Research Catalog

Title

Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : music drama in a prologue and three acts from the trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nilsson, Birgit.
• Thomas, Jess.
• Rundgren, Bengt.
• Rankin, Nell.
• Dooley, William.
• Reynolds, Anna.
• Rintzler, Marius.
• Weidinger, Christine.
• Baldwin, Marcia.
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Chookasian, Lili.
• Ehrling, Sixten.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Culshaw, John.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Behr, Jan.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Chapin, Schuyler.
• Verrett, Shirley.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

on 9 sides of 5 sound cassettes (309 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-03-29 (Mar. 29, 1975)]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung
• Götterdämmerung

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• "Based on the version of the productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen of Herbert von Karajan for the Easter Festivals in Salzburg"--House program.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:59:00 (synopses and features) ; 4:10:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (8 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 29, 1975.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Analysis by John Culshaw) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Request for money (Schuyler Chapin and Shirley Verrett) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr and Boris Goldovsky) ; synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, prelude ; Scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 ; Scene 3 to "... mir werther als aller Götter ewig währendes Gluck" -- side 5. Act 1, scene 3, conclusion -- side 6. [Blank] -- side 7. Act 2, scenes 1-4 -- side 8. Act 2, scene 5 -- side 9. Act 3, scenes 1-2 -- side 10. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Allen)

Call Number

*LTCM 622 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R249

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung [sound recording] : music drama in a prologue and three acts from the trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Playing Time

005900 041000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-03-29 (Mar. 29, 1975)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-03-29 (Mar. 29, 1975)]

Performer

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde) ; Jess Thomas (Siegfried) ; Bengt Rundgren (Hagen) ; Nell Rankin (Gutrune, Third Norn) ; William Dooley (Gunther) ; Anna Reynolds (Waltraute, Second Norn) ; Marius Rintzler (Alberich) ; Christine Weidinger (Woglinde) ; Marcia Baldwin (Wellgunde) Batyah Godfrey (Flosshilde) ; Lili Chookasian (First Norn) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sixten Ehrling, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 39, no. 15 (Feb. 15, Mar. 1, 15, 29, 1975).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 29, 1975.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1982, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Nilsson, Birgit. Performer

Thomas, Jess. Performer

Rundgren, Bengt. Performer

Rankin, Nell. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Reynolds, Anna. Performer

Rintzler, Marius. Performer

Weidinger, Christine. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Ehrling, Sixten. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Chapin, Schuyler. Commentator

Verrett, Shirley. 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

*LTCM 622 (F) Production notes on file.