Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2004.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Eaglen, Jane.
• Zaremba, Elena.
• West, Jon Fredric, 1952-
• Morris, J. (John).
• Fink, Richard Paul.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Guyer, Joyce.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Wagner, Alan, 1931-2007.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Benson, Ken (Ken G.)
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

6 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] April 17, 2004.

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 1:31:09 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features) ; 4:07:34 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde) ; Elena Zaremba (Erda) ; Jon Frederic West (Siegfried) ; Gerhard Siegel (Mime) ; James Morris (The Wanderer) ; Richard Paul Fink (Alberich) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Joyce Guyer (Forest Bird) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 17, 2004.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3, part 1 -- CD 5. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 6. Opera news on the air (Father M. Owen Lee examines the far-reaching influence of Wagner on music, art, and literature in the past 100 years ; an essay on Siegfried by Boris Goldovsky from March 5, 1988) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Alan Wagner, host, with Martin Bernheimer and Ken Benson samples Wagner's Ring as sung in languages other than German ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 35356

OCLC

NYPG04-R468

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Siegfried [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2004.

Series

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] April 17, 2004.

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] April 17, 2004.

Cast

Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde) ; Elena Zaremba (Erda) ; Jon Frederic West (Siegfried) ; Gerhard Siegel (Mime) ; James Morris (The Wanderer) ; Richard Paul Fink (Alberich) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Joyce Guyer (Forest Bird) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 68, no. 10 (April 2004).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 17, 2004.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Eaglen, Jane. Performer

Zaremba, Elena. Performer

West, Jon Fredric, 1952- Performer

Morris, J. (John). Performer

Fink, Richard Paul. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Wagner, Alan, 1931-2007. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Benson, Ken (Ken G.) Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35356