Research Catalog

Title

Rusalka : radio broadcast, 2009-03-14 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Antonín Dvořák ; libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, based on the fairy tale Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

Author

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1868-1950.
• Juntwait, Margaret
• Siff, Ira
• Fleming, Renée
• Goerke, Christine
• Blythe, Stephanie
• Antonenko, Aleksandrs, 1975-
• Kristinn Sigmundsson, 1951-
• Kim, Kathleen
• Patterson, Brenda
• Kulczak, Edyta
• Won, David
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Lindsey, Kate
• Bělohlávek, Jiří.
• Toolajian, Loren
• Donahue Paul
• Lewin, Naomi
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Orr, Bettie
• Koenig, Leslie
• Heppner, Ben
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Ellison, Cori
• Jenkins, Speight
• Wolf, Thomas, 1945-
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777-1843.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

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

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 14, 2009

Uniform Title

• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 14, 2009.
• 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

Performer (note)

• Renée Fleming (Rusalka) ; Christine Goerke (Foreign princess) ; Stephanie Blythe (Jezibaba) ; Aleksandrs Antonenko (Prince) ; Kristinn Sigmundsson (Water-gnome, Rusalka's father) ; Kathleen Kim (First wood-sprite) ; Brenda Patterson (Second wood-sprite) ; Edyta Kulczak (Third wood-sprite) ; David Won (Hunter) ; James Courtney (Gamekeper) ; Kate Lindsey (Kitchen Boy) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 14, 2009.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Czech.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction, commentary, and synopsis of act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Renée Fleming ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews master electrician Paul Donahue) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Stephanie Blythe ; Margaret Juntwait interviews Plácido Domingo [beginning] -- CD 2. Juntwait interviews Plácido Domingo [conclusion] ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews listener Bettie Orr) ; synopsis of act 2 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 ; Met Cameo (Mary Jo Heath interviews stage director Leslie Koenig) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Christine Goerke ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Ben Heppner, host, with William Berger, Cori Ellison, Speight Jenkins, and Thomas Wolf) [beginning] -- CD 3. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz [conclusion] ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews James Courtney) ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 47790

OCLC

631781573

Author

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.

Title

Rusalka : radio broadcast, 2009-03-14 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Antonín Dvořák ; libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, based on the fairy tale Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

Imprint

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

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 14, 2009

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 14, 2009.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Cast

Renée Fleming (Rusalka) ; Christine Goerke (Foreign princess) ; Stephanie Blythe (Jezibaba) ; Aleksandrs Antonenko (Prince) ; Kristinn Sigmundsson (Water-gnome, Rusalka's father) ; Kathleen Kim (First wood-sprite) ; Brenda Patterson (Second wood-sprite) ; Edyta Kulczak (Third wood-sprite) ; David Won (Hunter) ; James Courtney (Gamekeper) ; Kate Lindsey (Kitchen Boy) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 73, no. 9 (Mar. 2009).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 14, 2009.

Language

Sung in Czech.

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Added Author

Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1868-1950. Librettist

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Fleming, Renée, performer.

Fleming, Renée, interviewee.

Goerke, Christine. Performer. Interviewee

Blythe, Stephanie. Performer. Interviewee

Antonenko, Aleksandrs, 1975- Performer

Kristinn Sigmundsson, 1951- Performer

Kim, Kathleen. Performer

Patterson, Brenda. Performer

Kulczak, Edyta. Performer

Won, David. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Courtney, James, 1946- interviewee.

Lindsey, Kate. Performer

Bělohlávek, Jiří. Conductor

Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer

Donahue Paul. Interviewee

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Interviewee

Orr, Bettie. Interviewee

Koenig, Leslie. Interviewee

Heppner, Ben. Host

Berger, William, 1961- Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Wolf, Thomas, 1945- Commentator

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777-1843. Undine.

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 47790