Madama Butterfly, Act III

Item

Record ID

792

Identifier

90386

Genre

Work Title

Madama Butterfly, Act III

Uniform Title

Madama Butterfly. Selections

Program/Series Title

Opera cameos

Work Alternate Titles

Madame Butterfly

Composer

Text Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 ; Illica, Luigi, 1847-1906

Script

Vinti, Joseph

Production Year

1955

Transmission/Release Date

1/9/55

Transmission/Release Year

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

DuMont

Conductor/Music Director

Bamboschek, Giuseppe

Soloists

Kira Baclanova (Butterfly) ; Jon Crain (Pinkerton) ; Margaret Roggero (Suzuki) ; George Cehanovsky (Sharpless)

Participants

Giovanni Martinelli, 1885-1969 (host)

TV/Film Director

Polk, Lee (lead director)

Stage Director

Tavernia, Patrick

Sets

Lucek, Rudy

Production Company

DuMont Television Network in association with Carlo Vinti

Executive Producer

Vinti, Carlo

Technical Information

Live origination from Adelphi Theater, New York City.

Other Information

Joesph Vinti (English subtitles). Series aired locally on WPIX for three seasons before moving to DuMont in l953.

Duration

ca. 30'

Sourcemat

NEWCAT - 86 (XX)

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