Research Catalog

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1993-03-20 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927-
• Mentzer, Susanne.
• Stewart, Thomas, 1926-
• Brubaker, Robert (Tenor)
• Short, Kevin.
• Oswald, Mark.
• Groves, Paul (Tenor)
• Berberian, Ara.
• Swenson, Ruth Ann.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Grossman, Henry.
• Moser, Thomas, 1945-
• Fiorito, John.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Guyer, Joyce.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Uecker, Korliss.
• Marin, Ion.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Hamilton, Stuart.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (179 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1993
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1993.

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:40:19 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:21 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Ragnar Ulfung (The major-domo) ; Susanne Mentzer (The composer) ; Thomas Stewart (The music master) ; Robert Brubaker (Scaramuccio) ; Kevin Short (A lackey) ; Mark Oswald (Harlekin) ; Paul Groves (Brighella) ; Ara Berberian (Truffaldin) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Zerbinetta) ; Anthony Laciura ( The dancing master) ; Henry Grossman (An officer) ; Thomas Moser (Bacchus) ; John Fiorito (A wigmaker) ; Jessye Norman (Ariadne) ; Joyce Guyer (Najade) ; Jane Bunnell (Dryade) ; Korliss Uecker (Echo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ion Marin, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 20, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 721 (F).

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Prologue (Peter Allen) ; Prologue -- CD 2. Part 1 -- CD 3. Part 2 ; Closing remarks -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Stuart Hamilton and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Ariadne (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 721 (F)

OCLC

NYPG94-R377

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1993-03-20 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing Time

004019 021821

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1993

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1993.

Cast

Ragnar Ulfung (The major-domo) ; Susanne Mentzer (The composer) ; Thomas Stewart (The music master) ; Robert Brubaker (Scaramuccio) ; Kevin Short (A lackey) ; Mark Oswald (Harlekin) ; Paul Groves (Brighella) ; Ara Berberian (Truffaldin) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Zerbinetta) ; Anthony Laciura ( The dancing master) ; Henry Grossman (An officer) ; Thomas Moser (Bacchus) ; John Fiorito (A wigmaker) ; Jessye Norman (Ariadne) ; Joyce Guyer (Najade) ; Jane Bunnell (Dryade) ; Korliss Uecker (Echo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ion Marin, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 13 (Mar. 13, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 20, 1993.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 721 (F).

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927- Performer

Mentzer, Susanne. Performer

Stewart, Thomas, 1926- Performer

Brubaker, Robert (Tenor) Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Groves, Paul (Tenor) Performer

Berberian, Ara. Performer

Swenson, Ruth Ann. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Grossman, Henry. Performer

Moser, Thomas, 1945- Performer

Fiorito, John. Performer

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Marin, Ion. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 721 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31787.

*LT-10-A 1606 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31787.

*LDC 31787 Service copy.