La grande Breteche

Item

Record ID

105

Identifier

11026

Genre

Work Title

La grande Breteche

Uniform Title

Grande Breteche

Program/Series Title

NBC Opera Company

Composer

Text Author

Duncan, Harry (libretto) ; based on a story by H. de Balzac.

Production Year

1957

Transmission/Release Date

2/10/57

Transmission/Release Year

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

NBC

Conductor/Music Director

Adler, Peter Herman, 1889-1990 (music and artistic director)

Orchestra

Members of the Symphony of the Air

Soloists

Gloria Lane (Countess Marie) ; Hugh Thompson (Count Robert) ; Adelaide Bishop (Rosalie) ; Davis Cunningham (Bagos) ; Jimi Beni (Gorenflot)

TV/Film Director

Schwartz, John

Sets

Rithols, Gerald

Costumes

Boxer, John

Production Company

NBC

Producer

Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964

Technical Information

Live studio production ; color

Other Information

World premiere of opera commissioned by NBC. 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. 47'

Company

NBC Opera Company

Archive

Motion Picture / TV Reading Room, Library of Congress

Sourcemat

PRINTCAT (X)

Memo1

American composer

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