Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmann, Peter, 1944-
• Altmeyer, Jeannine.
• Haugland, Aage, 1944-
• McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Fassbaender, Brigitte.
• Bergquist, Eleanor.
• Napier, Marita.
• Castle, Joyce.
• Smith, Pamela.
• Thigpen, Martha.
• Smith, Sheila.
• Hillhouse, Wendy.
• Bower, Jacalyn.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 sound discs (302 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1987]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in German.
• Durations: 0:53:13 (synopses and features) ; 4:09:10 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• In two containers.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark: *LTCM 509 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 7, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 509 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II, part 1 -- CD 3. Act II, part 2 -- CD 4. Act III, part 1 -- CD 5. Act III, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Terrence McNally, Christopher Purdy and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 509 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R643

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

005313 040910

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1987]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1987]

Performer

Peter Hofmann (Siegmund) ; Jeannine Altmeyer (Sieglinde) ; Aage Haugland (Hunding) ; Donald McIntyre (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünhilde) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (Fricka) ; Eleanor Bergquist (Gerhilde) ; Marita Napier (Helmwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Pamela Smith (Schwertleite) ; Martha Thigpen (Ortlinde) ; Sheila Smith (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 12 (Feb. 28, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 7, 1987.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 509 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Hofmann, Peter, 1944- Performer

Altmeyer, Jeannine. Performer

Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer

McIntyre, Donald, 1934- Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Fassbaender, Brigitte. Performer

Bergquist, Eleanor. Performer

Napier, Marita. Performer

Castle, Joyce. Performer

Smith, Pamela. Performer

Thigpen, Martha. Performer

Smith, Sheila. Performer

Hillhouse, Wendy. Performer

Bower, Jacalyn. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 509 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 32753.

*LDC 32753 Service copy.