Research Catalog

Title

Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating festival play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Moll, Kurt, 1938-
• Best, Michael.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Dubinbaum, Gail.
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Estes, Simon.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Booth, Thomas.
• Vickers, Jon.
• Robbins, Julien.
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Robinson, Gail, 1946-
• Wohlafka, Louise.
• Bergquist, Eleanor.
• Norden, Betsy.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Jones, Isola.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (321 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 20, 1985]

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: 0:47:16 (synopses and features) ; 4:33:50 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz) ; Michael Best (First Knight of the Grail) ; Diane Kesling (First Esquire) ; Richard Vernon (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Gail Dubinbaum (Second Esquire) ; Leonie Rysanek (Kundry) ; Simon Estes (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; Thomas Booth (Fourth Esquire) ; Jon Vickers (Parsifal) ; Julien Robbins (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Franz Mazura (Klingsor) ; Gail Robinson, Louise Wohlafka, Eleanor Bergquist, Betsy Norden, Loretta Di Franco and Isola Jones (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 20, 1985.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 475 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr and James Levine) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, John Pfeiffer and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Oh, wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer!" -- side 3. "Drum bleib es dem nach dem ihr fragt" through "Den Vaterlosen gebor die Mutter" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Ich sah das Kind" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "Der irrniss und der Leiden Pfade" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 475 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R206

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Parsifal [sound recording] : stage-consecrating festival play in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

004716 043350

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 20, 1985]

Cast

Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz) ; Michael Best (First Knight of the Grail) ; Diane Kesling (First Esquire) ; Richard Vernon (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Gail Dubinbaum (Second Esquire) ; Leonie Rysanek (Kundry) ; Simon Estes (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; Thomas Booth (Fourth Esquire) ; Jon Vickers (Parsifal) ; Julien Robbins (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Franz Mazura (Klingsor) ; Gail Robinson, Louise Wohlafka, Eleanor Bergquist, Betsy Norden, Loretta Di Franco and Isola Jones (Flower Maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1991, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 49, no. 15 (Apr. 13, 1985).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 20, 1985.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 475 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Dubinbaum, Gail. Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Estes, Simon. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Booth, Thomas. Performer

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Robinson, Gail, 1946- Performer

Wohlafka, Louise. Performer

Bergquist, Eleanor. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. 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 475 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)