Falstaff

Synopsis
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Falstaff with Ezio Flagello in the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Bruno Amaducci. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
16 Dec 1967 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration
203 (80 synopses and features); 123 (opera)

Credits

Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Ezio FlagelloSir John Falstaff
Mildred MillerMistress Margaret Page
Phyllis CurtinMistress Alice Ford
Fedora BarbieriMistress Quickly
Frank GuarreraFrank Ford
Andrea VelisBardolph
Judith RaskinNannetta (Anne Page)
Luigi AlvaFenton
Mariano CarusoDoctor Caius
Norman ScottPistol

Additional Details

Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
Theatre company
New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Preservation copy recorded in July 1987 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).
Reviews
Opera News, vol. 32, no.7 (16 December 1967)

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, "Falstaff". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71509 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)