Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
2. Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949.
3. Norman, Jessye.
4. Ramey, Samuel.
5. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
6. Frischauf, Marie.
7. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
8. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
9. Pavarotti, Luciano.
10. Ohlsson, Gerrick.
11. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
12. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (156 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Uniform title

1. Kékszakállú herceg vára. English
2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Kékszakállú herceg vára.

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Bluebeard's Castle -- CD 2. Erwartung ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Opening and synopsis of Bluebeard's Castle (Peter Allen) ; Opera News on the air (Garrick Ohlsson) ; Synopsis of Erwartung (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 543 (F)

Note

1. First work sung in English ; second work sung in German.
2. Durations: 0:42:41 (synopses and features) ; 1:12:38 (Bluebeard's Castle) ; 0:41:23 (Erwartung).
3. Compact disc.
4. Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 543 (F)).

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 543 (F)

Author

1. Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

Title

1. Bluebeard's Castle : opera in one act / music by Béla Bartók ; English version by Chester Kallman after the original text by Béla Balázs. Erwartung : monodrama in four scenes / music by Arnold Schoenberg ; libretto by Marie Pappenheim [sound recording].

Playing time

1. 004241 011238 004123

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1989]

Performer

1. In first work: Jessye Norman (Judith) ; Samuel Ramey (Bluebeard).
2. In second work: Jessye Norman (Erwartung).
3. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 53, no. 9 (Jan. 21, 1989).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1989.

Original version

1. Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1991, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 543 (F)

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975. Translator
2. Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949. Librettist
3. Norman, Jessye. Performer
4. Ramey, Samuel. Performer
5. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Composer
6. Frischauf, Marie. Librettist
7. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
8. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
9. Pavarotti, Luciano. Commentator
10. Ohlsson, Gerrick. Commentator
11. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 543 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31959.
2. *LDC 31959 Service copy.