Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975

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Title
Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975
Names
Rennert, Günther, 1911-1978 (Interviewee)
Berger, David, 1916-1997 (Interviewer)
Collection

Germany Today (Radio program)

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1975-11
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7 2680
Topics
Rennert, Günther, 1911-1978
Felsenstein, Walter
Opera producers and directors -- Germany
Operas -- Excerpts
Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Freischütz. Selections
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Music
Notes
Source note: Title from tape reel container.
Venue: Recorded in West Germany 1975 November.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audio tape reel (15 min.) ; 7 in.
Description
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].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
German
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 881327475
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20219625
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04fb7bd0-b3fe-0133-d17b-3c07547a230f
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  • 1975: Created
  • 1978: Creator Died
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0732b170-b3fe-0133-163b-3c07547a230f

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0732b170-b3fe-0133-163b-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1975). Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0732b170-b3fe-0133-163b-3c07547a230f

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Interview with Günther Rennert, 1975