The trial of Mary Lincoln

Item

Record ID

20

Identifier

8499

Genre

Opera

Work Title

The trial of Mary Lincoln

Uniform Title

Trial of Mary Lincoln

Program/Series Title

NET opera theater

Composer

Pasatieri, Thomas, 1945-

Text Author

Bailey, Anne Howard (libretto)

Production Year

1971

Transmission/Release Date

2/14/72

Transmission/Release Year

1972

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

PBS

Conductor/Music Director

Adler, Peter Herman, 1899-1990

Orchestra

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Soloists

Elaine Bonazzi (Mary Lincoln) ; Wayne Turnage (Robert Lincoln) ; Chester Watson (Leonard Sweet) ; Louise Parker (Mary's Confidant) ; Carole Bogard (Elizabeth Edwards) ; Mark Howard ; Lizabeth Prichett ; Julian Patrick ; Alan Titus ; Robert Owen Jones ; Fred Stuthman

TV/Film Director

Browning, Kirk, 1921-

Sets

Rittman, William

Costumes

Brown, Lewis

Production Company

WNET

Producer

Peter Herman Adler

Technical Information

Tape ; color ; studio production

Other Information

World premiere of work commissioned by NET. Emmy Award, 1972 (Outstanding Achievement in Writing). From l969 to l978 NET opera productions were presented under five series titles: NET opera, NET festival, NET fanfare, NET opera theater, and WNET opera theater.

Duration

58'49"

Recorded

WGBH Boston

Archive

The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio) ; Peabody Awards Collection University of Georgia Libraries

Sourcemat

PRINTCAT (X)

Memo1

American composer