Research Catalog

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Eaglen, Jane.
• Voigt, Deborah.
• Naef, Yvonne, 1957-
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Kopčák, Sergej.
• Copley, Rebecca.
• Waite, Claudia.
• Livengood, Victoria, 1961-
• Rabiner, Ellen.
• Hopkins, Janet (Singer)
• Bunnell, Jane.
• McCormick, Mary Ann.
• Grove, Jill.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Ellison, Cori.
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Lutes, Bill.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Description

5 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• ChevronTexaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 1:16:47 (Introduction, synopses and intermission features) ; 3:47:08 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera News

Performer (note)

• Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde) ; Deborah Voigt (Sieglinde) ; Yvonne Naef (Fricka) ; Plácido Domingo (Siegmund) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Sergei Koptchak (Hunding) ; Rebecca Copley (Gerhilde) ; Claudia Waite (Helmwige) ; Victoria Livengood (Waltraute) ; Ellen Rabiner (Schwertleite) ; Janet Hopkins (Ortlinde) ; Jane Bunnell (Siegrune) ; Mary Ann McCormick (Grimgerde) ; Jill Grove (Rosseisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 3, 2004.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 -- CD 4. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; CD 5. Opera news on the air (Fr. M. Owen Lee talks about the influence of Greek drama on Wagner's Ring ; Cori Ellison discusses the Valkyries: those ill-mannered girls) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; ChevronTexaco's Opera quiz (Thor Eckert, Jr. questions Martin Bernheimer, Bill Lutes, and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 35354

OCLC

NYPG04-R459

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2004.

Cast

Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde) ; Deborah Voigt (Sieglinde) ; Yvonne Naef (Fricka) ; Plácido Domingo (Siegmund) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Sergei Koptchak (Hunding) ; Rebecca Copley (Gerhilde) ; Claudia Waite (Helmwige) ; Victoria Livengood (Waltraute) ; Ellen Rabiner (Schwertleite) ; Janet Hopkins (Ortlinde) ; Jane Bunnell (Siegrune) ; Mary Ann McCormick (Grimgerde) ; Jill Grove (Rosseisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera News, v. 68, no. 10 (April 2004).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 3, 2004.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Eaglen, Jane. Performer

Voigt, Deborah. Performer

Naef, Yvonne, 1957- Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Kopčák, Sergej. Performer

Copley, Rebecca. Performer

Waite, Claudia. Performer

Livengood, Victoria, 1961- Performer

Rabiner, Ellen. Performer

Hopkins, Janet (Singer)

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

McCormick, Mary Ann. Performer

Grove, Jill. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Lutes, Bill. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

ChevronTexaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35354