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
Anselmo ColzaniMacbeth
Leonie RysenekLady Macbeth
Carlo BergonziMacduff
William OlvisMalcolm
Giorgio TozziBanquo
Calvin MarshMurderer
Carlo TomanelliServant
Carlotta OrdassyGentlewoman
Gerhard PechnerDoctor of Physic
Lynn BlairCrowned child apparition
Roald ReitanWarrior apparition

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

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, "Macbeth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71499 (Accessed 17 Nov 2024)