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