Otello
An illustrated study in the origins of Verdi's opera by HANNSHAMMELMANN andMICHAEL ROSE
Readings by Betty Hardy , Neville Hartley
Jane Jordan Rogers , John Sharp Martin Starkie , Geoffrey Wincott Narration by John Glen
The musical illustrations from gramophone records include extracts from Macbeth conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Simon Boccanesra conducted by Gabriele Santini , Rossini's Otello conducted by Walter Susskind , and voice and piano records by Victor Maurel and Francesco Tamagno.
The main illustrations are from gramophone records of Otello conducted by Arturo Toscanini , with Ramon Vinay as Othello, Giuseppe Valdengo as lago, Herva Nelli as Desdemona, and the N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. Production by CHRISTOPHER SYKES
: second broadcast
' Otello ' on gramophone records: Monday at 8.0