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Falstaff

Synopsis: Radio broadcast. Live recording of Verdi’s Falstaff from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Leonard Warren is Falstaff. Staged by Herbert Graf. Fritz Reiner 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
Transmission details: 26 Feb 1949 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
Duration: 207 (opera) 60 mins (introduction, synopses, intermission features)

Credits

Additional Details

Theatre: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
Theatre company: New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
Production type: Operas and Musicals
Plays: Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects: Drama; Music
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes: The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio.

Production Company

Name: Metropolitan Opera, New York
Email: metropolitanopera@metopera.org
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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
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Phone: (212) 870 1663
Address: New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123

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