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Macbeth

Synopsis
Live broadcast of Verdi’s Macbeth from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Anselmo Colzani and Leonie Rysanek are the Macbeths. Joseph Rosenstock conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Notes
Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1985 from borrowed masters from the Metropolitan Opera.

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
Francesco Maria Piave
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Anselmo Colzani 
Calvin Marsh 
Carlo Bergonzi 
Carlo Tomanelli 
Carlotta Ordassy 
Gerhard Pechner 
Giorgio Tozzi 
Leonie Rysenek 
Lynn Blair 
Roald Reitan 
William Olvis 

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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