Research Catalog

Title

Tristan und Isolde : radio broadcast, 2008-03-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Richard Wagner ; libretto by the composer, after a Celtic romance.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Voigt, Deborah.
• DeYoung, Michelle.
• Smith, Robert Dean, 1965-
• Schulte, Eike Wilm, 1939-
• Salminen, Matti.
• Plenk, Matthew.
• Gaertner, Stephen.
• Schowalter, Mark.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Graham, Susan, 1960-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Spiegelman, Irene.
• Palmer, Felicity.
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Ellison, Cori.
• Funkhouser, Neil.
• Waters, Willie Anthony.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
• Norrell, Steve.
• O'Leary, Amy.
• Lorenzo, Perry.
• Rockwell, John, 1940-
• Heppner, Ben.
• Viola, Bill, 1951-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Giordani, Marcello.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 22, 2008

Uniform Title

• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Tristan mysteries (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 22, 2008.
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 22, 2008.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait interviews Deborah Voigt, then discusses the opera with Ira Siff, including Robert Dean Smith's Met debut as Tristan, in place of Ben Heppner who is ill) ; synopsis of act 1 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 1 [beginning] -- CD 2. Act 1 [conclusion] ; commentary by Juntwait and Siff ; Susan Graham interviews James Levine ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews German diction coach, Irene Spiegelman) ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Felicity Palmer, host, with William Berger, Cori Ellison, Neil Funkhouser, and Willie Anthony Waters) ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Donald McIntyre about the Met's 1975 Ring cycle) ; synopsis of act 2 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 2 [conclusion] ; Susan Graham interviews Deborah Voigt and Michelle DeYoung ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews bass trombonist, Steve Norrell) ; excerpt from WNYC radio series, The Tristan Mysteries (Amy O'Leary, host, with Perry Lorenzo, Cori Ellison, John Rockwell, Ben Heppner, Bill Viola, and Terrence McNally) ; Juntwait interviews Marcello Giordani ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Paul Plishka about the role of the sacristan in Tosca) ; synopsis of act 3 (Juntwait and Siff) [beginning] -- CD 4. Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Paul Plishka) [conclusion] ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [complete] ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 5. Act 3 [conclusion] ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 46570

OCLC

299059762

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Tristan und Isolde : radio broadcast, 2008-03-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Richard Wagner ; libretto by the composer, after a Celtic romance.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 22, 2008

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 22, 2008.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Performer

Deborah Voigt (Isolde) ; Robert Dean Smith (Tristan) ; Michelle DeYoung (Brangäne) ; Eike Wilm Schulte (Kurwenal) ; Matti Salminen (King Mark) ; Matthew Plenk (A sailor's voice) ; Stephen Gaertner (Melot) ; Mark Schowalter (A shepherd) ; James Courtney, (Steersman) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 72, no. 9 (Mar. 2008).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 22, 2008.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Voigt, Deborah. Performer. Interviewee

DeYoung, Michelle. Performer. Interviewee

Smith, Robert Dean, 1965- Performer

Schulte, Eike Wilm, 1939- Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Plenk, Matthew. Performer

Gaertner, Stephen. Performer

Schowalter, Mark. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Graham, Susan, 1960- Interviewer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor. Interviewee

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Spiegelman, Irene. Interviewee

Palmer, Felicity. Host

Berger, William, 1961- Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Funkhouser, Neil. Commentator

Waters, Willie Anthony. Commentator

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer

McIntyre, Donald, 1934- Interviewee

Norrell, Steve. Interviewee

O'Leary, Amy. Host

Lorenzo, Perry. Commentator

Rockwell, John, 1940- Commentator

Heppner, Ben. Commentator

Viola, Bill, 1951- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Giordani, Marcello. Interviewee

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Interviewee

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Tristan mysteries (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 46570