Otello
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast of Otello with James McCracken in the title role. Zubin Mehta conducts the New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer. The performance includes synopses, an interview with Gobbi conducted by William Feaver, Francis Robinson discussing Rosa Ponselle, and Texaco’s opera quiz.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Notes
- Re-recorded at New York Public Library in March 1987 from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera. Production files also held in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives.
The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio. - Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Contributor
- Tito Gobbi; William Feaver
- Cast
Clifford Harvuot Ermanno Lorenzi Gabor Carelli James McCracken Montserrat Caballe Raymond Michalski Russell Christopher Shirley Love Tito Gobbi
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Texaco
Archive
- Name
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
- 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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