The consul
Item
Record ID
1035
Identifier
90664
Genre
Work Title
The consul
Uniform Title
Consul
Program/Series Title
Telemeter Theatre in the Home
Composer
Text Author
Menotti, Gian Carlo (libretto), 1911-2007
Production Year
1960
Transmission/Release Date
1960-00-00
Transmission/Release Year
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