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BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE: FIRST LADIES OF THE OPERA {BLACK & WHITE COPY, WITH COMMERCIALS} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of musical/variety programs. Host Donald Voorhees presides over this program that features four of opera's leading sopranos. Highlights include: Birgit Nilsson singing "Dich, Theure Halle" from "Tannhauser," and "In Questa Reggia" from "Turandot"; Leontyne Price singing an aria from Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur," and "Pace, Pace, Mio Dio" from "La Forza Del Destino"; Joan Sutherland singing the "Bell Song" from "Lakme," an aria from Luigi and Federico Ricci's "Crispino E La Comare"; Renata Tebaldi singing "Voi Lo Sapete" from "Cavalleria Rusticana," and "Suicidio" from "La Gioconda." (This is a black-and-white copy of a color telecast.) Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: January 1, 1967 6:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: B&W Copy of Color Telecast
- CATALOG ID: T80:0087
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Operas - Excerpts
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1959-1968
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Henry Jaffe Enterprises … Production Statement
- Barry Wood … Executive Producer
- Dan Lounsbery … Producer
- Sid Smith … Director
- Kirk Browning … Director
- Robert Sherman … Writer
- Donald Voorhees … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director, Host
- Federico Ricci
- Birgit Nilsson
- Francesco Cilea
- Pietro Mascagni
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Leo Delibes
- Amilcare Ponchielli
- Richard Wagner
- Giacomo Puccini
- Joan Sutherland
- Leontyne Price
- Renata Tebaldi
- Luigi Ricci
- Henry Jaffe