Learning on ScreenOtello
- Synopsis
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. Ralf Torsten sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by George Szell.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 23 Feb 1946 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
- Duration
- 130 mins
Credits
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
- Theatre company
- New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Preservation tape recorded at NYPL in June 1990, from aluminium-based acetates lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio. - General
- The production was directed for stage by Herbert Graf and designed by Donald Oenslager.
- Reviews
- Opera News, vol 10, no 16 (18 February 1946).
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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