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Macbeth (1952 Television)
- Director
- George R. Foa; Alan Lawson
- Producer
- Carl Ebert
Verdi’s opera sung in the original Italian, directed and adapted for television by George R. Foa. With Alexander Moyes as narrator. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Vittori Gui.
Otello (1952 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Verdi’s opera broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York introduced by Milton Cross and hosted by Boris Goldovsky. Ramon Vinay is Otello and Leonard Warren is Iago. The Metropolitan...
Otello (1952 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. Ramon Vinay sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by Fritz Stiedry. Milton Cross is...
Music from ‘The Fairy Queen’ (1951 Radio)
- Producer
- Constant Lambert
Constant Lambert arranges and conducts two performances of the music from Purcell’s ‘opera’ (performed by the BBC Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra) which was first put on stage in 1692.
At the Boar’s Head: A Musical Interlude in One Act (1951 Radio)
aka: Two One-Act Operas by Gustav Holst
- Producer
- Dennis Arundell
Radio production of Gustav Holst’s one-act comic opera. The words of the libretto are taken from Shakespeare’s King Henry IV. Stanford Robinson conducts the BBC Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (1950 Film)
aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Director
- Georg Wildhagen
- Producer
- Walter Lehmann
A feature film version based on the Otto Nicolai opera The Merry Wives of Windsor adapted by Marieluise Steinhauer. Performed by the Berliner Staatskapelle and the choir of the Staatsoper Berlin, conducted...
Falstaff (1950 Radio)
Radio performance in Italian of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical Comedy in Three Acts’. Libretto by Arrigo Boito. The Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana, Turin are conducted by Mario Rossi....
Falstaff (1950 Radio)
Radio broadcast of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical comedy in three acts’. With Arnold Matters as Falstaff. The BBC Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Stanford Robinson. The programme is presented by Mark Lubbock with...
Falstaff (1950 Radio)
- Producer
- Tyrone Guthrie
Radio transmission of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical comedy in three acts’ relayed from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. With Arnold Matters as Falstaff. The Sadler’s Wells Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by...
Songs in the Plays, The (1950 Radio)
- Series
- Music for Shakespeare
First in a series of radio programmes on ‘Music in Shakespeare’. Introductory talk by Arthur Langford with musical excerpts sung by Elsie Morison (soprano).