Research Catalog

Title

Das Rheingold [sound recording] : opera in four scenes / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Welch-Babidge, Jennifer.
• Naef, Yvonne, 1957-
• Zaremba, Elena.
• Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
• Siegel, Gerhard (Tenor)
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Fink, Richard Paul.
• Petrova, Lyubov.
• Zifchak, Maria.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Nikitin, Evhenij.
• Kopčák, Sergej.
• Baker, Mark (Tenor)
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Guzelimian, Ara.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 20, 2004.

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 45:00 (announcements, synopsis, and pre-curtain feature) ; 2:32:35 Opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Freia) ; Ivonne Naef (Fricka) ; Elena Zaremba (Erda) ; Philip Langridge (Loge) ; Gerhard Siegel (Mime) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Richard Paul Fink (Alberich) ; Lyubov Petrova (Woglinde) ; Maria Zifchak (Wellgunde) ; Jane Bunnell (Flosshilde) ; Evgenij Nikitin (Fasolt) ; Sergei Koptchak (Fafner) ; Mark Baker (Froh) ; Alan Held (Donner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 2004.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of opera (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain feature (James Levine talks with Ara Guzelimian about Wagner's Ring) ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 2. Das Rheingold, part 1 -- CD 2. Das Rheingold, part 2.

Call Number

*LDC 35352

OCLC

NYPG04-R438

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Das Rheingold [sound recording] : opera in four scenes / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Series

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 20, 2004.

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 20, 2004.

Cast

Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Freia) ; Ivonne Naef (Fricka) ; Elena Zaremba (Erda) ; Philip Langridge (Loge) ; Gerhard Siegel (Mime) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Richard Paul Fink (Alberich) ; Lyubov Petrova (Woglinde) ; Maria Zifchak (Wellgunde) ; Jane Bunnell (Flosshilde) ; Evgenij Nikitin (Fasolt) ; Sergei Koptchak (Fafner) ; Mark Baker (Froh) ; Alan Held (Donner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 68, no. 9 (March 2004).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 2004.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Welch-Babidge, Jennifer. Performer

Naef, Yvonne, 1957- Performer

Zaremba, Elena. Performer

Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010. Performer

Siegel, Gerhard (Tenor)

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Fink, Richard Paul. Performer

Petrova, Lyubov. Performer

Zifchak, Maria. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

Nikitin, Evhenij. Performer

Kopčák, Sergej. Performer

Baker, Mark (Tenor), performer.

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor. Commentator

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Guzelimian, Ara. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35352