Research Catalog

Title

Elektra : radio broadcast, 1984-12-15 [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.
• Kraft, Jean.
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Bergquist, Eleanor.
• Robinson, Gail, 1946-
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Vinzing, Ute.
• Meier, Johanna.
• Ludwig, Christa.
• Webber, Constance.
• Green, Constance.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Fleck, William.
• Estes, Simon.
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Blegen, Judith.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (146 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 15, 1984]

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: 0:35:52 (synopses and features) ; 1:50:00 (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)

• Batyah Godfrey, Jean Kraft, Ariel Bybee, Eleanor Bergquist, Gail Robinson (Five serving women) ; Loretta Di Franco (Overseer of the servants) ; Ute Vinzing (Elektra) ; Johanna Meier (Chrysothemis) ; Christa Ludwig (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Constance Green (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; William Fleck (An old servant) ; Simon Estes (Orest) ; Richard Vernon (The guardian of Orest) ; Richard Cassilly (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, Dec. 15, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 457 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Elektra (Allen) -- side 2. Elektra through "Lasst mich allein mit ihr" -- side 3. "Ich habe keine guten Nächte" through "Der ist selig, der seine Tat zu tun" -- side 4. Elektra concluded ; Judith Blegen ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 457 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R191

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Elektra : radio broadcast, 1984-12-15 [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing Time

003552 015000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 15, 1984]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 15, 1984]

Cast

Batyah Godfrey, Jean Kraft, Ariel Bybee, Eleanor Bergquist, Gail Robinson (Five serving women) ; Loretta Di Franco (Overseer of the servants) ; Ute Vinzing (Elektra) ; Johanna Meier (Chrysothemis) ; Christa Ludwig (Klytämnestra) ; Constance Webber (The confidante) ; Constance Green (The trainbearer) ; Charles Anthony (A young servant) ; William Fleck (An old servant) ; Simon Estes (Orest) ; Richard Vernon (The guardian of Orest) ; Richard Cassilly (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 49, no. 6 (Dec. 8, 1984).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 15, 1984.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1991, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 457 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Bergquist, Eleanor. Performer

Robinson, Gail, 1946- Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Vinzing, Ute. Performer

Meier, Johanna. Performer

Ludwig, Christa. Performer

Webber, Constance. Performer

Green, Constance. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Fleck, William. Performer

Estes, Simon. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Blegen, Judith. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. 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 457 (F) Production notes on file.