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Ariadne auf Naxos : opera in a prologue and one act

Title: Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1970-03-28 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Author: Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

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Description

2 sound cassettes (163 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1970]

Uniform Title

Ariadne auf Naxos
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ariadne auf Naxos

Subjects

Genre/Form

Radio programs, Musical.

Note

Sung in German.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:36:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:06:50 (opera).
With production notes and official cast list (5 p.).

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1970.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of prologue (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: John Gutman discusses early performances of "Ariadne" with Maria Jeritza and Lotte Lehmann ; Synopsis of the "opera" (Cross) -- side 2. Prologue -- side 4. Opera through Zerbinetta's aria -- side 5. Opera, conclusion ; Closing remarks by Milton Cross.

Call Number

*LTCM 325 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R192

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1970-03-28 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing Time

003600 020650

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1970]

Performer

Leonie Rysanek (Ariadne-Prima Donna) ; James King (Bacchus-Tenor) ; Evelyn Lear (Composer) ; Reri Grist (Zerbinetta) ; Theodor Uppman (Harlekin) ; Andrea Velis (Scaramuccio) ; Paul Plishka (Truffaldin) ; Charles Anthony (Brighella) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Najade) ; Shirley Love (Dryade) ; Joy Clements (Echo) ; William Dooley (Music Master) ; Morley Meredith (Major-Domo) ; Rod MacWherter (Officer) ; Robert Schmorr (Dancing Master) ; Russell Christopher (Wigmaker) ; Louis Sgarro (Lackey) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Karl Böhm, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 34, no. 22 (Mar. 28, 1970).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1970.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1988, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

King, James, 1925-2005. Performer

Lear, Evelyn. Performer

Grist, Reri. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Clements, Joy. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Gutman, John. Commentator

Jeritza, Maria, 1887- Commentator

Lehmann, Lotte. 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 325 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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