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NBC Television Opera Theatre (TV Series 1949– ) Poster

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Series Directed by 

Kirk Browning ... (27 episodes, 1951-1964)
Charles Polachek ... (8 episodes, 1950-1952)
John Bloch ... (3 episodes, 1953-1954)
E. Roger Muir ... (1 episode, 1949)
John Schwartz ... (1 episode, 1955)

Series Writing Credits  

Giuseppe Adami ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1952)
Dante Alighieri ... (poem) (2 episodes, 1951-1952)
W.H. Auden ... (dialogue: English translation) (1 episode, 1956)
Anne Howard Bailey ... (writer) (1 episode, 1961)
Jules Barbier ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1950)
Beaumarchais ... (play) (3 episodes, 1952-1954)
David Belasco ... (play) (1 episode, 1950)
Roderich Benedix ... (play) (1 episode, 1950)
Leonard Bernstein ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1952)
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner ... (play) (1 episode, 1954)
Townsend Brewster ... (adapted by) (4 episodes, 1950-1951)
Giovanni Cardelli ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1953)
Eric Crozier ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1952)
Edward Eager ... (adapted by) (2 episodes, 1954)
Dorothy Fee ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1954)
Lillian Foerster ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1950)
E.M. Forster ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1952)
Giovacchino Forzano ... (libretto) (4 episodes, 1951-1954)
Richard Genée ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1950)
Giuseppe Giacosa ... (libretto) (2 episodes, 1950-1955)
Vittorio Giannini ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1954)
Nikolay Gogol ... (play) (1 episode, 1953)
Didier Gold ... (play) (1 episode, 1952)
Jacob Grimm ... (story) (1 episode, 1950)
Wilhelm Grimm ... (story) (1 episode, 1950)
John Gutman ... (adapted by) (2 episodes, 1953)
John Gutman ... (adaptation) (1 episode, 1955)
Carl Haffner ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1950)
Ludovic Halévy ... (libretto) (2 episodes, 1950-1953)
Peter Herman ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1952)
E.T.A. Hoffmann ... (stories) (1 episode, 1950)
Luigi Illica ... (libretto) (2 episodes, 1950-1955)
Norman Dello Joio ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1956)
Chester Kallman ... (dialogue: English translation) (1 episode, 1956)
Hedwig Lachmann ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1954)
Ruggero Leoncavallo ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1951)
John L. Long ... (novel) (1 episode, 1950)
John Luther Long ... (short story) (1 episode, 1950)
Maurice Maeterlinck ... (after the play by) (1 episode, 1954)
Andrea Maffei ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1953)
Ruth Martin ... (adapted by) (2 episodes, 1950)
Ruth Martin ... (adaptation) (1 episode, 1955)
Thomas Martin ... (adapted by) (2 episodes, 1950)
Thomas Martin ... (adaptation) (1 episode, 1955)
Bohuslav Martinu ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1953)
George Mead ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1955)
Phyllis Mead ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1955)
Henri Meilhac ... (libretto) (2 episodes, 1950-1953)
Herman Melville ... (short story) (1 episode, 1952)
Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1957)
Gian Carlo Menotti ... (libretto) (7 episodes, 1949-1962)
Gian Carlo Menotti ... (writer) (1 episode, 1962)
Molière ... (play) (2 episodes, 1953)
Molière ... (play) (1 episode, 1955)
Prosper Mérimée ... (novel) (2 episodes, 1950-1953)
Jacques Offenbach ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1951)
Francesco Maria Piave ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1953)
Charles Polachek ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1954)
Sergei Prokofiev ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1957)
Alexander Pushkin ... (short story) (1 episode, 1952)
Henry Reese ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1952)
Emanuel Schikaneder ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1956)
William Shakespeare ... (play) (2 episodes, 1953-1954)
Gottlieb Stephanie Jr. ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1954)
Cesare Sterbini ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1952)
Arnold Sundgaard ... (text) (1 episode, 1950)
Modest Tchaikovsky ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1952)
Lev Tolstoy ... (novel) (1 episode, 1957)
Adelheid Wette ... (libretto) (1 episode, 1950)
Oscar Wilde ... (play) (1 episode, 1954)
Dino Yannopoulos ... (adapted by) (1 episode, 1951)
Lorenzo da Ponte ... (libretto) (2 episodes, 1954)
Louvet de Couvrai ... (novel) (2 episodes, 1953)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal ... (libretto) (2 episodes, 1953)

Series Cast  

Virginia Haskins Virginia Haskins ...  Lauretta / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1954
Ralph Herbert Ralph Herbert ...  Figaro / ... 8 episodes, 1951-1954
Leon Lishner Leon Lishner ...  King Balthazar / ... 8 episodes, 1951-1962
Elaine Malbin Elaine Malbin ...  Sister Angelica / ... 7 episodes, 1951-1956
Rosemary Kuhlmann Rosemary Kuhlmann ...  Amahl's Mother / ... 7 episodes, 1951-1962
Davis Cunningham Davis Cunningham ...  Almaviva / ... 6 episodes, 1952-1955
Paul Ukena Paul Ukena ...  Father / ... 5 episodes, 1950-1956
Francis Monachino Francis Monachino ...  Guard / ... 4 episodes, 1950-1955
Andrew McKinley Andrew McKinley ...  King Caspar / ... 4 episodes, 1951-1961
David Lloyd David Lloyd ...  Chaplain / ... 4 episodes, 1950-1957
Kenneth Smith Kenneth Smith ...  Brigham Young / ... 4 episodes, 1952-1961
Leontyne Price ...  Donna Anna / ... 4 episodes, 1955-1960
David Poleri David Poleri ...  Don Jose / ... 3 episodes, 1950-1955
Warren Galjour Warren Galjour ...  Escamillo / ... 3 episodes, 1952-1953
Winifred Heidt Winifred Heidt ...  Countess Anna / ... 3 episodes, 1952-1953
Wilma Spence Wilma Spence ...  Marschallin / ... 3 episodes, 1953-1955
Johnny Silver ...  Blind / ... 3 episodes, 1950
Laurel Hurley Laurel Hurley ...  Countess Almaviva / ... 3 episodes, 1954-1956
Judith Raskin Judith Raskin ...  Ann Louisa Brice / ... 3 episodes, 1960-1962
Chester Watson Chester Watson ...  Count Rostow / ... 3 episodes, 1956-1964
Vera Bryner Vera Bryner ...  Carmen 2 episodes, 1950-1953
Frances Bible Frances Bible ...  Octavian 2 episodes, 1953
Joseph Mordino Joseph Mordino ...  Alfredo / ... 2 episodes, 1950-1951
Robert Marshall Robert Marshall ...  Rinuccio 2 episodes, 1951-1952
Beverly Wolff Beverly Wolff ...  Dinah / ... 2 episodes, 1952-1962
Joan Moynagh Joan Moynagh ...  Sister Genevieve 2 episodes, 1953-1954
Ann Crowley Ann Crowley ...  Cherubino 2 episodes, 1954
Lee Case Lee Case ...  Arkel / ... 2 episodes, 1953-1954
Nadja Witkowska Nadja Witkowska ...  Costanza / ... 2 episodes, 1953-1954
Jean Handzlik Jean Handzlik ...  Self / ... 2 episodes, 1951-1952
Carlton Gauld Carlton Gauld ...  Don Basilio / ... 2 episodes, 1952-1954
William Shriner William Shriner ...  Count Almaviva 2 episodes, 1954
Kent Smith ...  Preacher / ... 2 episodes, 1950-1951
Emile Renan Emile Renan ...  Doctor Bartolo / ... 2 episodes, 1952-1955
David Cunningham David Cunningham ...  Anatol / ... 2 episodes, 1950-1957
Margery Mayer Margery Mayer ...  Babila / ... 2 episodes, 1952-1957
Manfred Hecht Manfred Hecht ...  Faninal 2 episodes, 1953
Frank Porretta ...  Self - Tenor / ... 2 episodes, 1962
David Williams David Williams ...  Malcolm / ... 2 episodes, 1952-1953
Virginia Copeland Virginia Copeland ...  Annina 2 episodes, 1955-1962
Robert Rounseville ...  Chevalier de la Force / ... 2 episodes, 1953-1957
John Reardon John Reardon ...  Papageno / ... 2 episodes, 1956-1962
Ruth Kobart ...  Mistress of Novices 2 episodes, 1953-1954
Alfred Wallenstein Alfred Wallenstein ...  Self - Conductor 2 episodes, 1962-1964
Michael Pollock Michael Pollock ...  Spoletta / ... 2 episodes, 1953-1955
David Aiken David Aiken ...  King Melchior 2 episodes, 1952-1961
Conchita Gaston Conchita Gaston ...  Suzuki 2 episodes, 1950-1955
Paul Franck Paul Franck ...  Babylas / ... 2 episodes, 1951
Donald Gramm Donald Gramm ...  Hortensio / ... 2 episodes, 1953-1954
John Alexander John Alexander ...  Captain James Dee / ... 2 episodes, 1954-1961
Marie Powers Marie Powers ...  Miss Todd the old maid 1 episode, 1949
Ethel Barrymore ...  Narrator 1 episode, 1950
Marion Bell Marion Bell ...  Jennie Parsons 1 episode, 1950
Larry Weber Larry Weber ...  Stuart Offenbach 1 episode, 1951
Chet Allen Chet Allen ...  Amahl 1 episode, 1951
Robert Weede Robert Weede ...  Michel 1 episode, 1952
Theodore Uppman ...  Billy Budd 1 episode, 1952
Morley Meredith Morley Meredith ...  Prince Andrej 1 episode, 1957
Charles Igor Gorin ...  Rigoletto 1 episode, 1958
Giorgio Tozzi Giorgio Tozzi ...  Self - Bass 1 episode, 1962
Virginia MacWatters Virginia MacWatters ...  Laetitia the maid 1 episode, 1949
Bronislau Kaper ...  Eisenstein 1 episode, 1950
William McGraw William McGraw ...  Brack Weaver 1 episode, 1950
George Britton George Britton ...  Lindorf 1 episode, 1950
Frances Lehnerts Frances Lehnerts ...  Hansel 1 episode, 1950
David Atkinson David Atkinson ...  Sam 1 episode, 1952
Patricia Neway Patricia Neway ...  Lady Macbeth 1 episode, 1953
Shannon Bolin ...  The Princess 1 episode, 1954
Lorna Sidney Lorna Sidney ...  Herodias 1 episode, 1954
Richard Cassilly Richard Cassilly ...  Michele 1 episode, 1955
Helena Scott Helena Scott ...  Natasha 1 episode, 1957
Dorothy Coulter Dorothy Coulter ...  Gilda 1 episode, 1958
Phyllis Curtin Phyllis Curtin ...  Self - Soprano 1 episode, 1962
Norman Young Norman Young ...  Bob the thief 1 episode, 1949
Dorothy Etheridge Dorothy Etheridge ...  Olympia 1 episode, 1950
Andrew Gainey Andrew Gainey ...  Escemillio 1 episode, 1950
Ray Jacquemot Ray Jacquemot ...  Bouche 1 episode, 1950
Constance Brigham Constance Brigham ...  Jazz Trio 1 episode, 1952
Margarita Zambrana Margarita Zambrana ...  Lisa 1 episode, 1952
Josh Wheeler Josh Wheeler ...  Baron Scarpia 1 episode, 1955
Maria di Gerlando Maria di Gerlando ...  Carmela 1 episode, 1955
Oreste Kirkop ...  The Duke of Mantua 1 episode, 1958
Linda McNaughton Linda McNaughton ...  Sonja 1 episode, 1957
Elaine Bonazzi Elaine Bonazzi ...  The Spy 1 episode, 1962
Ellen Faull Ellen Faull ...  Miss Pinkerton the village gossip 1 episode, 1949
Claramae Turner ...  Mother 1 episode, 1950
Dorothy Warenskjold Dorothy Warenskjold ...  Antonia / ... 1 episode, 1950
Adele Bishop Adele Bishop ...  Adele 1 episode, 1950
Elizabeth Carron Elizabeth Carron ...  Frasquita 1 episode, 1950
George Irving ...  Monsieur Cauliflower 1 episode, 1951
Jack Russell Jack Russell ...  Silvio 1 episode, 1951
Robert Kole Robert Kole ...  Jazz Trio 1 episode, 1952
William Boehm William Boehm ...  Macduff 1 episode, 1953
Virgina Viney Virgina Viney ...  The Abbes 1 episode, 1953
John Cassavetes ...  Jokanaan 1 episode, 1954
Mary Kreste Mary Kreste ...  The Abbes 1 episode, 1954
Nicholas Di Virgilio Nicholas Di Virgilio ...  Self - Tenor 1 episode, 1962
Robert White Robert White ...  The Old Man 1 episode, 1962
Liam Sullivan ...  the Cop 1 episode, 1949
Beatrice Kane Beatrice Kane ...  Mercedes 1 episode, 1950
Guy Tano Guy Tano ...  Narrator / ... 1 episode, 1952
William Harder William Harder ...  Jazz Trio 1 episode, 1952
Emalina DeVita Emalina DeVita ...  Mercedes 1 episode, 1953
Sandra Warfield Sandra Warfield ...  The Monitor of Novices 1 episode, 1953
Mary Davenport Mary Davenport ...  Queen Genevieve 1 episode, 1954
Beatrice Krebs Beatrice Krebs ...  Marja Achrosimowa 1 episode, 1957
Gene Barry ...  Orlovsky 1 episode, 1950
Frederic Franklin ...  Dancer 1 episode, 1952
David Atkinson David Atkinson 1 episode, 1953
Norman Atkins Norman Atkins ...  Jokanaan 1 episode, 1954
Mia Slavenska Mia Slavenska ...  Dancer 1 episode, 1952
Howard Fried Howard Fried ...  Red Whiskers 1 episode, 1952
Jim Boles Jim Boles 1 episode, 1953
Nikiforos Naneris ...  The Bellboy 1 episode, 1962
Robert Goss Robert Goss ...  Donald 1 episode, 1952
Edward Moor Edward Moor 1 episode, 1953
Gloria Lane Gloria Lane ...  Hélène 1 episode, 1957
John West John West ...  Death's Assistant 1 episode, 1962
Michael Kermoyan Michael Kermoyan ...  Dolochow 1 episode, 1957
Robert Holland Robert Holland ...  Squeak 1 episode, 1952
Joshua Hecht Joshua Hecht ...  Denissow 1 episode, 1957
Bob Rickner Bob Rickner ...  Executive Director's Secretary 1 episode, 1962
Roy Raymond Roy Raymond ...  The First Mate 1 episode, 1952
Alice Howland Alice Howland ...  Princess Marja 1 episode, 1957
William Ryan William Ryan ...  Arthur Jones 1 episode, 1952
Arthur Newman Arthur Newman ...  Prince Bolkonskij 1 episode, 1957
John Zadorozny John Zadorozny 1 episode, 1952
Kenneth Smith Kenneth Smith ...  Kutusow 1 episode, 1957
John Kuhn John Kuhn 1 episode, 1952
Joseph Boardman Joseph Boardman 1 episode, 1952
Tomiko Kanazawa Tomiko Kanazawa ...  Cio Cio San, Madame Butterfly 1 episode, 1950
Holger Sørensen Holger Sørensen ...  Sharpless 1 episode, 1950
Anne Pitoniak Anne Pitoniak 1 episode, 1953
Lloyd Harris Lloyd Harris 1 episode, 1953
Sonia Stollin Sonia Stollin ...  The Girl 1 episode, 1953
John Raitt ...  Petruchio 1 episode, 1954
Susan Stollin Susan Stollin ...  Bianca 1 episode, 1954
Susan Yager Susan Yager ...  Kate 1 episode, 1954
Robert Culp ...  Lackey 1 episode, 1955
Ross Martin ...  Dorante 1 episode, 1955
George Gaynes ...  Dancing Master 1 episode, 1955
Charlotte Rae ...  Mrs. Jourdain 1 episode, 1955
Wally Cox ...  Jourdain 1 episode, 1955
Jacques Aubuchon ...  Music Master 1 episode, 1955
Nancy Wickwire ...  Dorimene 1 episode, 1955
Roy Dean Roy Dean ...  Fencing Master 1 episode, 1955
Frederic Tozere Frederic Tozere ...  Philosopher 1 episode, 1955
Joe Simonelli Joe Simonelli 1 episode, 1955
N.B.C. Opera Company N.B.C. Opera Company ...  Choir 1 episode, 1955
Mary Hinkson Mary Hinkson ...  Dancer 1 episode, 1955
William Lewis William Lewis ...  Tamino 1 episode, 1956
Adelaide Bishop Adelaide Bishop ...  Papagena 1 episode, 1956
Hugh Thompson Hugh Thompson ...  Pierre Cauchon 1 episode, 1956
Kirk Jordan ...  Amahl 1 episode, 1958
Cesare Siepi Cesare Siepi ...  Don Giovanni 1 episode, 1960
Jerold Siena Jerold Siena 1 episode, 1964
Nico Castel Nico Castel 1 episode, 1964
Michael Trimble Michael Trimble ...  Edgardo 1 episode, 1964
Joan Caplan Joan Caplan 1 episode, 1964
Linda Newman Linda Newman ...  Lucia 1 episode, 1964
Richard Torigi Richard Torigi ...  Enrico 1 episode, 1964

Series Produced by 

Samuel Chotzinoff ... producer (4 episodes, 1953-1964)
E. Roger Muir ... producer (1 episode, 1950)
Charles Polachek ... associate producer (1 episode, 1953)

Series Music by 

Gian Carlo Menotti ... (3 episodes, 1949-1962)
Vittorio Giannini ... (1 episode, 1954)
Sergei Prokofiev ... (1 episode, 1957)
Leonard Kastle ... (1 episode, 1961)

Series Production Design by 

William Molyneux ... (1 episode, 1955)
Otis Riggs Jr. ... (1 episode, 1957)
Warren Clymer ... (1 episode, 1962)

Series Art Direction by 

William Molyneux ... (1 episode, 1953)

Series Costume Design by 

John Boxer ... (1 episode, 1953)
Robert Fletcher ... (1 episode, 1955)
Rouben Ter-Arutunian ... (1 episode, 1955)
Noel Taylor ... (1 episode, 1962)

Series Music Department 

Giacomo Puccini ... music / music by (9 episodes, 1950-1956)
Peter Herman Adler ... conductor / musical director (6 episodes, 1952-1961)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ... music / music by / music: from "Die Zauberflöte" (5 episodes, 1954-1960)
Richard Strauss ... music (4 episodes, 1953-1955)
Gian Carlo Menotti ... music (3 episodes, 1949-1955)
Georges Bizet ... music (2 episodes, 1950-1953)
Jacques Offenbach ... music / music by (2 episodes, 1950-1951)
Giuseppe Verdi ... music / music by (2 episodes, 1953-1958)
Engelbert Humperdinck ... music (1 episode, 1950)
Johann Strauss ... music (1 episode, 1950)
Kurt Weill ... music / music by (1 episode, 1950)
Ruggero Leoncavallo ... music (1 episode, 1951)
Leonard Bernstein ... music (1 episode, 1952)
Benjamin Britten ... music (1 episode, 1952)
Gioachino Rossini ... music (1 episode, 1952)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ... music (1 episode, 1952)
Bohuslav Martinu ... music (1 episode, 1953)
Claude Debussy ... music by (1 episode, 1954)
Members of the Symphony on the Air ... orchestra (1 episode, 1955)
Norman Dello Joio ... composer: music (1 episode, 1956)
Peter Hermann Adler ... music supervisor (1 episode, 1957)
Margaret Hillis ... choir (1 episode, 1957)
Francis Poulenc ... music by (1 episode, 1957)
Sergei Prokofiev ... music by (1 episode, 1957)
Modest Mussorgsky ... music by (1 episode, 1961)
Herbert Grossman ... conductor (1 episode, 1962)
Pietro Mascagni ... music by (1 episode, 1962)
Italo Montemezzi ... music by (1 episode, 1962)
Johann Sebastian Bach ... music by (1 episode, 1964)
Gaetano Donizetti ... music by (1 episode, 1964)
Anne Grossman ... english lyrics (1 episode, 1964)
Alfred Wallenstein ... conductor (1 episode, 1964)

Series Additional Crew 

Hans Busch ... staging (4 episodes, 1951-1952)
Gian Carlo Menotti ... staging (1 episode, 1951)
Dino Yannopoulos ... stage director / staging (1 episode, 1951)
José Limon ... choreographer (1 episode, 1952)
John Bloch ... staging (1 episode, 1954)
John Butler ... choreographer (1 episode, 1955)
George Balanchine ... staged by (1 episode, 1956)

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