Falstaff

Synopsis
Radio broadcast. Live recording of Verdi’s Falstaff from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Leonard Warren is Falstaff. Staged by Herbert Graf. Fritz Reiner conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
26 Feb 1949 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration
207 (opera) 60 mins (introduction, synopses, intermission features)

Credits

Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Contributor
Herbert Graf
Cast
Leonard WarrenSir John Falstaff
Martha LiptonMistress Margaret Page
Regina ResnikMistress Alice Ford
Cloe ElmoMistress Quickly
Giuseppe ValdengoFrank Ford
Alessio de PaolisBardolph
Giuseppe Di StefanoFenton
Leslie ChabayDoctor Caius
Lorenzo AlvaryPistol
Ludwig BurgstallerHost of the Garter Inn

Additional Details

Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
Theatre company
New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

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

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

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Falstaff". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71494 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)