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Charles Hackett with Rosa Low in an Excerpt from Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet (1931 Film)
An except from the Capulets’ tomb scene from the final act of Gounod’s opera Rom o et Juliette with American tenor Charles Hackett and Romanian-born soprano Rosa Low.
Mme Alda Singing ‘Ave Maria’ By Verdi (1930 Film)
Musical short in which Frances Alda sings the ‘Ave Maria’ from Verdi’s opera Otello.
Enchanted Island, The (1930 Radio)
- Producer
- Gordon McConnel
Radio broadcast of Richard Henry Walthew’s (1872-1951) operetta in one act performed by the Wireless Orchestra, conductor John Ansell. Libretto by R. H. U. Bloor. John Watts narrates. The convoluted plot...
Otello (Verdi), Act 1 (1930 Radio)
Radio broadcast. Act I of Verdi’s opera, relayed from Covent Garden, London.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 (1930 Radio)
Radio broadcast. Act II of Gounod’s opera, relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. No further information known (1/2008).
Shakespearian Songs and Music (1929 Radio)
aka: ... The Food of Love
Radio broadcast. Incidental music and songs to Shakespeare’s plays sung by David Hutchinson (tenor) and performed by the Wireless Orchestra conducted by John Ansell. Includes music by Sullivan (Overture...
Falstaff (1928 Radio)
- Producer
- George King
Verdi’s Falstaff Act II, Scenes 1 and 2 relayed live from the Opera House in Manchester. The British National Opera Company is conducted by John Barbirolli and produced by George King.
Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1928 Radio)
Nicolai’s comic opera broadcast on radio with verse recitations by Heinrich Proch. The Wireless Chorus and Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Percy Pitt.
Music and Shakespeare (1927)
Radio programme in which performances of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays alternate with music from various composers performed by the Birmingham Studio Pianoforte Sextet. A selection of Sullivan’s songs...
Music and Shakespeare (1927 Radio)
Radio programme. A selection of music performed by the Birmingham Studio Pianoforte Sextet is interspersed with performances of scenes from Hamlet (III iv), Macbeth (II i-ii), and The Merchant of Venice (IV...