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  • Othello (1969 Television)

    Director
    Basil Coleman
    Producer
    Cedric Messina

    A special television recording of Verdi’s Otello with Richard Cassilly (Othello), Peter Glossop (Iago) and Teresa Stratas (Desdemona). Charles Mackerras conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra.

  • Shakespeare and Opera (1969 Radio)

    Producer
    Tony Gould

    Radio programme in which Roger Gard, Lecturer in English at the University of London, argues that Shakespeare had more than a casual influence on nineteenth-century opera. Gard illustrates his arguments with...

  • Romeo Uno Julia (1969 Radio)

    aka: Romeo and Juliet

    Chamber opera in three parts by Boris Blacher. The Chorus and Chamber Ensemble of West Berlin Radio is conducted by Paul Sacher. Introductory chansons sung by Sigi Kuchle. Performers unknown (2/2015).

  • Kiss Me, Kate (1968 Television)

    Series
    Armstrong Circle Theatre
    Director
    Paul Bogart
    Producer
    Norman Rosemont

    US television version of Kiss Me, Kate directed by Paul Bogart with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence in the lead roles. Music arranged by Jack Elliott and Ray Charles.

  • Falstaff (Abridged Version) (1968 Television)

    Director
    Richard Carter (2); Robert Gay

    An abridged version of Verdi’s opera. Hugo Vianello conducts the Northwestern University Opera Workshop Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. The production was directed for stage by Robert Gay and for television...

  • Roméo et Juliette (1968 Radio)

    aka: Romeo and Juliet

    Series
    Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

    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...

  • Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet, The (1967 Television)

    Series
    Bell Telephone Hour, The
    Director
    Clark Jones
    Producer
    Dan Launsbery

    Musical series featuring classical and Broadway music. This episode presents four versions of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet performed in the theatre, opera (Gounod), ballet (Prokofiev) and the...

  • Elizabethan England: Its Drama, Music and Sounds (1967 Audio)

    Selections of Elizabethan music and readings from Elizabethan plays (including Shakespeare) and other literature. Readings by Michael Redgrave, Dorothy Tutin and others. The Purcell Consort of Voices and the...

  • Otello (1967 Radio)

    Series
    Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

    Radio broadcast of Otello with James McCracken in the title role. Zubin Mehta conducts the New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer. The performance includes synopses,...

  • Kiss Me, Kate (1967 Television)

    Director
    Lode Hendrickx

    Cole Porter’s musical staged at the Ghent Opera for Belgian television. Directed by Lode Hendrickx, the production features the London Ballet; Denise de Weerdt is Kate. Orchestration by Gaston Nuyts.