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Interview with Günther Rennert

Title
Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975.
Author
Rennert, Günther, 1911-1978
Publication
1975.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Berger, David, 1916-1997
  • Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
  • Kind, Friedrich, 1768-1843
Description
1 audio tape reel (15 min.); 7 in.
Summary
David Berger interviews Günther Rennert, opera director and administrator (Germany Today, program no. 811), who discusses his career as opera stage director, and shares his experiences working at various opera houses around the world such as Munich Opera House and Metropolitan Opera in New York. He also speaks about his influences such as Walter Felsenstein, an Austrian-German theater and opera director, whose assistant he became at the Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) in the1939. He also criticizes various translations of opera librettos into languages of the countries of performances, and says that all of them should be performed in the original language; and various young opera directors and producers for their contemporary improvisations of classical operas. Includes audio recording of an excerpt from the opera Der Freischütz [Günther Rennert, stage director].
Uniform Title
Germany Today (Radio program)
Subject
  • Rennert, Günther, 1911-1978 > Interviews
  • Felsenstein, Walter
  • Rennert, Günther, 1911-1978
  • Opera producers and directors > Germany > Interviews
  • Operas > Excerpts
Genre/Form
  • Radio interviews.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • Title from tape reel container.
Access (note)
  • Access to original reels restricted: use streaming audio access copies available onsite at NYPL Research Libraries.
Call Number
*LT-7 2680
OCLC
881327475
Author
Rennert, Günther, 1911-1978, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975.
Production
1975.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio files WAV file
Event
Recorded in West Germany 1975 November.
Access
Access to original reels restricted: use streaming audio access copies available onsite at NYPL Research Libraries.
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Added Author
Berger, David, 1916-1997, interviewer.
Container of (work): Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Freischütz. Selections.
Kind, Friedrich, 1768-1843, librettist.
Added Title
Germany Today (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LT-7 2680
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