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 Franco Corelli and Jeanette Pilou in the title roles. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Alain Lombard. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Series: Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language: French (Standard)
Country: United States
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 18 Apr 1970 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration: 219 (69 synopses and features); 150 (opera)

Notes: Preservation copy recorded in July 1988 from borrowed masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

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General: Production staged by Paul-Emile Deiber and designed by Rolf Gerard.
History: In the ‘Opera on the Air’ feature in the intermission, Edward Downes hosted a singers’ roundtable with Martina Arroyo, Marilyn Horne and Joan Sutherland.
Reviews: Opera News, vol. 34, no. 25 (18 April 1970).

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