Tosca (excerpt From Act II)

Item

Record ID

808

Identifier

90403

Genre

Work Title

Tosca (excerpt From Act II)

Uniform Title

Tosca. Selections

Program/Series Title

Entertainment l955

Composer

Text Author

Giacocosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 (libretto) ; Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 (libretto)

Production Year

1955

Transmission/Release Date

2/27/55

Transmission/Release Year

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

NBC

Conductor/Music Director

Grossman, Herbert

Soloists

Leontyne Price (Tosca) ; Josh Wheeler (Scarpia)

Participants

Fred Allen (host). Comments from NBC executives Sylvester Weaver and Robert Sarnoff

TV/Film Director

Browning, Kirk, 1921-

Production Company

NBC

Producer

Rayel, Jack ; Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964

Technical Information

Live ; color

Other Information

Opera segment from 90 minute color special dedicating NBC color studios in Burbank California.

Archive

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

Sourcemat

NEWCAT - 103 (X)

Memo1

Newcat - 103

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