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Hansel and Gretel : opera in three acts

Title
Hansel and Gretel : radio broadcast, 2010-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette ; English translation by David Pountney.
Author
Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
  • Pountney, David.
  • Juntwait, Margaret.
  • Siff, Ira.
  • Luisi, Fabio.
  • Kirchschlager, Angelika.
  • Persson, Miah.
  • Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
  • Plowright, Rosalind.
  • Croft, Dwayne.
  • Johnson, Jennifer (Mezzo-soprano)
  • Morley, Erin.
  • Toolajian, Loren.
  • Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
  • Fleming, Renée
  • Radvanovsky, Sondra.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
2 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010
Uniform Title
  • Hänsel und Gretel. English
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010.
Alternative Title
Hänsel und Gretel.
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, Jan. 2, 2010.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 and 2 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 ; Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff discuss the current production of the opera ; Loren Toolajian talks with Angelika Kirchschlager and Miah Persson ; Met Cameo (Mary Jo Heath interviews Jim Simpson of the prop shop) ; In memorial tribute to Met stars who died in 2009 -- CD 2. ; Memorial tribute (conclusion) ; Mary Jo Heath talks with Renée Fleming (on tape) ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath speaks with Sondra Radvanovsky) ; synopsis of act 3 ; Act 3 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).
Call Number
*LDC 50993
OCLC
665936075
Author
Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.
Title
Hansel and Gretel : radio broadcast, 2010-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette ; English translation by David Pountney.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2010.
Series
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 2, 2010.
Performer
Angelika Kirchschlager (Hänsel) ; Miah Persson (Gretel) ; Philip Landridge (Witch) ; Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude, the mother) ; Dwayne Croft (Peter, the father) ; Jennifer Johnson (Sandman) ; Erin Morley (Dew Fairy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Childrens' Chorus ; Fabio Luisi, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 74, no. 6 (Dec. 2009).
Event
Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 2010.
Language
Sung in English.
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Added Author
Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916. Librettist
Pountney, David. Translator
Juntwait, Margaret. Host
Siff, Ira. Commentator
Luisi, Fabio. Conductor
Kirchschlager, Angelika. Performer. Commentator
Persson, Miah. Performer. Commentator
Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010. Performer. Interviewee
Plowright, Rosalind. Performer. Interviewee
Croft, Dwayne. Performer
Johnson, Jennifer (Mezzo-soprano) Performer
Morley, Erin. Performer
Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer
Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer
Fleming, Renée, interviewee.
Radvanovsky, Sondra. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 50993
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