Roméo et Juliette

Alternative title: Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis: Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette with Nicolai Gedda and Mirella Freni in the title roles. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Series: Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language: French (Standard)
Country: United States
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 13 Apr 1968 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration: 231 (70 synopses and features); 161 (opera)

Notes: Preservation copy recorded in October 1991 from borrowed masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio. Available for downloading or streaming at http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm (2008).
General: Stage production designed by Rolf Gerard; staged by Paul-Emile Deiber.
Reviews: Opera News, vol. 32, no. 24 (13 April 1968).

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