‎Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording) by NBC Symphony Orchestra

Opening Announcement for 6 December 1947 Broadcast

Ben Grauer, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Arturo Toscanini, Ramón Vinay, Nicola Moscona, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Valdengo, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli

1:47

Act I: Spoken Synopsis

Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leslie Chabay, Ben Grauer, Virginio Assandri, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli

2:35

Act I: Una Vela! (Chorus, Montano, Cassio, Iago, Roderigo)

Virginio Assandri, Ramón Vinay, Ben Grauer, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leslie Chabay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Nicola Moscona, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli

4:16

Act I: Esultate! (Otello, Chorus, Iago, Roderigo)

NBC Chorus, Nicola Moscona, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Grauer, Leslie Chabay, Arturo Toscanini, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli

4:43

Act I: Fuoco Di Gioia! (Chorus)

Virginio Assandri, Ben Grauer, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Arturo Toscanini, Giuseppe Valdengo, NBC Chorus, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Leslie Chabay, Herva Nelli

2:43

Act I: Roderigo, Beviam! (Iago, Cassio, Chorus, Roderigo)

Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leslie Chabay, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli, Ramón Vinay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Ben Grauer, Virginio Assandri, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

1:14

Act I: Inaffia L'ugola! (Iago, Cassio, Roderigo, Chorus)

Ben Grauer, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, NBC Chorus, Nicola Moscona, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli

3:52

Act I: Capitano, V'attende (Montano, Cassio, Iago, Roderigo, Chorus)

Ben Grauer, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Giuseppe Valdengo, NBC Chorus, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Nicola Moscona, Herva Nelli

1:22

Act I: Ola! Che Avvien? (Otello, Iago, Cassio, Montano)

Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Leslie Chabay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Ben Grauer, Arturo Toscanini, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli

3:27

Act I: Gia Nelle Notte (Otello, Desdemona)

Virginio Assandri, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leslie Chabay, Herva Nelli, Ben Grauer, NBC Chorus, Ramón Vinay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Arturo Toscanini, Nicola Moscona, NBC Symphony Orchestra

1:40

Act I: Quando Narravi (Desdemona, Otello)

Nicola Moscona, Virginio Assandri, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leslie Chabay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Ben Grauer, NBC Chorus, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Herva Nelli

2:57

Act I: Venga la Morte! (Otello, Desdemona)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, Nicola Moscona, NBC Chorus, Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Leslie Chabay, Ben Grauer, Herva Nelli

4:38

Act II: Spoken Synopsis

Ramón Vinay, Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ben Grauer, Leslie Chabay, Arturo Toscanini, Herva Nelli, NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Chorus, Virginio Assandri, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman

3:02

Act II: Non Ti Cruciar (Iago, Cassio)

Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ben Grauer, Arturo Toscanini, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Nicola Moscona, NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli, Ramón Vinay

2:18

Act II: Credo In un Dio Crudel, "Iago's Credo" (Iago)

Ramón Vinay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Leslie Chabay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Chorus, Nicola Moscona, Virginio Assandri, Ben Grauer, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli

4:27

Act II: Eccola (Iago)

Ben Grauer, Arturo Toscanini, Nicola Moscona, Virginio Assandri, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leslie Chabay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli

1:21

Act II: Cio M'accora (Iago, Otello)

Leslie Chabay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Chorus, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Nicola Moscona, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Virginio Assandri, Ben Grauer, Herva Nelli

4:02

Act II: Dove Guardi Splendono (Chorus, Iago, Desdemona, Otello)

Arturo Toscanini, Ben Grauer, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Virginio Assandri, Giuseppe Valdengo, Nicola Moscona, NBC Chorus, Leslie Chabay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Herva Nelli

4:48

Act II: D'un Uom Che Geme (Desdemona, Otello, Iago, Emilia)

Nicola Moscona, Ben Grauer, Virginio Assandri, Giuseppe Valdengo, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leslie Chabay, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli

4:40

Act II: Desdemona Rea! (Otello, Iago)

Leslie Chabay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli, Ben Grauer, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, NBC Symphony Orchestra

1:39

Act II: Ora e Per Sempre Addio (Otello, Iago)

Virginio Assandri, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Ben Grauer, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Leslie Chabay, Herva Nelli

3:31

Act II: Era la Notte (Iago, Otello)

Ben Grauer, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leslie Chabay, Arturo Toscanini, Ramón Vinay, Virginio Assandri, Nicola Moscona, NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli

3:55

Act II: Si, Pel Ciel (Otello, Iago)

Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Ramón Vinay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Herva Nelli, NBC Chorus, Ben Grauer, Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman

6:08

Opening Announcement for 13 December 1947 Broadcast

Nicola Moscona, Arturo Toscanini, Ben Grauer, NBC Chorus, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli

1:24

Act III: Spoken Synopsis

Nicola Moscona, Leslie Chabay, Ben Grauer, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ramón Vinay, NBC Chorus, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arturo Toscanini

1:25

Act III: Introduction

Leslie Chabay, Nicola Moscona, Virginio Assandri, NBC Chorus, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Arturo Toscanini, Ramón Vinay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Grauer, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli

1:06

Act III: La Vedetta del Porto (Herald, Otello, Iago)

Leslie Chabay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Ben Grauer, NBC Chorus, Arturo Toscanini, Virginio Assandri, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli

1:10

Act III: Dio Ti Giocondi, O Sposo (Desdemona, Otello)

Ben Grauer, Ramón Vinay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Nicola Moscona, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo

9:11

Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar (Otello, Iago)

Nicola Moscona, Ben Grauer, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Leslie Chabay, NBC Chorus, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli

3:44

Act III: Vieni, L'aula e Deserta (Iago, Cassio, Otello)

Leslie Chabay, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, NBC Chorus, Virginio Assandri, Ben Grauer, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Herva Nelli

3:40

Act III: Questa e una Ragna (Iago, Cassio, Otello)

Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Ben Grauer, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Virginio Assandri, Nicola Moscona, Leslie Chabay, NBC Chorus, Herva Nelli

1:46

Act III: Come la Uccidero? (Otello, Iago, Chorus)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Ben Grauer, Leslie Chabay, NBC Chorus, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo

1:17

Act III: Viva Il Leon Di San Marco! (Lodovico, Otello, Desdemona, Emilia, Iago, Roderigo, Chorus)

Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Virginio Assandri, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli, NBC Chorus, Ramón Vinay, Ben Grauer, Nicola Moscona, Leslie Chabay

5:02

Act III: A Terra!… Si… Nel Livido Fango (Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio, Roderigo, Lodovico, Chorus, Iago, Otello)

Ben Grauer, Nicola Moscona, Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ramón Vinay, NBC Chorus, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli, Leslie Chabay

9:48

Act IV: Spoken Synopsis

Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Ben Grauer, NBC Chorus, Leslie Chabay, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli, Ramón Vinay, Virginio Assandri, Arturo Toscanini, Nicola Moscona

2:52

Act IV: Era Piu Calmo? (Emilia, Desdemona)

Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Virginio Assandri, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli, NBC Chorus, Ben Grauer, Leslie Chabay, Nicola Moscona

3:24

Act IV: Mia Madre Aveva una Povera Ancella, "Willow Song" (Desdemona, Emilia)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicola Moscona, Ben Grauer, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Chorus, Leslie Chabay, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli

6:30

Act IV: Ave Maria (Desdemona)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Grauer, Leslie Chabay, Ramón Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, NBC Chorus, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Nicola Moscona, Arturo Toscanini, Virginio Assandri, Herva Nelli

6:28

Act IV: Chi e La? (Desdemona, Otello)

Arturo Toscanini, NBC Chorus, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Ben Grauer, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leslie Chabay, Virginio Assandri, Giuseppe Valdengo, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli

3:11

Act IV: Calma Come la Tomba (Otello, Emilia, Desdemona, Cassio, Iago, Lodovico, Montano)

Nicola Moscona, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Ben Grauer, NBC Chorus, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Herva Nelli, Ramón Vinay, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, Arturo Toscanini, Giuseppe Valdengo

3:08

Act IV: Nium Mi Tema (Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montano)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Valdengo, Arthur Newman, Nan Merriman, NBC Chorus, Nicola Moscona, Herva Nelli, Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay, Ramón Vinay, Arturo Toscanini, Ben Grauer

9:48

Arrigo Boito

Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
NBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra
Herva Nelli

Vocals
Ramón Vinay

Tenor

Ward Marston

Producer
Giovanni Zuccarelli

Cover Art
David Patmore

Liner Notes
Ward Marston

Audio Restoration, Liner Notes

Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording)

RECORD LABEL

Arrigo Boito

Giuseppe Verdi

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Herva Nelli

Ramón Vinay

Production

Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording)

RECORD LABEL

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