Fledermaus / Johann Strauss ; new English lyrics by Howard Dietz ; new libretto by Gason Kanin.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.

Contributor:

Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983, performer.

Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999, performer.

Pons, Lily, 1898-1976, performer.

Welitsch, Ljuba, performer.

Lipton, Martha, performer.

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975, performer.

Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983, performer.

Brownlee, John, 1901-1969, performer.

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985, conductor.

Haffner, C. (Carl), 1804-1876

Genée, Richard, 1823-1895

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.

Series:

Masterworks

Standardized Title:

Fledermaus. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.

12 in.

Contained In:

Eugene Ormandy Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 390

Place of Publication:

[U.S.] : Columbia, [between 1951 and 1953]

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

mono

Participant:

Lily Pons, Ljuba Welitsch, sopranos ; Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano ; Richard Tucker, Charles Kullman, tenors ; John Brownlee, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Association ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Notes:

Columbia: SL 108. Labels: ML 54377-54378.

Operetta in 3 acts.

English version by Dietz and Kanin, based on the original Meilhac-Halévy French play and the Haffner-Genée German libretto.

Title on container: The Metropolitan Opera version of Johann Strauss' Fledermaus.

Notes by Garson Kanin and English libretto (12 p.) bound in container.

Automatic sequence.

Publisher Number:

SL 108 Columbia

ML 54377 Columbia

ML 54378 Columbia

Access Restriction:

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