Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried : radio broadcast, 2009-04-18 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Theorin, Iréne.
• White, Wendy.
• Franz, Christian, 1968-
• Brubaker, Robert (Tenor)
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Fink, Richard Paul.
• Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22-
• Oropesa, Lisette.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Toolajian, Loren.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Brownlee, Lawrence.
• Friedlander-Fulkerson, Fadel.
• Benson, Ken (Ken G.)
• Burlingame, Lloyd.
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Brubaker, Scott.
• Clark, Joseph.
• Buchalter, Gregory.
• Damrau, Diana.
• Nixon, Marni.
• 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] Apr. 18, 2009

Uniform Title

• Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 18, 2009.

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Subjects

• Opera companies > Auditions > United States
• Wagner tuba
• 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, Apr. 18, 2009.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction, commentary, and synopsis of act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 [beginning] -- CD 2. Act 1 [conclusion] ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Loren Toolajian interviews James Morris ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Jane Bunnell about filling in at the last minute for Susan Quittmeyer in the role of Cherubino in 1994) ; Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Lawrence Brownlee, host, with William Berger, Fadel Friedlander-Fulkerson, Ken Benson, and Lloyd Burlingame) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews French horn player Scott Brubaker about the Wagner tuba) ; commentary and synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 2 [conclusion] ; Loren Toolajian interviews Iréne Theorin ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews former technical director Joe Clark) ; Mary Jo Heath on off-stage sounds in the Ring Cycle, with Gregory Buchalter ; Met at 125 feature (Mary Jo Heath on the National Council auditions; includes brief audio clips of former winners (Eleanor Steber, Teresa Stratas, and Lawrence Brown) and an excerpt from the documentary "The audition" featuring Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, and Thomas Hampson) ; Juntwait interviews Diana Damrau [beginning] -- CD 4. Juntwait interviews Diana Damrau [conclusion] ; Met Memory (Naomi Lewin interviews Marni Nixon) ; synopsis of act 3 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 5. Act 3 [conclusion] ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 47795

OCLC

505668030

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Siegfried : radio broadcast, 2009-04-18 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Richard Wagner.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 18, 2009

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 18, 2009.

Performer

Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde) ; Wendy White (Erda) ; Christian Franz (Siegfried) ; Robert Brubaker (Mime) ; James Morris (The Wanderer) ; Richard Paul Fink (Alberich) ; John Tomlinson (Fafner) ; Lisette Oropesa (Forest bird) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 73, no. 10 (Apr. 2009).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 18, 2009.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Theorin, Iréne. Performer. Interviewee

White, Wendy. Performer

Franz, Christian, 1968- Performer

Brubaker, Robert (Tenor) Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer. Interviewee

Fink, Richard Paul. Performer

Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- Performer

Oropesa, Lisette. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer

Bunnell, Jane. Interviewee

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Brownlee, Lawrence. Host

Friedlander-Fulkerson, Fadel. Commentator

Benson, Ken (Ken G.) Commentator

Burlingame, Lloyd. Commentator

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Brubaker, Scott. Interviewee

Clark, Joseph. Interviewee

Buchalter, Gregory. Commentator

Damrau, Diana. Interviewee

Nixon, Marni. 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)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 47795