earle Patriarco (Nachtigall) ; Thomas Hammons (Ortel) ; Jonathan Welch (Zorn) ; Bernard Fitch (Moser) ; Charles Anthony (Eisslinger) ; Richard Vernon (Foltz) ; LeRoy Lehr (Schwarz) ; John Relyea (Watchman) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 8, 2002.
Source (note)
Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Title
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2001.
Series
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 8, 2001.
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 8, 2001.
Cast
Kartia Mattila (Eva) ; Jill Grove (Magdalene) ; Ben Heppner (Walther) ; James Morris (Sachs) ; René Pape (Pogner) ; Matthew Polenzani (David) ; Thomas Allen (Beckmesser) ; John Del Carlo (Kothner) ; Eric Cutler (Vogelgesang) ; Earle Patriarco (Nachtigall) ; Thomas Hammons (Ortel) ; Jonathan Welch (Zorn) ; Bernard Fitch (Moser) ; Charles Anthony (Eisslinger) ; Richard Vernon (Foltz) ; LeRoy Lehr (Schwarz) ; John Relyea (Watchman) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 8, 2002.