Research Catalog

Title

Fledermaus [sound recording] : operetta in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Gennée, original dialogue adaptation by Otto Schenk, English translation by Marcel Prawy.

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1874.
• Genée, Richard, 1823-1895.
• Schenk, Hans-Otto.
• Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003.
• Rendall, David.
• Blegen, Judith.
• Te Kanawa, Kiri.
• Hagegård, Håkan.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Devlin, Michael, 1942-
• Mazura, Franz.
• Brasser, Victoria.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Roussimoff, Ari.
• Tate, Jeffrey.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Livingstone, William.
• Plotkin, Fred.
• Reuben, David.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (208 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 27, 1986]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:52:44 (synopses and features) ; 2:35:47 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• David Rendall (Alfred) ; Judith Blegen (Adele) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Rosalinde) ; Håkan Hagegård (Gabriel von Eisenstein) ; Anthony Laciura (Dr. Blind) ; Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke) ; Franz Mazura (Frank) ; Victoria Brasser (Ida) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky) ; Ari Roussimoff (Ivan) ; Otto Schenk (Frosch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 27, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 499 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with William Livingstone, Fred Plotkin and David Reuben) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Glücklich ist, wer vergisst" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Klänge der Heimat" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded ; Act 3 through "Melodrama" -- side 6. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 499 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R612

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

Title

Fledermaus [sound recording] : operetta in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Gennée, original dialogue adaptation by Otto Schenk, English translation by Marcel Prawy.

Playing Time

005244 023547

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 27, 1986]

Cast

David Rendall (Alfred) ; Judith Blegen (Adele) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Rosalinde) ; Håkan Hagegård (Gabriel von Eisenstein) ; Anthony Laciura (Dr. Blind) ; Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke) ; Franz Mazura (Frank) ; Victoria Brasser (Ida) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky) ; Ari Roussimoff (Ivan) ; Otto Schenk (Frosch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 7 (Dec. 20, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 27, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 499 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1874. Librettist

Genée, Richard, 1823-1895. Librettist

Schenk, Hans-Otto. Translator

Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003. Translator

Rendall, David. Performer

Blegen, Judith. Performer

Te Kanawa, Kiri. Performer

Hagegård, Håkan. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Devlin, Michael, 1942- Performer

Mazura, Franz. Performer

Brasser, Victoria. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Roussimoff, Ari. Performer

Tate, Jeffrey. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Conductor

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Plotkin, Fred. Commentator

Reuben, David. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 499 (F) (Production notes in listening room).