SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. Recording of a performance broadcast of Verdi’s opera from the 1953 Holland Festival. With Ramon Vinay as Othello and Gre Bouwenstijn as Desdemona. The Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chorus of the Netherlands Opera are conducted by Josef Krips.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Netherlands

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

15 Aug 1953 at 19:40 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)

Duration

75 mins

Availability

Unknown

Credits

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Contributor

Josef Krips

Cast

Ramon Vinay	Otello (Othello)
Gre Brouwenstijn	Desdemona
Scipione Colombo	Iago
Chris Scheffer	Michael Cassio
Anny Delorie	Emilia
Ge Genemans	Herald
Guus Hoekman	Lodovico
Jan van Mantgem	Roderigo
Siemen Jongsma	Montano

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Sung in Italian

Production Company

Name

Nederlandse Radio Unie

Web

http://www.nos.nl/nos/voorpagina/ External site opens in new window

Notes

In 1967 the Netherlands Radio Union (NRU)merged with Netherlands Television Foundation to form the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation.