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Macbeth (1986 Television, Video)
aka: Verdi’s Macbeth
- Director
- Dave Heather
- Producer
- Humphrey Burton
A recording of Verdi’s Macbeth taped at a performance of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1972. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by John Pritchard. Glyndebourne production by Michael...
Otello (1986 Film)
- Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Producer
- Menahem Golan; Yoram Globus
Filmed version of Verdi’s opera directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan are conducted by Lorin Maazel who also directed and produced the music. Placido...
Zeffirelli’s ‘Otello’, From Stage to Screen (1986 Television)
- Producer
- David Sweetman
Television documentary on the making of Zeffirelli’s OTELLO and the problems of adapting Verdi’s opera for the cinema. There is comment from Zeffirelli and others involved in the film.
Kingdom of Desire, The (1986 Video)
- Director
- Wu Hsing-Kuo
A video recording of the stage production of The Kingdom of Desire written and directed by Wu Hsing-Kuo. The production fuses Shakespeare’s play with the mise-en-scène of Beijing opera.
Boys from Syracuse, The (1986 Video)
- Director
- John Neville
Video recording of John Neville’s staging of The Boys from Syracuse for the 1986 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival.
Knot Garden, The (1985 Television)
- Director
- Derek Bailey; David Freeman
Television production of Sir Michael Tippett’s opera, with the London Sinfonietta conducted by Howard Williams. An austere work, in fragmented scenes, exploring the strained inter-relationships between the...
Isle is Full of Noises, The (1985 Television)
- Series
- South Bank Show, The
- Producer
- Jill Freeman
Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. A documentary on electronic music. The programme also promotes a specially commissioned piece by Tim Souster based on Caliban’s speech.
Richard III (1985 Radio)
Radio programme commemorating the quincentenary of the death of Richard III at Bosworth. Laurence Olivier’s recital of the opening monologue of Shakespeare’s play is followed by William Walton’s score...
Leonard Bernstein Conducts’West Side Story’ (1985 Television)
- Series
- Omnibus
- Director
- Christopher Swann
- Producer
- Humphrey Burton
Television documentary that follows conductor Leonard Bernstein as he records, over four days, the first complete recording of West Side Story. Filmed in a New York recording studio with a pick-up orchestra,...
Making of West Side Story, The (1985 Radio)
- Series
- Anything Goes
- Director
- Paul Lazarus; Leonard Bernstein
Radio series, hosted by Paul Lazarus, celebrating the American musical theatre. This programme includes excerpts from a Dramatists Guild symposium with panelists Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur...