The saint of Bleecker Street
Item
Record ID
122
Identifier
11236
Genre
Work Title
The saint of Bleecker Street
Uniform Title
Saint of Bleecker Street
Program/Series Title
NBC Opera Theatre
Composer
Text Author
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911- (libretto)
Production Year
1955
Transmission/Release Date
5/15/55
Transmission/Release Year
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