Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.
• Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970.
• Melchior, Lauritz.
• Janssen, Herbert.
• List, Emanuel.
• Dudley, John.
• Harrell, Mack.
• Darcy, Emery.
• Gurney, John, 1902-1997.
• Stellman, Maxine.
• Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Alda, Frances.
• Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
• Devriès, Hermann, 1858-1949.
• Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs.
• Harriman, Florence Jaffray Hurst, 1870-
• Cummings, Thayer.
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Bampton, Rose.
• Carter, John, 1912-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 4, 1941
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 4, 1941.

Uniform Title

• Opera question forum (Radio program)
• Our American way of living (Radio program)
• Opera Guild at home (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Compact discs.
• Durations: ca. 1 hr., 12 mins. (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; ca. 3 hrs, 6 mins. (opera).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Kirsten Flagstad (Elisabeth) ; Kerstin Thorborg (Venus) ; Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser) ; Herbert Janssen (Wolfram) ; Emanuel List (Hermann) ; John Dudley (Walther) ; Mack Harrell (Biterolf) ; Emery Darcy (Heinrich) ; John Gurney (Reinmar) ; Maxine Stellman (Shepherd) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 4, 1941.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera forum quiz (Cross questions Frances Alda, Giovanni Martinelli, and Herman Devriès who has a cold, Madame Devriès answers for him) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Our American way of living (National Council of Women president Mrs. Harold Vincent Milligan welcomes Minister to Norway Mrs. J. Borden Harriman ; Opera Guild at home (Metropolitan Opera Guild secretary Mr. Thayer Cummings welcomes Wilfrid Pelletier, Rose Bampton, and John Carter to discuss the career of an opera singer) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross)

Call Number

*LDC 33026

OCLC

NYPG05-R10107

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 4, 1941

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 4, 1941.

Cast

Kirsten Flagstad (Elisabeth) ; Kerstin Thorborg (Venus) ; Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser) ; Herbert Janssen (Wolfram) ; Emanuel List (Hermann) ; John Dudley (Walther) ; Mack Harrell (Biterolf) ; Emery Darcy (Heinrich) ; John Gurney (Reinmar) ; Maxine Stellman (Shepherd) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 4, 1941.

Language

Sung in German.

Source

Gift; Metropolitan Opera; May, 2003.

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Added Author

Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962. Performer

Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970. Performer

Melchior, Lauritz. Performer

Janssen, Herbert. prfn

List, Emanuel. Performer

Dudley, John. Performer

Harrell, Mack. Performer

Darcy, Emery. Performer

Gurney, John, 1902-1997. Performer

Stellman, Maxine. Performer

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Alda, Frances. Commentator

Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. Commentator

Devriès, Hermann, 1858-1949. Commentator

Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs. Commentator

Harriman, Florence Jaffray Hurst, 1870- Commentator

Cummings, Thayer. Commentator

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Commentator

Bampton, Rose. Commentator

Carter, John, 1912- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera question forum (Radio program)

Our American way of living (Radio program)

Opera Guild at home (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33026