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 Zubin Mehta. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

11 Mar 1967 at 14:00 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

226 (82 synopses and features); 144 (opera)

Credits

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Cast

James McCracken	Othello
Montserrat Caballe	Desdemona
Tito Gobbi	Iago
Ermanno Lorenzi	Michael Cassio
Shirley Love	Emilia
Clifford Harvuot	Montano
Gabor Carelli	Roderigo
Raymond Michalski	Lodovico
Russell Christopher	Herald

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 March 1987, 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. Available for downloading or streaming at http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm (2008).

General

Stage production directed by Herbert Graf, designed by Eugene Berman.

Reviews

Opera News, vol 31, no 20 (11 March 1967)

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