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Original Release
03/16/1949
US Release
03/16/1949
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Virginia Haskins | Lauretta / Sophie / Susanna / Rosina / Melisande / Gretel / Ernestine / Blonda |
| Ralph Herbert | Figaro / Gianni Schicchi / Baron Ochs / Tomsky |
| Leon Lishner | The Servant / Osmin / King Balthazar / Don Marco / Claggart |
| Elaine Malbin | Sister Angelica / Salome / Nedda / Georgette |
| Rosemary Kuhlmann | His Mother / Desideria |
| Davis Cunningham | Almaviva / Belmonte / Lucien / Narraboth / Pelleas |
| Paul Ukena | Tonio / The Sailing Master / Peterman / Father |
| Francis Monachino | Servant / Sciarrone / Lieutenant Ratcliffe |
| Andrew McKinley | Captain Vere / Herod / King Caspar |
| David Lloyd | The Witch / Pedrillo |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Old Maid and the Thief | Wednesday, 16 March 1949 |
| 2 | Down in the Valley | |
| 3 | Scenes from Puccini's Madam Butterfly | Monday, 06 February 1950 |
| 4 | Die Fledermaus | Monday, 06 March 1950 |
| 5 | Tales of Hoffmann | Monday, 01 May 1950 |
Directors
Kirk Browning, Charles Polachek, John Bloch, John Schwartz, E. Roger Muir
Writers
Townsend Brewster, Giovacchino Forzano, Beaumarchais, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Gutman, Molière, Thomas Martin, Ruth Martin, Dante Alighieri, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Prosper Mérimée, William Shakespeare, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Lorenzo da Ponte, Edward Eager, Andrea Maffei, Hedwig Lachmann, Modest Tchaikovsky, Roderich Benedix, Phyllis Mead, George Mead, Vittorio Giannini, Dorothy Fee, Giovanni Cardelli, Eric Crozier, Bohuslav Martinu, Louvet de Couvrai, Peter Herman, Henry Reese, Dino Yannopoulos, Lillian Foerster, Jacques Offenbach, Nikolay Gogol, E.M. Forster, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Herman Melville, Gottlieb Stephanie Jr., Ruggero Leoncavallo, Francesco Maria Piave, Cesare Sterbini, Jules Barbier, Giuseppe Adami, Alexander Pushkin, Oscar Wilde, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Maeterlinck, John Luther Long, Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Carl Haffner, Didier Gold, Adelheid Wette, Richard Genée, Charles Polachek
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Virginia Haskins | Lauretta / Sophie / Susanna / Rosina / Melisande / Gretel / Ernestine / Blonda |
| Ralph Herbert | Figaro / Gianni Schicchi / Baron Ochs / Tomsky |
| Leon Lishner | The Servant / Osmin / King Balthazar / Don Marco / Claggart |
| Elaine Malbin | Sister Angelica / Salome / Nedda / Georgette |
| Rosemary Kuhlmann | His Mother / Desideria |
| Davis Cunningham | Almaviva / Belmonte / Lucien / Narraboth / Pelleas |
| Paul Ukena | Tonio / The Sailing Master / Peterman / Father |
| Francis Monachino | Servant / Sciarrone / Lieutenant Ratcliffe |
| Andrew McKinley | Captain Vere / Herod / King Caspar |
| David Lloyd | The Witch / Pedrillo |
| Kenneth Smith | Todo / Simone / Dansker |
| Leontyne Price | Floria Tosca |
| David Poleri | Mario Cavaradossi / Gherman / Don Jose |
| Warren Galjour | The First Lieutenant / Macbeth / Escamillo |
| Winifred Heidt | The Princess / The Marriage Broker / Countess Anna |
| Wilma Spence | Marschallin / Ariadne |
| Johnny Silver | Luther / Goro / Blind |
| Laurel Hurley | Countess Almaviva |
| Vera Bryner | Carmen |
| Frances Bible | Octavian |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Samuel Chotzinoff | Producer |
| Charles Polachek | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1963 | Emmy | Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Music | Nominated |
| 1963 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music | Nominated |
| 1962 | Emmy | Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music - Music | Nominated |
| 1957 | Emmy | Best Public Service Series | Nominated |
| 1957 | Emmy | Best Direction - One Hour or More | Nominated |
