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NBC Television Concert
NBC Television Studio, Manhattan, New York, Sun, March 10, 1940 Telecast
NBC Television Concert
Announcer
Gene Hamilton
Master of Ceremonies
Edward Johnson
Carmen: Habanera
Bruna Castagna
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
Frederick Jagel
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Licia Albanese
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Leonard Warren
Rigoletto: Quartet
Hilde Reggiani
Bruna Castagna
Frederick Jagel
Leonard Warren
Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts
Nedda...................Hilda Burke
Canio...................Armand Tokatyan
Tonio...................Richard Bonelli
Silvio..................George Cehanovsky
Beppe...................Alessio De Paolis
NBC Orchestra
Conductor...............Frank St. Leger
[This was the first televised performance of the Metropolitan Opera. The orchestra was comprised of thirty two musicians from the NBC Orchestra. The audience was limited to viewers of the approximately two thousand sets able to receive the National Broadcasting Company's ten hours of weekly transmissions. Announcements during the program appealed for contributions to the Metropolitan Opera Fund.
Hilda Burke and Armand Tokatyan also sang at the night's Sunday Evening Concert, which began at 8:30 p.m.]
Photograph of the NBC television crew filming Armand Tokatyan as Canio in an excerpt from Pagliacci.
This was the first televised, telecast, performance of the Metropolitan Opera. The orchestra was comprised of thirty two musicians from the NBC Orchestra. The audience was limited to viewers of the approximately two thousand sets able to receive the National Broadcasting Company's ten hours of weekly transmissions. Announcements during the program appealed for contributions to the Metropolitan Opera Fund.
Hilda Burke and Armand Tokatyan also sang at the night's Sunday Evening Concert, which began at 8:30 p.m.
Photograph of the NBC television crew filming Armand Tokatyan as Canio in an excerpt from Pagliacci.
Search by season: 1939-40
Search by title: NBC Television Concert,
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NBC Television Concert
NBC Television Studio, Manhattan, New York, Sun, March 10, 1940 Telecast
NBC Television Concert
Announcer
Gene Hamilton
Master of Ceremonies
Edward Johnson
Carmen: Habanera
Bruna Castagna
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
Frederick Jagel
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Licia Albanese
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Leonard Warren
Rigoletto: Quartet
Hilde Reggiani
Bruna Castagna
Frederick Jagel
Leonard Warren
Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts
Nedda...................Hilda Burke
Canio...................Armand Tokatyan
Tonio...................Richard Bonelli
Silvio..................George Cehanovsky
Beppe...................Alessio De Paolis
NBC Orchestra
Conductor...............Frank St. Leger
[This was the first televised performance of the Metropolitan Opera. The orchestra was comprised of thirty two musicians from the NBC Orchestra. The audience was limited to viewers of the approximately two thousand sets able to receive the National Broadcasting Company's ten hours of weekly transmissions. Announcements during the program appealed for contributions to the Metropolitan Opera Fund.
Hilda Burke and Armand Tokatyan also sang at the night's Sunday Evening Concert, which began at 8:30 p.m.]
Photograph of the NBC television crew filming Armand Tokatyan as Canio in an excerpt from Pagliacci.
This was the first televised, telecast, performance of the Metropolitan Opera. The orchestra was comprised of thirty two musicians from the NBC Orchestra. The audience was limited to viewers of the approximately two thousand sets able to receive the National Broadcasting Company's ten hours of weekly transmissions. Announcements during the program appealed for contributions to the Metropolitan Opera Fund.
Hilda Burke and Armand Tokatyan also sang at the night's Sunday Evening Concert, which began at 8:30 p.m.
Photograph of the NBC television crew filming Armand Tokatyan as Canio in an excerpt from Pagliacci.
Search by season: 1939-40
Search by title: NBC Television Concert,
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