Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bean, Gweneth.
• Castle, Joyce.
• Gruber, Andrea.
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Jerusalem, Siegfried.
• Raffell, Anthony.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Lisowska, Hanna.
• Ludwig, Christa.
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Erickson, Kaaren.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Parsons, Meredith.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Mohr, Richard.
• Southern, Hugh.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Osbourne, Charles.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Behr, Jan.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 sound cassettes (346 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 21, 1990]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:11:28 (synopses and features) ; 4:35:25 (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)

• Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Joyce Castle (Second Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Hanna Lisowska (Gutrune) ; Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; 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. 21, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 576 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD. 5 Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Hugh Southern) ; Met moments (Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr, Boris Goldovsky and Edward Downes) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Charles Osbourne and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 28832

OCLC

NYPG92-R371

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Composer. Librettist

Title

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

Playing Time

011128 043525

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 21, 1990]

Cast

Gweneth Bean (First Norn) ; Joyce Castle (Second Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) ; Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Hanna Lisowska (Gutrune) ; Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Mar. 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. 54, no. 15 (Apr. 14, 1990).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1990.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 576 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Bean, Gweneth. Performer

Castle, Joyce. Performer

Gruber, Andrea. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer

Raffell, Anthony. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Lisowska, Hanna. Performer

Ludwig, Christa. Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Erickson, Kaaren. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Parsons, Meredith. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Southern, Hugh. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Osbourne, Charles. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Met moments (Radio program)

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 28832 Service copy

*LTCM 576 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28832