Otello

Synopsis

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. James McCracken sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Nello Santi. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

15 Feb 1964 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

226 (83synopses and features); 143 (opera)

Credits

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Cast

James McCracken	Othello
Leonie Rysenek	Desdemona
Anselmo Colzani	Iago
John Alexander (3)	Michael Cassio
Janis Martin	Emilia
Clifford Harvuot	Montano
Robert Nagy	Roderigo
Robert Patterson	Herald
William Wildermann	Lodovico

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 November 1985, from borrowed master 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 Eugene Berman.

Reviews

Opera News, vol 28, no 14 (15 February 1964).

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