Research Catalog

Title

Salome [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; German translation by Hedwig Lachmann, based on the play by Oscar Wilde.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
• Lachmann, Hedwig.
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Varnay, Astrid.
• Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021.
• Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927-
• Riegel, Kenneth.
• Nadler, Sheila.
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Dobriansky, Andrij.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Smith, Alma Jean.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Castel, Nico.
• Gasco, Ernesto (Singer)
• Best, Richard, 1935-
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Goodloe, Robert.
• Ireland, Gilbert.
• Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Culshaw, John.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 12, 1977

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program.
• Durations: 31 minutes (Introduction, synopses, and pre-curtain feature) ; 1:45:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 12, 1977.

Language (note)

• Sung In German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain feature: Opera news on the air (Reflections on Strauss' Salome by John Culshaw) ; Synopsis of opera (Allen) -- side 2. Salome, part 1 -- side 3. Salome, part 2 -- side 4. Salome, part 3.

Call Number

*LTCM 814

OCLC

NYPG06-R57

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Salome [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; German translation by Hedwig Lachmann, based on the play by Oscar Wilde.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 12, 1977

Performer

Leonie Rysanek (Salome) ; Astrid Varnay (Herodias) ; Norman Bailey (Jochanaan) ; Ragnar Ulfung (Herod) ; Kenneth Riegel (Narraboth) ; Sheila Nadler (The Page) ; Philip Booth (First soldier) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Second soldier) ; Alma Jean Smith (A slave) ; Charles Anthony (First Jew) ; Andrea Velis (Second Jew) ; Nico Castel (Third Jew) ; Ernesto Gasco (Fourth Jew) ; Richard Best (Fifth Jew) ; James Morris (First Nazzarene) ; Robert Goodloe (Second Nazzarene) ; Gilbert Ireland (Mannassah) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 12, 1977.

Original Version

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

Language

Sung In German.

Added Author

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé.

Lachmann, Hedwig. Translator

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Varnay, Astrid. Performer

Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021. Performer

Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927- Performer

Riegel, Kenneth. Performer

Nadler, Sheila. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Gasco, Ernesto (Singer)

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Ireland, Gilbert. Performer

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 814 Notes on file.