Research Catalog

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1976-03-20 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Caballé, Montserrat.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Welting, Ruth.
• Remedios, Alberto.
• Titus, Alan.
• Castel, Nico.
• Dooley, William.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Dobriansky, Andrij.
• Ahlstedt, Douglas.
• Gill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Weidinger, Christine.
• Munzer, Cynthia.
• Norden, Betsy.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1976

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 1976.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain featuren - Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky presents a musical and dramatic analysis of Ariadne auf Naxos) ; synopsis of Prologue (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz - A singers' roundtable (Edward Downes, M.C. ; Marilyn Horne, Zinka Milanov, Frank Guarrera, and James Morris) ; synopsis of Opera (Allen) -- side 3. Prologue -- side 4. Opera, part 1 -- side 5. Opera, part 2.

Call Number

*LTCM 803

OCLC

NYPG06-R20

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1976-03-20 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1976

Performer

Montserrat Caballé (The prima donna - Ariadne) ; Tatiana Troyanos (The composer) ; Ruth Welting (Zerbinetta) ; Alberto Remedios (The tenor - Bacchus) ; Alan Titus (Harlekin) ; Nico Castel (The major-domo) ; William Dooley (The music master) ; Charles Anthony (Scaramuccio) ; Andrij Dobriansky (A lackey) ; Douglas Ahlstedt (Brighella) ; Richard T. Gill (Truffaldin) ; Andrea Velis (The dancing master) ; Paul Franke (An officer) ; Russell Christopher (A wigmaker) ; Christine Weidinger (Najade) ; Cynthia Munzer (Dryade) ; Betsy Norden (Echo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 1976.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Caballé, Montserrat. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Welting, Ruth. Performer

Remedios, Alberto. Performer

Titus, Alan. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Ahlstedt, Douglas. Performer

Gill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Weidinger, Christine. Performer

Munzer, Cynthia. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Commentator

Morris, James, 1947- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 803 Notes on file.