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Radio programme. Presenter Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Lawrence Renes, to discuss some of the factors that make Verdi’s Otello arguably a dramatic...
Second in a series of radio programmes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds introduces the following pieces of music: Haydn’s "She Never...
Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced by Howard Rose and R. E. Jeffrey, starring Robert Atkins as Bottom. Mendelssohn’s incidental music is performed by the Wireless Chorus and Symphony...
Radio broadcast of Swiss composer Frank Martin’s (-1974) operatic version of The Tempest, which he composed between 1952-1955, produced for broadcasting by Dennis Arundell. With John Cameron as Prospero....
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....
Radio broadcast of a concerto version of Verdi’s Macbeth with Lado Ataneli in the title role, alongside Susan Neves as Lady Macbeth. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus...
Three dances inspired by Shakespeare’s works danced by members of the Kirov Ballet and recorded on location at a medieval castle. The dances are linked by the framing device of a troupe of players. Romeo...
An abridged version of Verdi’s opera. Hugo Vianello conducts the Northwestern University Opera Workshop Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. The production was directed for stage by Robert Gay and for television...
Broadcast of Verdi’s last opera, Falstaff, produced for BBC radio by H. Procter-Gregg. Arrigo Boito, who wrote the libretto, adapted and synthesized his underlying story scenario from both The Merry Wives...
A sound recording of Michael Benthall’s 1954 Old Vic production with Robert Helpmann as Oberon and Moira Shearer as Titania. Mendelssohn’s incidental music is played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra...