The saint of Bleecker Street

Record ID: 122
Identifier: 11236
Genre: Opera
Work Title: The saint of Bleecker Street
Uniform Title: Saint of Bleecker Street
Program/Series Title: NBC Opera Theatre
Composer: Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-
Text Author: Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911- (libretto)
Production Year: 1955
Transmission/Release Date: 5/15/55
Transmission/Release Year: 1955
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform: NBC
Conductor/Music Director: Krachmalnick, Samuel
Orchestra: Members of the Symphony of the Air
Chorus/Choir: NBC Opera Company
Soloists: Virginia Copeland (Annina) ; Rosemary Kuhlmann (Desideria) ; Richard Cassilly (Michele) ; Maria di Gerlande (Carmela) ; Leon Lishner (Don Marco) ; David Aiken (Salvatore) ; Mignon Dunn (Assunta) ; Elizabeth Carron (Maria Corona)
TV/Film Director: Browning, Kirk, 1921-
Sets: Hocker, Trew
Costumes: Randolph, Robert
Production Company: NBC
Producer: Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964
Technical Information: Live studio production
Other Information: Peter Herman Adler (music and artistic director). Some minor changes, but most of cast from Broadway producton. Opera won Pulitzer Prize. 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. 90'
Company: NBC Opera Company
Archive: The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio)
Sourcemat: PRINTCAT (X)
Memo1: American composer