Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
2. Pountney, David.
3. Juntwait, Margaret.
4. Siff, Ira.
5. Luisi, Fabio.
6. Kirchschlager, Angelika.
7. Persson, Miah.
8. Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
9. Plowright, Rosalind.
10. Croft, Dwayne.
11. Johnson, Jennifer (Mezzo-soprano)
12. Morley, Erin.
13. Toolajian, Loren.
14. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
15. Fleming, Renée
16. Radvanovsky, Sondra.
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
19. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 2 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010

Uniform title

1. Hänsel und Gretel. English
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
4. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010.

Alternative title

1. Hänsel und Gretel.

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 and 2 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 ; Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff discuss the current production of the opera ; Loren Toolajian talks with Angelika Kirchschlager and Miah Persson ; Met Cameo (Mary Jo Heath interviews Jim Simpson of the prop shop) ; In memorial tribute to Met stars who died in 2009 -- CD 2. ; Memorial tribute (conclusion) ; Mary Jo Heath talks with Renée Fleming (on tape) ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath speaks with Sondra Radvanovsky) ; synopsis of act 3 ; Act 3 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call number

1. *LDC 50993

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 2010.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in English.

Author

1. Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.

Title

1. Hansel and Gretel : radio broadcast, 2010-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette ; English translation by David Pountney.

Imprint

1. [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2010.

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010
3. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
4. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010.

Performer

1. Angelika Kirchschlager (Hänsel) ; Miah Persson (Gretel) ; Philip Landridge (Witch) ; Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude, the mother) ; Dwayne Croft (Peter, the father) ; Jennifer Johnson (Sandman) ; Erin Morley (Dew Fairy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Childrens' Chorus ; Fabio Luisi, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 74, no. 6 (Dec. 2009).

Event

1. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 2010.

Language

1. Sung in English.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916. Librettist
2. Pountney, David. Translator
3. Juntwait, Margaret. Host
4. Siff, Ira. Commentator
5. Luisi, Fabio. Conductor
6. Kirchschlager, Angelika. Performer. Commentator
7. Persson, Miah. Performer. Commentator
8. Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010. Performer. Interviewee
9. Plowright, Rosalind. Performer. Interviewee
10. Croft, Dwayne. Performer
11. Johnson, Jennifer (Mezzo-soprano) Performer
12. Morley, Erin. Performer
13. Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer
14. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer
15. Fleming, Renée, interviewee.
16. Radvanovsky, Sondra. Commentator
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 50993