Research Catalog

Title

Die Fledermaus [sound recording] : operetta in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. Original dialogue adapted for this production by Otto Schenk and translated into English by Marcel Prawy.

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1876.
• Genée, Richard, 1823-1895.
• Schenk, Otto.
• Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003.
• Rosenshein, Neil.
• Mills, Erie.
• Daniels, Barbara.
• Hagegård, Håkan.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Duesing, Dale.
• Malas, Spiro.
• Spencer, Cheryl.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Dobriansky, Andrij.
• Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014.
• Rudel, Julius.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Millo, Aprile.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Eckert, Thor Jr.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Scott, Iain.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (202 min.) : ditital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 14, 1989]

Uniform Title

• Fledermaus. English & German
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Fledermaus.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:49:41 (synopses and features) ; 2:33:08 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (on file under classmark : *LTCM 541 (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, Jan. 14, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 541 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German ; dialogue in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (George Jellinek) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Thor Eckert Jr., host, with Edward Downes, Alberta Masiello and Iain Scott) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 541 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R56

Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

Title

Die Fledermaus [sound recording] : operetta in three acts / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. Original dialogue adapted for this production by Otto Schenk and translated into English by Marcel Prawy.

Playing Time

004941 023308

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 14, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 14, 1989]

Performer

Neil Rosenshein (Alfred) ; Erie Mills (Adele) ; Barbara Daniels (Rosalinde) ; Håkan Hagegård (Eisenstein) ; Andrea Velis (Dr. Blind) ; Dale Duesing (Dr. Falke) ; Spiro Malas (Frank) ; Cheryl Spencer (Ida) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Ivan) ; Sid Caesar (Frosch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 8 (Jan. 7, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 14, 1989.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 541 (F)

Language

Sung in German ; dialogue in English.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1876. Librettist

Genée, Richard, 1823-1895. Librettist

Schenk, Otto. Adapter

Prawy, Marcel, 1911-2003. Translator

Rosenshein, Neil. Performer

Mills, Erie. Performer

Daniels, Barbara. Performer

Hagegård, Håkan. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Duesing, Dale. Performer

Malas, Spiro. Performer

Spencer, Cheryl. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014. Performer

Rudel, Julius. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Millo, Aprile. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Eckert, Thor Jr. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Scott, Iain. 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 541 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file). Use service copy in *LDC 31957.

*LDC 31957 Service copy.