Falstaff

Synopsis
Radio broadcast. Live recording of Verdi’s Falstaff from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Anselmo Colzani is Falstaff. Leonard Bernstein conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Notes
Re-recorded at NYPL in November 1985 from borrowed masters from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Andrea Velis 
Anselmo Colzani 
Gabriella Tucci 
Judith Raskin 
Luigi Alva 
Mariano Caruso 
Mario Sereni 
Norman Scott 
Regina Resnik 

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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