Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
3. Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
4. Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
5. De Paolis, Alessio
6. Paltrinieri, Giordano, 1890-1970.
7. Moscona, Nicola
8. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
9. Engelman, Wilfred
10. Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894-
11. Votipka, Thelma
12. Panizza, Héctor, 1875-1967.
13. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
14. Miller, Robert W.
15. Englander, Alexander J.
16. Waldrop, Robert
17. Moore, Grace, 1898-1947.
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
19. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 5 sound discs (in 2 containers) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Feb. 24, 1940

Uniform title

1. Otello
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Otello
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. 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 (San Francisco Opera Association President Robert W. Miller discusses the Metropolitan Opera's relationship with smaller opera companies and requests donations to the Met's fund raising effort and Alexander J. Englander, a blind, long time audience member, speaks with Robert Waldrop) ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Second intermission feature (Grace Moore speaks about the Metropolitan and requests donations to the Metropolitan Opera Fund ; Mr. Cross discusses the letter writing contest "What the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts mean to me") ; Synopsis of Act 3 ; Third intermission feature (Lawrence Tibbett speaks from his dressing room about the Met, and requests donations) ; Synopsis of Act 4.

Call number

1. *LDC 33000

Note

1. Title from house program.
2. Compact discs.
3. Durations: 1:13:28 (announcements, synopses, and intermission features) ; 2:21:40 (opera).
4. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 24, 1940.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

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

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Feb. 24, 1940

Performer

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

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 24, 1940.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, (Feb. 19, 1940).

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
3. Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. Performer
4. Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Performer. Commentator
5. De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
6. Paltrinieri, Giordano, 1890-1970. Performer
7. Moscona, Nicola. Performer
8. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer
9. Engelman, Wilfred. Performer
10. Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894- Performer
11. Votipka, Thelma. Performer
12. Panizza, Héctor, 1875-1967. Conductor
13. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
14. Miller, Robert W. Commentator
15. Englander, Alexander J. Commentator
16. Waldrop, Robert. Commentator
17. Moore, Grace, 1898-1947. Commentator
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 33000