Research Catalog
Die Walküre music-drama in three acts from the trilogy Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Title
- Die Walküre [sound recording] : music-drama in three acts from the trilogy Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
- Author
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Frantz, Ferdinand.
- Thebom, Blanche.
- Harshaw, Margaret.
- Svanholm, Set.
- Varnay, Astrid.
- Hotter, Hans.
- Amara, Lucine.
- Votipka, Thelma.
- Krall, Heidi.
- Warfield, Sandra.
- Lipton, Martha.
- Moll, Mariquita.
- Glaz, Hertha, 1908-
- Madeira, Jean.
- Stiedry, Fritz.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
- Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (238 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1954]
- Uniform Title
- Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
- Subject
- Operas
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:36:37 (synopses and features) ; 3:12:00 (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
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 13, 1954.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 398 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in German.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Regina Resnik) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Deems Taylor, Robert Bagar and George Marek) ; Synopsis of act (Cross) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through Scene 2 -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Hinweg! Hinweg! fliech die Entweihte" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "War es so schmählich" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LT-10 5548
- OCLC
- NYPG90-R374
- Author
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
- Title
- Die Walküre [sound recording] : music-drama in three acts from the trilogy Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
- Playing Time
- 3637 31200
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1954]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1954]
- Performer
- Ferdinand Frantz (Wotan) ; Blanche Thebom (Fricka) ; Margaret Harshaw (Brünnhilde) ; Set Svanholm (Siegmund) ; Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde) ; Hans Hotter (Hunding) ; Lucine Amara (Helmwige) ; Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde) ; Heidi Krall (Ortlinde) ; Sandra Warfield (Rossweisse) ; Martha Lipton (Grimgerde) ; Mariquita Moll (Waltraute) ; Herta Glaz (Siegrune) ; Jean Madeira (Schwertleite) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (9 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 18, no. 14 (Feb. 8, 1954).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 13, 1954.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 398 (F)
- Language
- Sung in German.
- Added Author
- Frantz, Ferdinand. PerformerThebom, Blanche. PerformerHarshaw, Margaret. PerformerSvanholm, Set. PerformerVarnay, Astrid. PerformerHotter, Hans. PerformerAmara, Lucine. PerformerVotipka, Thelma. PerformerKrall, Heidi. PerformerWarfield, Sandra. PerformerLipton, Martha. PerformerMoll, Mariquita. PerformerGlaz, Hertha, 1908- PerformerMadeira, Jean. PerformerStiedry, Fritz. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorResnik, Regina, 1922-2013. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorTaylor, Deems, 1885-1966. CommentatorMarek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. CommentatorBagar, Robert C. CommentatorMetropolitan 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
- *LT-10 5548 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 398 (F)*LTCM 398 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 5548.