Falstaff
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. Live recording of Verdi’s Falstaff from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Anselmo Colzani is Falstaff. Leonard Bernstein conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 21 Mar 1964 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
- Duration
- 209. 131 (opera) 78 mins (introduction, synopses, intermission features)
Credits
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Cast
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
- Re-recorded at NYPL in November 1985 from borrowed masters from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Production Company
- Name
Metropolitan Opera, New York
- 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
- 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/av71515 (Accessed 17 Nov 2024)