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COPYRIGHT 2005 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
BROADCAST OF APRIL 23, 2005, 12:30 P.M.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
THE 2004-05 METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCAST SEASON IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS GRANTS FROM THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION AND THE VINCENT A. STABILE FOUNDATION
DIE WALKURE CAST (in order of vocal appearance) Siegmund tenor, PLACIDO DOMINGO Sieglinde soprano, KATARINA DALAYMAN Hunding bass, STEPHEN MILLING Wotan bass, MIKHAIL KIT Brunnhilde soprano, OLGA SERGEEVA Fricka mezzo, LARISSA DIADKOVA Gerhilde soprano, REBECCA COPLEY Helmwige soprano, CLAUDIA WAITE Waltraute mezzo, VICTORIA LIVENGOOD Schwertleite mezzo, ELLEN RABINER Ordinde soprano, JANET HOPKINS Siegrune mezzo, JANE BUNNELL Grimgerde mezzo, JANE GILBERT Rossweisse mezzo, MALIN FRITZ Conducted by VALERY GERGIEV Production: Otto Schenk Set and projection designer: Gunther Schneider-Siemssen Costume designer: Rolf Langenfass Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler Stage director: Stephen Pickover Musical preparation: Paul Nadler, Robert Morrison, Kathleen Kelly, Robert Ainsley Assistant stage director: Paula Williams Stage band conductor: Gregory Buchalter Prompter: Kathleen Kelly German diction coach: Irene Spiegelman Production a gift of the "Friends of the Ring," The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund, Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Trust, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Gossner, Daniel P. Hays, Metropolitan Opera Club, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Stieren, Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Sam Maddux, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow, The Otto Group, The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation THE SCENES Timings (ET) ACT I Hunding's hut 12:30-1:33 ACT II A rocky pass 2:06-3:42 ACT III The Valkyries' rock 4:16-5:27 Announcer: Margaret Juntwait Audio director: Jay David Saks INTERMISSION FEATURES Producer: Michael Bronson Timings Metropolitan Opera Quiz * 1:33-2:06 Brian...
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