‎Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording) by Ben Grauer

Opening Announcement for 6 December 1947 Broadcast

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

1:47

Act I: Spoken Synopsis

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

2:35

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

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

4:16

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

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

4:43

Act I: Fuoco Di Gioia! (Chorus)

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

2:43

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

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

1:14

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

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

3:52

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

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

1:22

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

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

3:27

Act I: Gia Nelle Notte (Otello, Desdemona)

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

1:40

Act I: Quando Narravi (Desdemona, Otello)

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

2:57

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

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

4:38

Act II: Spoken Synopsis

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

3:02

Act II: Non Ti Cruciar (Iago, Cassio)

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

2:18

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

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

4:27

Act II: Eccola (Iago)

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

1:21

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

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

4:02

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

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

4:48

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

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

4:40

Act II: Desdemona Rea! (Otello, Iago)

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

1:39

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

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

3:31

Act II: Era la Notte (Iago, Otello)

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

3:55

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

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

6:08

Opening Announcement for 13 December 1947 Broadcast

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

1:24

Act III: Spoken Synopsis

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

1:25

Act III: Introduction

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

1:06

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

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

1:10

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

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

9:11

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

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

3:44

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

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

3:40

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

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

1:46

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

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

1:17

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

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

5:02

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

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

9:48

Act IV: Spoken Synopsis

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

2:52

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

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

3:24

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

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

6:30

Act IV: Ave Maria (Desdemona)

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

6:28

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

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

3:11

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

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

3:08

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

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

9:48

Arrigo Boito

Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
NBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra
Ramón Vinay

Tenor
Herva Nelli

Vocals

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

Ramón Vinay

Herva Nelli

Production

Verdi: Otello (1947 Recording)

RECORD LABEL

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