Learning on ScreenRoméo et Juliette
- Alternative title
- Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette with Nicolai Gedda and Mirella Freni in the title roles. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
- Language
- French (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Notes
- Preservation copy recorded in October 1991 from borrowed masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio. Available for downloading or streaming at http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm (2008). - Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Writer
- Jules Barbier; Michel Carré
- Music
- Charles Gounod
- Cast
Charles Anthony Gene Boucher John Macurdy John Reardon Lorenzo Alvary Marcia Baldwin Mirella Freni Nicolai Gedda Norman Scott Raymond Michalski Robert Schmorr Shirley Love
Production Company
- Name
Metropolitan Opera, New York
- 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
- 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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