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Otello

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Opera in four acts
Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after the play by SHAKESPEARE
Music by Verdi (sung in Italian)
mono records (1947)
... one of the greatest achievements in the history of the gramophone.... 'Otello' is a work to which the conductor 's fiery temperament is ideally matched: his handling of the score holds the listener enthralled, and he has evidently inspired the brilliant chorus and orchestra as well as his three principal singers (at the time all new to their parts) to excel themselves. (The Record Guide)
NBC CHORUS AND SO/ARTURO TOSCANINI

Contributors

Libretto:
Arrigo Boito
Composer:
Arturo Toscanini
Montano, Otello's predecessor as Governor of Cyprus:
Arthur Newman (baritone)
Cassio, platoon captain:
Virginio Assandri (tenor)
lago, ensign:
Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone)
Roderigo a Venetian gentleman:
Leslie Chabay (tenor)
Otello, a Moor, general of the Venetian army:
Ramon Vinay (tenor)
Desdemona, his wife:
Herva Nelli (soprano)
Emilia, wife of Iago:
Nan Merriman (mezzo-Soprano)
Lodovico, ambassador of the Venetian Republic:
Nicola Moscona (bass)
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Source: Radio Times

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