Research Catalog

Title

Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold [sound recording].

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
• Dunn, Mignon.
• Peterson, Glade.
• Weidinger, Christine.
• Baldwin, Marcia.
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Rintzler, Marius.
• Ulfung, Ragnar.
• Macurdy, John.
• Rundgren, Bengt.
• Pracht, Mary Ellen.
• Dooley, William.
• Höiseth, Kolbjörn.
• Chookasian, Lili.
• Ehrling, Sixten.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Culshaw, John.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (188 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-02-15 (Feb. 15, 1975)]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
• Rheingold

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in German.
• "Based on the version of the productions for Der Ring des Nibelungen of Herbert von Karajan for the Easter Festivals in Salzburg"--house program.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:31:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:37:00 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 15, 1975.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of work (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain performance feature: Analysis by John Culshaw -- side 2.[Blank] -- side 3. Prelude ; Scene 1 -- side 4. Scene 2 -- side 5. Scene 3 ; Scene 4 to Alberich's exit -- side 6. Scene 4, conclusion.

Call Number

*LTCM 620 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R248

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold [sound recording].

Playing Time

003100 023700

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-02-15 (Feb. 15, 1975)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-02-15 (Feb. 15, 1975)]

Performer

Donald McIntyre (Wotan) ; Mignon Dunn (Fricka) ; Glade Peterson (Loge) ; Christine Weidinger (Woglinde) ; Marcia Baldwin (Wellgunde) ; Batyah Godfrey (Flosshilde) ; Marius Rintzler (Alberich) ; Ragnar Ulfung (Mime) ; John Macurdy (Fafner) ; Bengt Rundgren (Fasolt) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Freia) ; William Dooley (Donner) ; Kolbjörn Höiseth (Froh) ; Lili Chookasian (Erda) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sixten Ehrling, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 39, no. 15 (Feb. 15, Mar. 1, 15, 29, 1975).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 15, 1975.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1982, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

McIntyre, Donald, 1934- Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Peterson, Glade. Performer

Weidinger, Christine. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Rintzler, Marius. Performer

Ulfung, Ragnar. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Rundgren, Bengt. Performer

Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Höiseth, Kolbjörn. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Ehrling, Sixten. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Rheingold

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 620 (F) Production notes in listening room.