Research Catalog

Title

Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel : intermission features [sound recording].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Randall, Tony.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1 sound cassettes (52 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 20, 1969]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Operas
• Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921 > Hänsel und Gretel

Note

• Cataloger's title.
• Metropolitan Opera broadcast which, due to labor disputes, consisted of a commercial recording of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (in English), with live intermission features.
• Opera on this date from Columbia SL 102.
• Available in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives on Odyssey Y2 32546, request *LZR 66930.
• Duration: 0:52:15.
• Production notes (1 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from New York City, Dec. 20, 1969.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Rudolf Bing announces end of the Metropolitan Opera labor dispute ; Synopsis of act 1 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Tony Randall, Terry McEwen, Boris Goldovsky, and Walter Slezak ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Closing comments (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 311 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R178

Title

Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel : intermission features [sound recording].

Playing Time

005215

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 20, 1969]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 20, 1969]

Event

Originally broadcast from New York City, Dec. 20, 1969.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Jun. 1988, from portions of masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Randall, Tony. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 311 (F) Production notes in listening room.