Carmen (abridged version)

Item

Record ID

92

Identifier

10745

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Carmen (abridged version)

Uniform Title

Carmen. Selections

Program/Series Title

NBC Opera Theatre

Work Alternate Titles

Opera Theatre. Scenes from Bizet's Carmen

Composer

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

Text Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897 (libretto) ; Halevy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 (libretto)

Language

English

Translation

Forester, Lillian ; Brewster, Townsend

Production Year

1950

Transmission/Release Date

11/17/50

Transmission/Release Year

1950

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

NBC

Conductor/Music Director

Adler, Peter Herman 1899-1990 (music and artistic director)

Orchestra

NBC Orchestra

Chorus/Choir

NBC Opera Company

Soloists

Vera Bryner (Carmen) ; David Poleri (Don Jose) ; Andrew Gainey (Escamillo) ; Elizabeth Carron (Frasquita) ; Beatrice Bush-Kane (Mercedes) ; Morely Meredith (Zuniga) ; Robert Goss (Dancaire) ; Guy Tano (Narrator) ; Aida Alvarez (dancer) ; Fernando Ramos

TV/Film Director

Polachek, Charles

Sets

Jenkins, George

Costumes

Bogdanoff, Rose

Production Company

NBC

Producer

Chotzinoff, Samuel 1899-1964

Technical Information

Live studio production

Other Information

In a 15 year run on NBC, the series was listed under three titles: NBC Opera Theatre, NBC Opera Company, and NBC Opera.

Duration

ca. 60'

Company

NBC Opera Company

Archive

UCLA Film and Television Archive ; The Paley Cener for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio)

Sourcemat

PRINTCAT