Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Nilsson, Birgit.
2. Thomas, Jess.
3. Rundgren, Bengt.
4. Rankin, Nell.
5. Dooley, William.
6. Reynolds, Anna.
7. Rintzler, Marius.
8. Weidinger, Christine.
9. Baldwin, Marcia.
10. Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
11. Chookasian, Lili.
12. Ehrling, Sixten.
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
14. Culshaw, John.
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-
16. Masiello, Alberta.
17. Behr, Jan.
18. Goldovsky, Boris.
19. Chapin, Schuyler.
20. Verrett, Shirley.
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
22. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. on 9 sides of 5 sound cassettes (309 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-03-29 (Mar. 29, 1975)]

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
2. Götterdämmerung

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Analysis by John Culshaw) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Request for money (Schuyler Chapin and Shirley Verrett) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr and Boris Goldovsky) ; synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, prelude ; Scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 ; Scene 3 to "... mir werther als aller Götter ewig währendes Gluck" -- side 5. Act 1, scene 3, conclusion -- side 6. [Blank] -- side 7. Act 2, scenes 1-4 -- side 8. Act 2, scene 5 -- side 9. Act 3, scenes 1-2 -- side 10. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Allen)

Call number

1. *LTCM 622 (F)

Note

1. "Based on the version of the productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen of Herbert von Karajan for the Easter Festivals in Salzburg"--House program.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Durations: 0:59:00 (synopses and features) ; 4:10:00 (opera).
4. Production notes and official cast list (8 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 29, 1975.

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

1. Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : music drama in a prologue and three acts from the trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing time

1. 005900 041000

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-03-29 (Mar. 29, 1975)]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-03-29 (Mar. 29, 1975)]

Performer

1. Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde) ; Jess Thomas (Siegfried) ; Bengt Rundgren (Hagen) ; Nell Rankin (Gutrune, Third Norn) ; William Dooley (Gunther) ; Anna Reynolds (Waltraute, Second Norn) ; Marius Rintzler (Alberich) ; Christine Weidinger (Woglinde) ; Marcia Baldwin (Wellgunde) Batyah Godfrey (Flosshilde) ; Lili Chookasian (First Norn) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sixten Ehrling, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

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

Event

1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 29, 1975.

Original version

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

Language

1. Sung in German.

Added author

1. Nilsson, Birgit. Performer
2. Thomas, Jess. Performer
3. Rundgren, Bengt. Performer
4. Rankin, Nell. Performer
5. Dooley, William. Performer
6. Reynolds, Anna. Performer
7. Rintzler, Marius. Performer
8. Weidinger, Christine. Performer
9. Baldwin, Marcia. Performer
10. Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer
11. Chookasian, Lili. Performer
12. Ehrling, Sixten. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
14. Culshaw, John. Commentator
15. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
16. Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
17. Behr, Jan. Commentator
18. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
19. Chapin, Schuyler. Commentator
20. Verrett, Shirley. Commentator
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 622 (F) Production notes on file.