Research Catalog

Title

Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's tragedy.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
• Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
• De Paolis, Alessio.
• Dudley, John.
• Moscona, Nicola.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Engelman, Wilfred.
• Roman, Stella.
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Panizza, Héctor, 1875-1967.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Lord, Oswald B., Mrs.
• Liversage, Herbert.
• Hudson, Tony.
• Engelbach, Deveer.
• Doe, Doris, 1899-1985.
• Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs.
• Parran, Thomas, Mrs.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (in 2 containers) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 18, 1941

Uniform Title

• Otello
• Opera Guild at Home (Radio program)
• Opera Question Forum (Radio program)
• Our American way of Living (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Otello
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Subjects

• Radio programs, Musical
• Operas
• Radio broadcasting

Note

• Title from house program.
• Compact discs.
• Durations: 1:15:07 (announcements, synopses, and intermission features) ; 2:25:00 (opera).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1941.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Opening and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 -- CD 4. Act 4 -- CD 5. First intermission feature (Opera Guild at Home: Mrs. Oswald B. Lord and Milton Cross discuss broadcasting from the Met with director Herbert liversage, Audio engineer Tony Hudson, and backstage assistant Deveer Engelbach) ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Second intermission feature (Opera Question Forum: Cross questions Doris Doe, John Brownlee, and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Synopsis of Act 3 ; Third intermission feature (Our American way of Living: Mrs. Harold Vincent Milligan introduces Mrs. Thomas Parran, wife of the U.S. Surgeon General, who speaks on longer life) ; Synopsis of Act 4.

Call Number

*LDC 32997

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's tragedy.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 18, 1941

Performer

Giovanni Martinelli (Otello) ; Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) ; Alessio De Paolis (Cassio) ; John Dudley (Roderigo) ; Nicola Moscona (Lodovico) ; George Cehanovsky (Montano) ; Wilfred Engelman (A Herald) ; Stella Roman (Desdemona) ; Thelma Votipka (Emilia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ettore Panizza, conductor.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1941.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. Performer

Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Dudley, John. Performer

Moscona, Nicola. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Engelman, Wilfred. Performer

Roman, Stella. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Panizza, Héctor, 1875-1967. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Lord, Oswald B., Mrs. Commentator

Liversage, Herbert. Commentator

Hudson, Tony. Commentator

Engelbach, Deveer. Commentator

Doe, Doris, 1899-1985. Commentator

Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs. Commentator

Parran, Thomas, Mrs. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera Guild at Home (Radio program)

Opera Question Forum (Radio program)

Our American way of Living (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32997