Learning on ScreenMacbeth
- Synopsis
- Live recording of Verdi’s Macbeth from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Leonard Warren and Leonie Rysanek are the Macbeths. Erich Leinsdorf conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Milton Cross is broadcast announcer.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 21 Feb 1959 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
- Duration
- 221 (77 synopses and features); 144 (opera)
Credits
- Writer
- Francesco Maria Piave
- 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
- Macbeth
- 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.
Released on Sony Classical 2011 in the Sony Opera House series. - General
- Stage production by Carl Ebert with set designs by Caspar Neher.
- Reviews
- Opera News, vol. 23 no. 16 (16 February 1959).
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
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.amazon.co.uk External site opens in new window
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