‎Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording) by Herva Nelli

Opening Announcement for 6 December 1947 Broadcast

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

1:47

Act I: Spoken Synopsis

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

2:35

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

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

4:16

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

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

4:43

Act I: Fuoco Di Gioia! (Chorus)

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

2:43

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

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

1:14

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

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

3:52

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

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

1:22

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

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

3:27

Act I: Gia Nelle Notte (Otello, Desdemona)

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

1:40

Act I: Quando Narravi (Desdemona, Otello)

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

2:57

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

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

4:38

Act II: Spoken Synopsis

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

3:02

Act II: Non Ti Cruciar (Iago, Cassio)

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

2:18

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

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

4:27

Act II: Eccola (Iago)

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

1:21

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

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

4:02

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

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

4:48

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

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

4:40

Act II: Desdemona Rea! (Otello, Iago)

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

1:39

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

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

3:31

Act II: Era la Notte (Iago, Otello)

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

3:55

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

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

6:08

Opening Announcement for 13 December 1947 Broadcast

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

1:24

Act III: Spoken Synopsis

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

1:25

Act III: Introduction

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

1:06

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

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

1:10

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

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

9:11

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

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

3:44

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

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

3:40

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

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

1:46

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

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

1:17

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

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

5:02

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

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

9:48

Act IV: Spoken Synopsis

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

2:52

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

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

3:24

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

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

6:30

Act IV: Ave Maria (Desdemona)

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

6:28

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

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

3:11

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

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

3:08

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

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

9:48

Arrigo Boito

Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
Herva Nelli

Vocals
Arthur Newman

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

Herva Nelli

Arthur Newman

Ramón Vinay

Production

Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording)

RECORD LABEL

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