Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1948.

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Additional Authors

• Stiedry, Fritz.
• Traubel, Helen.
• Melchior, Lauritz.
• Bampton, Rose.
• Janssen, Herbert.
• Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970.
• Székely, Mihály, 1901-1963.
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Lipton, Martha.
• Stellman, Maxine.
• Jessner, Irene.
• Browning, Lucielle.
• Sachs, Evelyn.
• Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006.
• Palmer, Jeanne, 1914-
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Darcy, Emery.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981.
• Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
• Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
• Varnay, Astrid.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (in 2 containers) (3 hr., 32 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 1948]

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre

Subjects

• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 > Ring des Nibelungen Walküre
• Classical music radio programs
• Operas
• Radio programs, Musical

Genre/Form

• Classical music radio programs.
• Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• Durations: 0:29:08 (announcements, synopses, and intermission features) ; 3:17:10 (opera).
• CD 1-4 in container 1; CD 5 in container 2.

Performer (note)

• Helen Traubel (Brünnhilde) ; Rose Bampton (Sieglinde) ; Kerstin Thorborg (Fricka) ; Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund) ; Herbert Janssen (Wotan) ; Mihály Székely (Hunding) ; Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde) ; Maxine Stellman (Helmwige) ; Jeanne Palmer(Waltraute) ; Evelyn Sachs (Schwertleite) ; Irene Jessner (Ortlinde) ; Hertha Glaz (Siegrune) ; Martha Lipton (Grimgerde) ; Lucielle Browning (Rosseisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 24, 1948.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera ;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Synopsis of act 1 ; act 1 (63:04) -- CD 2. Synopsis of act 2 ; act 2, pt. 2 (45:38) -- CD 3. Act 2, pt. 2 (30:02) ; CD 4. Synopsis (incomplete) of act 3 ; act 3 (64:51) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (incomplete) (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Emery Darcy and Astrid Varnay) ; synopsis of act 2 ; Opera News on the Air (O. Downes, host, with R. Lawrence, Deems Taylor, Eirch Leinsdorf) announcements, closing remarks (21:43).

Call Number

*LDC 32499

OCLC

301970349

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

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

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1948.

Playing Time

010304 003004 004538 010451 002143

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 1948]

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 24, 1948.

Cast

Helen Traubel (Brünnhilde) ; Rose Bampton (Sieglinde) ; Kerstin Thorborg (Fricka) ; Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund) ; Herbert Janssen (Wotan) ; Mihály Székely (Hunding) ; Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde) ; Maxine Stellman (Helmwige) ; Jeanne Palmer(Waltraute) ; Evelyn Sachs (Schwertleite) ; Irene Jessner (Ortlinde) ; Hertha Glaz (Siegrune) ; Martha Lipton (Grimgerde) ; Lucielle Browning (Rosseisse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Stiedry, Fritz. Performer

Traubel, Helen. Performer

Melchior, Lauritz. Performer

Bampton, Rose. Performer

Janssen, Herbert. Performer

Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970. Performer

Székely, Mihály, 1901-1963. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Lipton, Martha. Performer

Stellman, Maxine. Performer

Jessner, Irene. Performer

Browning, Lucielle. Performer

Sachs, Evelyn. Performer

Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006. Performer

Palmer, Jeanne, 1914- Performer

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Darcy, Emery. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981. Commentator

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Commentator

Varnay, Astrid. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32499