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

• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Fisher, E. Burke.
• Volkman, Elizabeth.
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Carpenter, John (Singer)
• Thomas, Jess.
• Wildermann, William, 1919-
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Shinall, Vern.
• Norden, Betsy.
• Wohlafka, Louise.
• Smith, Alma Jean.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Jones, Isola.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes (266 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 5, 1980]

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: 0:45:05 (synopses and features) ; 3:41:04 (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)

• Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz) ; Timothy Jenkins (First Knight of the Grail) ; Elizabeth Volkman (First Esquire) ; Philip Booth (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Ariel Bybee (Second Esquire) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Kundry) ; Norman Bailey (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; John Carpenter (Fourth Esquire) ; Jess Thomas (Parsifal) ; William Wildermann (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Vern Shinall (Klingsor) ; Betsy Norden, Louise Wohlafka, Elizabeth Volkman, Alma Jean Smith, 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. 5, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 642 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Sigmund Leverie and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Oh, wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer!" -- side 3. "Durch mitleid wissend, der reine Thor" through "Den Vaterlosen gebor die Mutter" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Amfortas" -- 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 642 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R2022

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

004505 034104

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 5, 1980]

Cast

Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz) ; Timothy Jenkins (First Knight of the Grail) ; Elizabeth Volkman (First Esquire) ; Philip Booth (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Ariel Bybee (Second Esquire) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Kundry) ; Norman Bailey (Amfortas) ; Charles Anthony (Third Esquire) ; John Carpenter (Fourth Esquire) ; Jess Thomas (Parsifal) ; William Wildermann (Titurel) ; Batyah Godfrey (A Voice) ; Vern Shinall (Klingsor) ; Betsy Norden, Louise Wohlafka, Elizabeth Volkman, Alma Jean Smith, 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 Oct. 1992, 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. 44, no. 18 (Apr. 5, 1980).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 5, 1980.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 642 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Fisher, E. Burke. Performer

Volkman, Elizabeth. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Carpenter, John (Singer) Performer

Thomas, Jess. Performer

Wildermann, William, 1919- Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Shinall, Vern. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Wohlafka, Louise. Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Levarie, Siegmund, 1914- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. 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 642 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)