Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Details

Additional Authors

• Hotter, Hans.
• Vichegonov, Lubomir.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Hopf, Hans.
• Pechner, Gerhard.
• Harshaw, Margaret.
• Madeira, Jean.
• Darcy, Emery.
• Hawkins, Osie.
• Warner, Genevieve.
• Miller, Mildred, 1924-
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Carelli, Gabor.
• Amara, Lucine.
• Hunt, Lois, 1925-
• Glaz, Hertha, 1908-
• Bollinger, Anne, 1919-1963.
• Lenchner, Paula.
• Roggero, Margaret.
• Stiedry, Fritz.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
• Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
• Ducloux, Walter.
• Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound tape reels (301 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 12, 1952]

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: 1:00:42 (synopses and features) ; 4:00:45 (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, Apr. 12, 1952.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 368 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky ; introduced by Mrs. August Belmont) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Rudolf Bing's farewell for 1951-52 season -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Deems Taylor, George Marek, Walter Ducloux and Fritz Reiner) ; Synopsis of act 3 -- side 3. Prelude through "Durch mitleid wissend, der reine Thor" -- side 4. "Du könntest morden" through "Wein und Brot" -- side 5. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Ich sah das Kind" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 through "Das ist Charfreitag's" -- side 8. Act 3 concluded.

Call Number

*LT-10 4917

OCLC

NYPG89-R329

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Playing Time

010042 040045

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 12, 1952]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 12, 1952]

Performer

Hans Hotter (Amfortas) ; Lubomir Vichegonov (Titurel) ; Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz) ; Hans Hopf (Parsifal) ; Gerhard Pechner (Klingsor) ; Margaret Harshaw (Kundry) ; Jean Madeira (A voice) ; Emery Darcy (First Knight of the Grail) ; Osie Hawkins (Second Knight of the Grail) ; Genevieve Warner (First esquire) ; Mildred Miller (Second esquire) ; Paul Franke (Third esquire) ; Gabor Carelli (Fourth esquire) ; Lucine Amara, Lois Hunt, Herta Glaz, Anne Bollinger, Paula Lenchner and Margaret Roggero (Flower maidens) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (10 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 16, no. 22 (Apr. 7, 1952).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 12, 1952.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 368 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hotter, Hans. Performer

Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Hopf, Hans. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Harshaw, Margaret. Performer

Madeira, Jean. Performer

Darcy, Emery. Performer

Hawkins, Osie. Performer

Warner, Genevieve. Performer

Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Carelli, Gabor. Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Hunt, Lois, 1925- Performer

Glaz, Hertha, 1908- Performer

Bollinger, Anne, 1919-1963. Performer

Lenchner, Paula. Performer

Roggero, Margaret. Performer

Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator

Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. 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

*LT-10 4917 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 368 (F)

*LTCM 368 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4917.