Otello

Synopsis

Verdi’s Otello, conducted by Fritz Busch with Ramon Vinay as Othello and Licia Albanese as Desdemona. Directed for stage by Herbert Graf and for television by Burke Crotty, this was the first live transmission of an entire opera from the stage of the old Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Availability

No archive copy found (2006).

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Burke Crotty; Herbert Graf

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Production Design

Donald Oenslager

Costume

Virgina Sorrentino

Cast

Clifford Harvuot
John Garris
Leonard Warren
Licia Albanese
Martha Lipton
Nicola Moscona
Phillip Kinsman
Ramon Vinay
Thomas Hayward

Production Company

Name

ABC

Sponsor

Name

Texaco