Learning on ScreenOtello
- 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 George Solti. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 23 Mar 1963 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)
- Duration
- 220 (79 synopses and features); 141 (opera)
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 August 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. - History
- `Opera News on the Air’ (interval talk) included Cornelia Otis Skinner comparing Shakespeare’s Othello and Verdi’s opera.
- Reviews
- Opera News, vol 27, no 20 (23 March 1963).
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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