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Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts...

Title
Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts... / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, founded on Shakespeare's tragedy.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Chapman, Frank E.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Dunn, Mignon.
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
  • Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • McCracken, James, 1926-
  • Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Reitan, Roald.
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Schick, George.
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  • Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
  • Solti, Georg, 1912-1997.
  • Soria, Dario.
  • Strasfogel, Ignace.
  • Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
  • Tucci, Gabriella.
Description
3 sound cassettes (220 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 23, 1963\630323\]
Uniform Title
  • Biographies in music (Radio program).
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program).
  • Otello
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program).
Alternative Title
Otello
Subjects
Note
  • Sung in Italian.
  • Titles from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:18:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:21:20 (opera).
  • With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news,
Event (note)
  • Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 23, 1963.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Cornelia Otis Skinner compares Othello and Otello ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning: Edward Downes, Robert Lawrence, George Schick, Ignace Strasfogel and Dario Soria -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson interviews Gladys Swarthout and Frank Chapman ; Synopsis or act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 182 (F)
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts... / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, founded on Shakespeare's tragedy.
Playing Time
011850 022120
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 23, 1963\630323\]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 23, 1963\630323\]
Performer
James McCracken (Otello) ; Gabriella Tucci (Desdemona) ; Robert Merrill (Iago) ; Mignon Dunn (Emilia) ; Paul Franke (Cassio) ; Charles Anthony (Roderigo) ; Clofford Harvuot (Montano) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Lodovico) ; Roald Reitan (herald) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Georg Solti, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 27, no. 20 (Mar. 23, 1963).
Event
Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 23, 1963.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Added Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
McCracken, James, 1926- Performer
Tucci, Gabriella. Performer
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004. Performer
Dunn, Mignon. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer
Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer
Reitan, Roald. Performer
Solti, Georg, 1912-1997. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Schick, George. Commentator
Soria, Dario. Commentator
Strasfogel, Ignace. Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- Commentator
Chapman, Frank E. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program).
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program).
Biographies in music (Radio program).
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 182 (F) \(Production notes in listening room.)
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