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

Name

Columbia Broadcasting System

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