Macbeth

Synopsis
Live recording of Verdi’s Macbeth from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Leonard Warren and Leonie Rysanek are the Macbeths. Erich Leinsdorf conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is broadcast announcer.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
21 Feb 1959 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration
221 (77 synopses and features); 144 (opera)

Credits

Writer
Francesco Maria Piave
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Leonard WarrenMacbeth
Leonie RysenekLady Macbeth
Carlo BergonziMacduff
William OlvisMalcolm
Jerome HinesBanquo
Calvin MarshWarrior
Carlotta OrdassyGentlewoman
Emilia CundariBloody child
Gerhard PechnerDoctor of Physic
Harold SternbergServant
Mildred AllenCrowned child
Osie HawkinsMurderer

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
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.

Released on Sony Classical 2011 in the Sony Opera House series.
General
Stage production by Carl Ebert with set designs by Caspar Neher.
Reviews
Opera News, vol. 23 no. 16 (16 February 1959).

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

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.co.uk

Web
http://www.amazon.co.uk External site opens in new window
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Shakespeare, "Macbeth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71500 (Accessed 15 Apr 2026)