Macbeth
- Synopsis
- Live broadcast of Verdi’s Macbeth from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Anselmo Colzani and Leonie Rysanek are the Macbeths. Joseph Rosenstock conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 24 Mar 1962 at 14:00 (Channel: NBC Blue)
- Duration
- 225 (77 synopses and features); 148 (opera)
Credits
- Writer
- Francesco Maria Piave
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
- Theatre company
- New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1985 from borrowed masters from the Metropolitan Opera.
The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio. - General
- Stage design by Caspar Neher for Carl Ebert’s production.
- Reviews
- Opera News, vol. 26, no. 19 (24 March 1962).
Production Company
- Name
Metropolitan Opera, New York
- 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
- 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, "Macbeth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71499 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)