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Otello

Synopsis
Verdi’s opera broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York introduced by Milton Cross and hosted by Boris Goldovsky. Ramon Vinay is Otello and Leonard Warren is Iago. The Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Fritz Stiedy.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Notes
The preservation tape recorded at NYPL in June 1952 is from aluminium-based sound discs lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio.

The running time includes 77 minutes of introduction and interval features and 140 minutes of music.
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Contributor
Milton Cross
Cast
Algerd Brazis 
Eleanor Steber 
Leonard Warren 
Lubomir Vichegenov 
Martha Lipton 
Osie Hawkins 
Ramon Vinay 
Thomas Hayward 

Production Company

Name

Metropolitan Opera, New York

Email
metropolitanopera@metopera.org
Web
https://www.metopera.org/ External site opens in new window
Address
30 Lincoln Center
New York, NY
10023
USA

Sponsor

Name

Texaco

Archive

Name

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email
rha@nypl.org
Web
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/rha/rha.html External site opens in new window
Phone
(212) 870 1663
Address
New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123
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