Research Catalog

Title

Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Love, Shirley.
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Smith, Alma Jean.
• Coss, Elizabeth.
• Nilsson, Birgit.
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Dunn, Mignon.
• Webber, Constance.
• Anguish, Elizabeth.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Harper, Talmage.
• McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
• Cheek, John, 1948-
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Culshaw, John.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (153 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1980]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (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: 0:40:46 (synopses and features) ; 1:52:52 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Batyah Godfrey, Shirley Love, Ariel Bybee, Loretta Di Franco and Alma Jean Smith (Five serving women) ; Elizabeth Coss (Overseer of the servants) ; Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Elizabeth Anguish (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Talmage Harper (An old servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; John Cheek (The guardian of Orest) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 635 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Elektra (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (John Culshaw) -- side 2. Elektra through "Was willst du? Seht doch, dort" -- side 3. "Ich habe keine guten Nächte" through "Orest! es rührt sich niemand" -- side 4. Elektra concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 635 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1964

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing Time

004046 015252

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1980]

Cast

Batyah Godfrey, Shirley Love, Ariel Bybee, Loretta Di Franco and Alma Jean Smith (Five serving women) ; Elizabeth Coss (Overseer of the servants) ; Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Elizabeth Anguish (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; Talmage Harper (An old servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; John Cheek (The guardian of Orest) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1992, 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. 44, no. 13 (Feb. 9, 1980).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1980.

Reproduction

Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 635 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Coss, Elizabeth. Performer

Nilsson, Birgit. Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Webber, Constance. Performer

Anguish, Elizabeth. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Harper, Talmage. Performer

McIntyre, Donald, 1934- Performer

Cheek, John, 1948- Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 635 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)