Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
• Owen, David (Singer)
• Macurdy, John.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Clark, Richard J.
• Monk, Allan.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Zylis-Gara, Teresa.
• Byars, Christopher.
• Coleman, Charles.
• Dobkin, Matthew.
• McDonnell, Douglas.
• Ruggiero, Victor.
• Vas, Steven.
• Watkins, Dana.
• Weaver, Jonathan.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Livingstone, William.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (241 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1984]

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: 0:52:36 (synopses and features) ; 3:05:15 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Tatiana Troyanos (Venus) ; Richard Cassilly (Tannhäuser) ; Davis Owen (A young shepherd) ; John Macurdy (Hermann) ; Robert Nagy (Walther) ; Richard J. Clark (Biterolf) ; Allan Monk (Wolfram) ; Charles Anthony (Heinrich) ; James Courtney (Reinmar) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Elisabeth) ; Christopher Byars, Charles Coleman, Matthew Dobkins, Douglas McDonnell, Victor Ruggiero, Steven Vas, Dana Watkins, Jonathan Weaver (Pages) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 448 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Robert Jacobson, William Livingstone and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Dir töne Lob!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Gar viel und Schön" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "du sie Frau Venus" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 448 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R118

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

005236 30515

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1984]

Cast

Tatiana Troyanos (Venus) ; Richard Cassilly (Tannhäuser) ; Davis Owen (A young shepherd) ; John Macurdy (Hermann) ; Robert Nagy (Walther) ; Richard J. Clark (Biterolf) ; Allan Monk (Wolfram) ; Charles Anthony (Heinrich) ; James Courtney (Reinmar) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Elisabeth) ; Christopher Byars, Charles Coleman, Matthew Dobkins, Douglas McDonnell, Victor Ruggiero, Steven Vas, Dana Watkins, Jonathan Weaver (Pages) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Jan. 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. 48, no. 12 (Mar. 3, 1984).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1984.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 448 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Performer

Owen, David (Singer) Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Clark, Richard J. Performer

Monk, Allan. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Zylis-Gara, Teresa. Performer

Byars, Christopher. Performer

Coleman, Charles. Performer

Dobkin, Matthew. Performer

McDonnell, Douglas. Performer

Ruggiero, Victor. Performer

Vas, Steven. Performer

Watkins, Dana. Performer

Weaver, Jonathan. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Performer

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Livingstone, William. 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 448 (F) (Production notes on file.)