Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Dunn, Mignon.
• Schwarz, Hanna.
• Neves, Susan.
• Jones, Gwyneth, 1936-
• Johns, William, 1940-
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Salminen, Matti.
• Plette, Marie.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Guyer, Joyce.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• White, Wendy.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Volpe, Joseph.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hamilton, Stuart.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Flagello, Ezio.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 sound discs (353 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 17, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 1:07:03 (synopses and features) ; 4:46:44 (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

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 17, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (5 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 725 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 -- CD 3. Act II -- CD 4. Act III, part 1 -- CD 5. Act III, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Joseph Volpe, Alfred Hubay) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Stuart Hamilton, Alfred Hubay and William Weaver) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Leonie Rysanek, Ezio Flagello and James McCracken) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1587

OCLC

NYPG94-R385

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

010703 044644

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 17, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 17, 1993]

Performer

Mignon Dunn (First Norn) ; Hanna Schwarz (Second Norn) ; Susan Neves (Third Norn) ; Gwyneth Jones (Brünnhilde) ; William Johns (Siegfried) ; Alan Held (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Marie Plette (Gutrune) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Waltraute) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Joyce Guyer (Woglinde) ; Jane Bunnell (Wellgunde) ; Wendy White (Flosshilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 15 (Apr. 10, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 17, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1993, from borrowed masters (6 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (5 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 725 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Schwarz, Hanna. Performer

Neves, Susan. Performer

Jones, Gwyneth, 1936- Performer

Johns, William, 1940- Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Plette, Marie. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

White, Wendy. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Volpe, Joseph. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Rysanek, Leonie. Commentator

Flagello, Ezio. Commentator

McCracken, James, 1926- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1587 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31784.

*LTCM 725 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31784.

*LDC 31784 Service copy.