Otello
Item
Record ID
155
Identifier
11902
Genre
Work Title
Otello
Uniform Title
Otello
Program/Series Title
Otello
Composer
Text Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
Production Year
1948
Transmission/Release Date
12/29/48
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
ABC
Conductor/Music Director
Busch, Fritz
Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra
Chorus/Choir
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus
Soloists
Ramon Vinay (Otello) ; Leonard Warren (Jago) ; John Garris (Cassio) ; Licia Albanese (Desdemona) ; Martha Lipton (Emilia) ; Nicola Moscona (Lodovico) ; Thomas Hayward (Roderigo) ; Clifford Harvuot (Montano) ; Phillip Kinsman (Herald)
TV/Film Director
Crotty, Burke
Stage Director
Graf, Herbert
Sets
Oenslager, Donald
Costumes
Sorrentino,Virginia ; Obdering, Antoine
Production Company
American Broadcasting Company
Executive Producer
Crotty, Burke
Other Information
Live opening night origination from Metropolitan Opera House. The first telecast from the stage of the opera house viewed in New York, Boston, and Washington. Potential auidience estimated at a half-million homes. Intermission features: Opera Quizz, views of the house, singers and staff backstage.
Duration
ca. 210'
Company
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Sourcemat
PRINTCAT