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BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE: ADVENTURES IN MUSIC {PREMIERE SPECIAL} (TV)
Summary
This television premiere of "The Bell Telephone Hour" was the first of four color specials preceding the weekly series. Narrated by Alexander Scourby, the program features soprano Renata Tebaldi singing two arias from Puccini's opera "Madama Buterfly"; Maurice Evans narrating verses written by Ogden Nash to Camille Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals," which includes a performance by the Bil Baird Marionettes; Harry Belafonte performing international folk songs; the New York City Ballet Company, featuring Janet Reed, dancing to Samuel Barber's "Souvenirs"; and a performance by duo pianists Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: January 12, 1959 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T90:0031
- GENRE: Music; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Dance; Folk music; Operas - Excerpts; Piano music; Puppets; African-American Collection - Music
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1959
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Promos - "The Arthur Murray Party
- TV - Promos - "The Bell Telephone Hour"
CREDITS
- Dan Lounsbery … Executive Producer
- William Nichols … Producer, Writer
- Bill Colleran … Director
- Donald Voorhees … Theme Music by, Theme, "The Bell Telephone Waltz," by, Conductor
- Bell Telephone Orchestra, The … Music Group
- Ogden Nash … Writer, Verse for "Carnival of the Animals" segment
- Samuel Barber … Composer
- Camille Saint-Saens … Composer
- Giacomo Puccini … Composer
- Todd Bolender … Choreographer, Adapted "Souvenirs" for television
- Janet Reed … Dancer, In "Souvenirs"
- New York City Ballet, The … Dance Company
- Alexander Scourby … Narrator
- Harry Belafonte … Performer
- Belafonte Singers, The … Music Group
- Maurice Evans … Narrator, "Carnival of the Animals"
- Arthur Gold … Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Robert Fizdale … Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Gold and Fizdale … Musical Duo
- Renata Tebaldi … Singer
- Bil Baird … Puppeteer