SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Verdi’s opera broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York introduced by Milton Cross and hosted by Boris Goldovsky. Ramon Vinay is Otello and Leonard Warren is Iago. The Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Fritz Stiedy.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

9 Feb 1952 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

217 mins

Credits

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Contributor

Milton Cross

Cast

Ramon Vinay	Othello
Eleanor Steber	Desdemona
Leonard Warren	Iago
Thomas Hayward	Michael Cassio
Martha Lipton	Emilia
Algerd Brazis	Herald
Lubomir Vichegenov	Lodovico
Osie Hawkins	Montano

Additional Details

Theatre

Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY

Theatre company

New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The preservation tape recorded at NYPL in June 1952 is from aluminium-based sound discs lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio.

The running time includes 77 minutes of introduction and interval features and 140 minutes of music.

History

Texaco’s opera quiz was presented between Acts 1 and 2.

Production Company

Name

Metropolitan Opera, New York

Email

metropolitanopera@metopera.org

Web

https://www.metopera.org/ External site opens in new window

Address

30 Lincoln Center
New York, NY
10023
USA

Sponsor

Name

Texaco

Archive

Name

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email

rha@nypl.org

Web

http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/rha/rha.html External site opens in new window

Phone

(212) 870 1663

Address

New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123