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Tempest, The (1949 Radio)
Short radio programme showcasing some of the music written by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius for Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1949 Radio)
Short radio programme showcasing some of Felix Mendelssohn’s music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Macbeth (1949 Radio)
Short radio programme showcasing some of William Walton’s incidental music for Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Romeo and Juliet (1949 Radio)
- Series
- Opera Serenade
Radio programme showcasing a selection of music from Gounod’s opera. Arranged by Stanford Robinson who also conducts the BBC Opera Orchestra.
Romeo and Juliet (1949 Radio)
- Series
- Prokofiev
Radio series on Prokofiev’s music. This episode featured excerpts from the Second Suite of music for the ballet Romeo and Juliet. Movements broadcast included ‘Montague and Capulet’, ‘Dance’,...
Falstaff (1949 Radio)
- Producer
- H. Procter-Gregg
This radio broadcast of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical comedy in three acts’ was the first of six studio performances given by the BBC Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Stanford Robinson. The programme is presented...
Macbeth (1949 Radio)
Scenes from Verdi’s opera (Act I ii; Act II, Scenes i-iii) performed in Italian. Mario Rossi conducts the Chorus and the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Italiana, Turin. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
Falstaff (1949 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Radio broadcast. Live recording of Verdi’s Falstaff from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Leonard Warren is Falstaff. Staged by Herbert Graf. Fritz Reiner conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra...
Romeo and Juliet (1948 Radio)
aka: Romeo e Juliette
Berlioz’ dramatic symphony is broadcast in its entirety. With Muriel Gale (soprano), Rene Soames (tenor), Tom Williams (baritone). Frederick Haggis conducts the Goldsmiths’ Choral Union. The BBC Symphony...
Village Romeo and Juliet, A (1948 Radio)
Studio performance of the music drama by Delius, a six-scene opera about lovers from feuding families set in the pastures of the Swiss Alps based on the novel by Gottfried Keller.