Research Catalog

Title

Die Walküre : radio broadcast, 2009-02-21 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2009]

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Additional Authors

• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Theorin, Iréne.
• Meier, Waltraud.
• Naef, Yvonne, 1957-
• Lehman, Gary.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22-
• Hogan, Kelly Cae.
• Waite, Claudia.
• Nolen, Laura Vlasak.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Harmer, Wendy Bryn.
• Sandel-Pantaleo, Leann.
• McCormick, Mary Ann.
• Herold, Teresa S. (Teresa Susann)
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Sirinek, Robert.
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Calleja, Joseph, 1977-
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Funkhouser, Neil.
• Waters, Willie Anthony.
• Zeger, Brian.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Toolajian, Loren.
• Phillips, Jessica.
• DiDonato, Joyce
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 11, 2009

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 11, 2009.

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 2009.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews orchestra manager Robert Sirinek) ; Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Joseph Calleja, host, with William Berger, Neil Funkhouser, Willie Anthony Waters, and Brian Zeger) [beginning] -- CD 2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz [conclusion] ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Mary Jo Heath interviews people in the rush ticket line for the ring cycle ; commentary and synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 2 [conclusion] ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Gary Lehman ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews clarinettist Jessica Phillips) ; Met at 125 feature (Mary Jo Heath traces the history of Wagner performances at the Met; includes various audio clips: a 1903 Mapleson cyclinder recording of Lillian Nordica in the immolation scene from Götterdämmerung; a 1937 broadcast of Siegfried with Lauritz Melchior and Kirsten Flagstad; Alexander Kipnis from Germany in the 1920's; Birgit Nilsson in Tristan (1960), and part of an interview with Otto Schenk) ; Juntwait interviews Joyce DiDonato about performing Rosina in The Barber of Seville ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [beginning] -- CD 4. Commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [conclusion] ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Claudia Waite about performing as one of the Valkyries) ; commentary and synopsis of act 3 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 5. Act 3 [conclusion] ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff) [ends abruptly].

Call Number

*LDC 47796

OCLC

503312697

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Die Walküre : radio broadcast, 2009-02-21 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2009]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 11, 2009

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 11, 2009.

Performer

Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde) ; Waltraud Meier (Sieglinde) ; Yvonne Naef (Fricka) ; Gary Lehman (Siegmund) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; John Tomlinson (Hunding) ; Kelly Cae Hogan (Gerhilde) ; Claudia Waite (Helmwige) ; Laura Vlasak Nolen (Waltraute) ; Jane Bunnell (Schwertleite) ; Wendy Bryn Harmer (Ortlinde) ; Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (Siegrune) ; Mary Ann McCormick (Grimgerde) ; Teresa S. Herold (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 73, no. 10 (Apr. 2009).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 2009.

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Theorin, Iréne. Performer

Meier, Waltraud. Performer

Naef, Yvonne, 1957- Performer

Lehman, Gary. Performer. Interviewee

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- Performer

Hogan, Kelly Cae. Performer

Waite, Claudia. Performer. Interviewee

Nolen, Laura Vlasak. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

Harmer, Wendy Bryn. Performer

Sandel-Pantaleo, Leann. Performer

McCormick, Mary Ann. Performer

Herold, Teresa S. (Teresa Susann) Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Sirinek, Robert. Interviewee

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Calleja, Joseph, 1977- Host

Berger, William, 1961- Commentator

Funkhouser, Neil. Commentator

Waters, Willie Anthony. Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer

Phillips, Jessica. Interviewee

DiDonato, Joyce, nterviewee.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 47796