Research Catalog

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : music drama in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hunter, Rita.
• Martin, Janis.
• Dunn, Mignon.
• King, James, 1925-2005.
• Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021.
• Schenk, Manfred, 1930-
• Volkman, Elizabeth.
• Beatty, Sarah.
• Nadler, Sheila.
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Baldwin, Marcia.
• Grillo, Joann.
• Kraft, Jean.
• Pracht, Mary Ellen.
• Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Culshaw, John.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Flagello, Ezio.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 19, 1977

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 19, 1977.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Reflections on Wagner's Die Walküre by John Culshaw) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. A singers' roundtable (Edward Downes, host, with Leonie Rysanek, Ezio Flagello, and James McCracken) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, part 1 -- side 4. Act 1, part 2 -- side 5. Act 2, part 1 -- side 6. Act 2, part 2 -- side 7. Act 3, part 1 -- side 8. Act 3, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 815

OCLC

NYPG06-R70

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Die Walküre [sound recording] : music drama in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 19, 1977

Performer

Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde) ; Janis Martin (Sieglinde) ; Mignon Dunn (Fricka) ; James King (Siegmund) ; Norman Bailey (Wotan) ; Manfred Schenk (Hunding) ; Elizabeth Volkman (Gerhilde) ; Sarah Beatty (Helmwige) ; Sheila Nadler (Waltraute) ; Batyah Godfrey (Schwertleite) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Ortlinde) ; Marcia Baldwin (Siegrune) ; Joann Grillo (Grimgerde) ; Jean Kraft (Rossweisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 19, 1977.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hunter, Rita. Performer

Martin, Janis. Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

King, James, 1925-2005. Performer

Bailey, Norman, 1933-2021. Performer

Schenk, Manfred, 1930- Performer

Volkman, Elizabeth. Performer

Beatty, Sarah. Performer

Nadler, Sheila. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Grillo, Joann. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Rysanek, Leonie. Commentator

Flagello, Ezio. Commentator

McCracken, James, 1926- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 815 Notes on file.