SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. Ramon Vinay sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by Fritz Stiedry. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

4 Feb 1952 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

207 (59 (synopses and features); 148 (opera)

Credits

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

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
Paul Franke	Roderigo

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

Preservation tape recorded at NYPL in June 1990, from aluminium-based acetates lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

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

General

The production was directed for stage by Herbert Graf and designed by Donald Oenslager.

Reviews

Opera News, vol 16, no 14 (4 February 1952).

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