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Die Fledermaus / Johann Strauss Jr.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899, composer, composer.
Contributor:
Piazza, Marguerite, performer, performer.
Munsel, Patrice, 1925-2016, performer, performer.
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, performer, performer.
Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975, performer, performer.
Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983, performer, performer.
Brownlee, John, 1901-1969, performer, performer.
Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985, conductor, conductor.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.
Standardized Title:
Fledermaus. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
Live sound recordings.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 22 min., 53 sec.))
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1951]
Language Note:
Sung in English.
System Details:
digital
audio file streaming audio file
Summary:
Eugene Ormandy conducts a distinguished cast in this English-language version of Johann Strauss's effervescent operetta. Risë Stevens is sensational as the extravagant Prince Orlofsky, whose costume ball is at the center of the action. Richard Tucker sings Alfred, the luckless opera singer who is wooing his old flame Rosalinde (Marguerite Piazza) and is mistakenly hauled off to prison in place of her husband, Eisenstein (Charles Kullman). Patrice Munsel is Rosalinde's maid, Adele, John Brownlee sings Dr. Falke, and Jack Gilford gives a hilarious performance as the jailer Frosch.
Contents:
Overture
Prologue: Ladies! Gentlemen! And others! (Dialogue)
Do you still belong to me
Alfred! What was I imagining? (Dialogue)
Though your pulse is very weak
Alfred!
How did you know (Dialogue)
Let me tell you you're no bargain
But you don't understand (Dialogue)
I've a plan for a man
What's this? (Dialogue)
The graying sea, the leaden sky, the autumn leaves that fall
No!
No, what? (Dialogue)
What a lovely rendezvous!
The scene you see appears to be a scene of domesticity
You will find if your mind is an ever sharp stilletto
Ladies and gentlemen (Dialogue)
I've many peculiarities whenever I'm the host
Aren't you drinking, your Highness (Dialogue)
It seems we're entertaining an uninvited guest
Look me over once, look me over twice
Bastille? (Dialogue)
What a beauty!
There she is, your highness!
Some days you're lonely, there's gray upon the morning
Bravo! Bravo! Contessa, bravo!
King Champagne! A Bacchanalian revel, tra-la la la la la la la
When we are gone, where do we go?
Happy days! Here's to all the happy days!
Polkas
Let's hope this never halts
Entr'acte
What's the time, somebody? (Dialogue)
Then up with the wine and drink her down
That newspaper certainly is sleeping (Dialogue)
I am portraying a farm girl
Not bad for a chambermaid (Dialogue)
Quite so. Quite so
The case that you take up
Brilliant, my dear. Simply brilliant! (Dialogue)
Die Fledermaus, die Fledermaus, eternal tale of man and spouse.
Participant:
Marguerite Piazza, Patrice Munsel, Risë Stevens, Richard Tucker, Charles Kullman, John Brownlee ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.
Notes:
Recorded live 1951 Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Duration: 2 hr., 22 min., 53 sec.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
OCLC:
902625538
Publisher Number:
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Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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