Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Bumbry, Grace, 1937-
• Carpenter, John (Singer)
• Cheek, John, 1948-
• Davis, Ivan.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Freiman, Mark.
• Guettel, Adam.
• Hecht, Gerard.
• Hyman, Adam.
• Kubiak, Teresa, 1937-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Livingstone, William.
• Macurdy, John.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Rau, Godehard.
• Raĭ︠t︡sin, Misha, 1930-1990.
• Rigby, Scott.
• Sapolsky, Robert.
• Shinall, Vern, 1936-
• Tramontozzi, David.
• Weikl, Bernd.
• Woitach, Richard.

Description

4 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 21, 1978

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Title from house program.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 21, 1978.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence presents a musical and dramatic analysis of Tannhäuser ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Ivan Davis, William Livingstone, Robert Lawrence, and Richard Woitach) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 -- side 5. Act 2, part 1 -- side 6. Act 2, part 2 -- side 7. Act 3, part 1 -- side 8. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 749

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 21, 1978

Performer

James McCracken (Tannhäuser) ; Teresa Kubiak (Elisabeth) ; Bernd Weikl (Wolfram) ; Grace Bumbry (Venus) ; John Macurdy (Hermann) ; Misha Raitzin (Walther) ; John Carpenter (Heinrich) ; Kathleen Battle (Shepherd) ; Mark Freiman, Adam Guettel, Adam Hyman, Godehard Rau, Scott Rigby, Robert Sapolsky, and Daniel Tramontozzi (Pages) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 21, 1978.

Original Version

Cassette service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

McCracken, James, 1926- Performer

Kubiak, Teresa, 1937- Performer

Weikl, Bernd. Performer

Bumbry, Grace, 1937- Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Raĭ︠t︡sin, Misha, 1930-1990. Performer

Carpenter, John (Singer)

Shinall, Vern, 1936- Performer

Cheek, John, 1948- Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Freiman, Mark. Performer

Guettel, Adam. Performer

Hyman, Adam. Performer

Hecht, Gerard. Performer

Rau, Godehard. Performer

Rigby, Scott. Performer

Sapolsky, Robert. Performer

Tramontozzi, David. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Davis, Ivan. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 749