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Taming of the Shrew, The (1940 Radio)
- Series
- Columbia Workshop
- Director
- Phil Cohen (2)
Radio broadcast. A musical version of The Taming of the Shrew written especially for Columbia Workshop. Few of Shakespeare’s lines survive in the modern dialogue. Carleton Young and Nan Sunderland play...
Falstaff in Wien (1940 Film)
aka: Falstaff in Vienna
- Director
- Leopold Hainisch
A musical set in old Vienna about the composer Otto Nicolai, who wrote Die Lustige Weiber von Windsor, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The film incorporates some of Nicolai’s music...
Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream - Nocturne, Scherzo, Wedding March (1940 Film)
- Series
- Musical Masterpieces
- Director
- George Freedland
- Producer
- George Richfield
Franco Ferrara conducts the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy in Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1939 Radio)
- Producer
- Carl Ebert
Verdi’s Macbeth relayed live in its entirety from the Glyndebourne Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
Venus and Adonis (1939 Radio)
aka: Masque for the Entertainment of the King, A
Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts The Boyd Neel Orchestra and The BBC Singers.
Shakespeare’s Songs (1939 Radio)
Radio programme of Shakespeare songs composed by J. S. Stevens, G. A. Macfarren, E. J. Morean, Geoffrey Shaw and Edward German. The BBC Singers are conducted by Trevor Harvey.
Shakespearean Songs (1939 Radio)
A radio programme of Shakespearean songs arranged by George Walter and recorded by Leslie French (tenor). The music included: ‘It was a lover and his lass’ (Morley), ‘Under the greenwood tree’...
Much Ado About Nothing (1939 Radio)
- Series
- Music from Moscow
Radio broadcast of Tikhon Khrennikov’s Suite from Much Ado About Nothing.
Music to Shakespeare (1938 Radio)
The Clifton Light Orchestra conducted by Reginald Redman and the BBC West of England Singers conducted by Joseph Jenkins perform Shakespeare-related music. The selection of performed pieces includes John...
Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1938 Radio)
aka: Macbeth
- Producer
- Carl Ebert
Acts III and IV of Verdi’s Othello relayed live from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.