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Shakespeare Evening [24/12/1923] (1923 Radio)
Radio programme. Sir Frank Benson recites from Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. Recitals alternate with selections of "appropriate musical numbers" (The Times programme...
Acts I., II. And III. Of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, An Opera in 5 Acts (1923 Radio)
Studio broadcast showcasing excerpts of Gounod’s opera with British National Opera singers in principal roles. The specially augmented Wireless Orchestra is conducted by L. Stanton Jeffries.
Bianco Contro Negro (1913 Film)
- Director
- Ernesto Maria Pasquali
Experimental sound film of Verdi’s opera.
Othello (1909 Film)
aka: Death of Othello
- Director
- Franz Porten
- Producer
- Oskar Messter
A film depicting a scene from Verdi’s Otello, using the experimental synchronisation process known as the Biophon developed in 1903 by Oskar Messter. Ball (op cit, p. 33) describes how a camera turned...
Roméo and Juliette (1900 Film)
- Director
- Clément-Maurice
Emilio Cossira singing a tenor aria from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Ball hazards a guess that the aria was ‘Ah! Lève-toi soleil’. The film experimented with a synchronised sound system outlined by...
Music in Shakespearean Drama
Thurston Dart talks to Peter Orr about composing music for Shakespearean drama. Recorded at the British Council, London. Date unknown but likely to have been recorded in the 1960s.
Alexander Bakshi - Hamlet is Dying (Audio)
- Producer
- Nick Dmitriev
The three musical pieces collected on the CD represent a cross section of the instrumental theatre of Russian composer Alexander Bakshi. The first track, ‘Hamlet is Dying’, is a 18-minute Shakespeare...
Shakespeare at the Opera (Radio)
Radio broadcast. Tenor and broadcaster Wynne Evans explores the influence of Shakespeare in the operatic world. The programme looks at the lesser-known works in addition to Verdi and Britten: Wagner set...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music (Radio)
Radio broadcast. Catherine Bott examines the character of Falstaff. Includes music from Elgar’ s symphonic study of Falstaff; Salieri - who wrote a Falstaff opera; Nicolai’s opera of The Merry Wives of...
Roméo et Juliette (Radio)
aka: Romeo and Juliet
- Series
- Opera on 3: Live from the Met
Opera. Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Vittorio Grigolo in the title roles, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Presented by Mary Jo Heth and Ira Stiff.