The consul

Item

Record ID

1035

Identifier

90664

Genre

Opera

Work Title

The consul

Uniform Title

Consul

Program/Series Title

Telemeter Theatre in the Home

Composer

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007

Text Author

Menotti, Gian Carlo (libretto), 1911-2007

Production Year

1960

Transmission/Release Date

1960-00-00

Transmission/Release Year

1960

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Telemeter (Pay-per-view)

Home Video - DVD

VAI (DVD)

Conductor/Music Director

Torkanowsky, Werner

Soloists

Chester Ludgin (John Sorel) ; Patricia Neway (Magda Sorel) ; Evelyn Sachs (The Mother) ; Leon Lishner (The Police Agent) ; Regina Sarfaty (The Secretary) ; Arnold Voketaitis (Mr. Kofner) ; Maria Marlo (Foreign Woman) ; Norman Kelley (The Magician) ; Dan Merriman (Assan) ; Maria DiGerlando (Anna Gomez) ; Ruth Kobart (Vera Boronel)

TV/Film Director

Butler Bill ; Graham William A.

Sets

Venza, Jac

Costumes

Houston, Grace

Production Company

International Telemeter Company, Inc.

Producer

Dalrymple, Jean

Executive Producer

Dalrymple, Jean

Technical Information

Press stories at the time indicated that the program was both filmed and taped.

Other Information

Program was not shown in the United States, but possibly in the Toronto area on the Telemeter system. Telemeter was an early pay-per-view transmission method that operated with a coin box on the home receiver. Cast members with the exception of Lishner and Kelley, and conductor Torkanowsky, were in the February l960 New York City Opera prodouction.

Duration

ca. 120'

Recorded

1960

Archive

Motion Picture/TV Reading Room, Library of Congress

Sourcemat

DLCAT - 164

Memo1

American composer