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

• Lakes, Gary.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Moll, Kurt, 1938-
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Ludwig, Christa.
• Sellers, Pyramid.
• Ikonomou, Katerina.
• Castle, Joyce.
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Thigpen, Martha.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Hillhouse, Wendy.
• Bower, Jacalyn.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Vaness, Carol.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jenkins, Speight.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 sound discs (308 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 1989]

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: 1:01:37 (synopses and features) ; 4:06:37 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 553 (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, Apr. 8, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 553 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (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 (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Speight Jenkins, William Weaver and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 553 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R89

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

010137 040637

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 1989]

Performer

Gary Lakes (Siegfried) ; Jessye Norman (Sieglinde) ; Kurt Moll (Hunding) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Christa Ludwig (Fricka) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Katarina Ikonomu (Helwige) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite) ; Martha Thigpen (Ortlinde) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 14 (Apr. 1, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 1989.

Original Version

Tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1991, from borrowed masters (5 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 553 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Lakes, Gary. Performer

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Ludwig, Christa. Performer

Sellers, Pyramid. Performer

Ikonomou, Katerina. Performer

Castle, Joyce. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Thigpen, Martha. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Hillhouse, Wendy. Performer

Bower, Jacalyn. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Vaness, Carol. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, 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 553 (F) Cassette copy (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31948.

*LDC 31948 Service copy.