Research Catalog

Title

Lohengrin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Kónya, Sándor, 1923-2002.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Cassel, Walter.
• Dvořáková, Ludmila, 1923-2015.
• Macurdy, John.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Schmorr, Robert.
• Boucher, Gene.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Klobucar, Berislav.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Butler, Henry.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-
• McEwen, Terry.
• Merrill, Nathaniel.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (239 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 10, 1968]

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

• Sung in German.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:49:30 (synopses and features) ; 3:09:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (7 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 10, 1968.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Rudolf Bing and Henry Butler discuss staging policies ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Siegmund Levarie, Terry McEwen and Nathaniel Merrill ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 to preparation for the combat scene -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion ("Nun höret mich und achtet wohl") -- side 5. Act 2, scene 1 -- side 6. Act 2, scene 2 -- side 7. Prelude ; Act 3, scene 1 -- side 8. Act 3, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 276 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R278

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Lohengrin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

004930 030900

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 10, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 10, 1968]

Performer

Sándor Kónya (Lohengrin) ; Martina Arroyo (Elsa) ; Walter Cassel (Telramund) ; Ludmila Dvořáková (Ortrud) ; John Macurdy (King Henry) ; Sherrill Milnes (King's herald) ; Charles Anthony, Robert Schmorr, Gene Boucher, Paul Plishka (Nobles) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Berislav Klobucar, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987 from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 15 (Feb. 10, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 10, 1968.

Added Author

Kónya, Sándor, 1923-2002. Performer

Arroyo, Martina. Performer

Cassel, Walter. Performer

Dvořáková, Ludmila, 1923-2015. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Klobucar, Berislav. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Butler, Henry. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Levarie, Siegmund, 1914- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Merrill, Nathaniel. 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 276 (F) Production notes in listening room.