Learning on ScreenOtello
- Synopsis
- Live broadcast of Verdi’s opera with Johan Botha as Otello and Renee Fleming as Desdemona. Semyon Bychkov conducts The New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra in a production by Elijah Moshinsky. Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
- Series
- Live from the Met
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 1 Mar 2008 at 18:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
- Duration
- 195 (including interval)
Credits
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Contributor
- Semyon Bychkov
- Cast
Johan Botha Othello Renée Fleming Desdemona Carlo Guelfi Iago Garrett Sorrenson Michael Cassio Wendy White Emilia Charles Taylor Montano David Won Herald Kristinn Sigmundsson Lodovico Ronald Naldi Roderigo
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
- Theatre company
- New York Metropolitan Opera
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Also broadcast on Australia’s ABC Classic FM on 23/3/2008. Broadcast live on Sirius Metropolitan Opera Radio.
- Textual information
- Text in Italian by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare’s play, as translated by Giulio Carcano (Italian) and Victor Hugo (French)
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- 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
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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