NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949) | Full Cast

Kirk Browning

DIRECTOR

Charles Polachek

DIRECTOR

John Bloch

DIRECTOR

E. Roger Muir

DIRECTOR

Alan Neuman

DIRECTOR

John Schwartz

DIRECTOR

Virginia Haskins

Lauretta

Leon Lishner

King Balthazar

Paul Ukena

Father

Ralph Herbert

Figaro

Elaine Malbin

Sister Angelica

Francis Monachino

Guard

Rosemary Kuhlmann

Amahl's Mother

Davis Cunningham

Almaviva

Andrew McKinley

King Caspar

Robert Holland

Shopkeeper

Emile Renan

Doctor Bartolo

David Poleri

Don Jose

David Lloyd

Chaplain

Kenneth Smith

Brigham Young

Leontyne Price

Donna Anna

Chester Watson

Count Rostow

Ruth Kobart

Agata, the maid

Lee Cass

Policeman

Warren Galjour

Escamillo

Frances Bible

Octavian

Winifred Heidt

Countess Anna

Wilma Spence

Marschallin

Joan Moynagh

Sister Genevieve

Johnny Silver

Blind

Laurel Hurley

Countess Almaviva

Frank Porretta

Grigori (Dimitri)

Judith Raskin

Ann Louisa Brice

John Reardon

Masetto

Howard Fried

Red Whiskers

Gloria Lane

Hélène

John Alexander

Captain James Dee

William Lewis

Chorus

Vera Bryner

Carmen

Joseph Mordino

Alfredo

Robert Marshall

Rinuccio

Beverly Wolff

Dinah

Ann Crowley

Cherubino

Lee Case

Arkel

Nadja Witkowska

Costanza

Jean Handzlik

Self

Carlton Gauld

Don Basilio

William Shriner

Count Almaviva

Kent Smith

Preacher

David Cunningham

Anatol

Margery Mayer

Babila

Manfred Hecht

Faninal

David Williams

Malcolm

Virginia Copeland

Annina

Giorgio Tozzi

Boris

Patricia Neway

Lady Macbeth

Robert Rounseville

Chevalier de la Force

Phyllis Curtin

Fiordiligi

Mary Kreste

Devil's Grandmother

Robert White

Simpleton

Alfred Wallenstein

Self - Conductor

Michael Pollock

Spoletta

Norman Atkins

Jokanaan

Joshua Hecht

Denissow

Arthur Newman

Count Ceprano

John Zadorozny

Chorus

David Aiken

King Melchior

John Kuhn

The Servant

Conchita Gaston

Suzuki

Paul Franck

Babylas

Donald Gramm

Hortensio

David Williams

ACTOR

Sigmund Mezey

Chorus

Carmen Gutierrez

Dancer

Anne Weeks

ACTOR

Adelaide Bishop

Griffelkin

Norman Rose

Narrator

Helen George

Despina

James Pease

Don Alfonso

Richard Cross

Donato

Chester Ludgin

Alfio

Nico Castel

A Beggar

Richard Torigi

Enrico

Joan Caplan

Nurse

Marie Powers

Miss Todd the old maid

Ethel Barrymore

Narrator

Marion Bell

Jennie Parsons

Chet Allen

Amahl

Larry Weber

Stuart Offenbach

Robert Weede

Michel

Theodore Uppman

Billy Budd

Morley Meredith

Prince Andrej

Charles Igor Gorin

Rigoletto

Virginia MacWatters

Laetitia the maid

Bronislau Kaper

Eisenstein

William McGraw

Brack Weaver

George Britton

Lindorf

Frances Lehnerts

Mother

David Atkinson

Sam

Shannon Bolin

The Princess

Lorna Sidney

Herodias

Richard Cassilly

Michele

Helena Scott

Natasha

Dorothy Coulter

Gilda

Norman Young

Bob the thief

Andrew Gainey

Escemillio

Ray Jacquemot

Bouche

Dorothy Etheridge

Olympia

Constance Brigham

Jazz Trio

Margarita Zambrana

Lisa

Josh Wheeler

Baron Scarpia

Maria di Gerlando

Carmela

Oreste Kirkop

The Duke of Mantua

Linda McNaughton

Sonja

Elaine Bonazzi

The Spy

Ellen Faull

Miss Pinkerton the village gossip

Claramae Turner

Witch

Adele Bishop

Adele

Dorothy Warenskjold

Antonia

Elizabeth Carron

Frasquita

George Irving

Monsieur Cauliflower

Jack Russell

Silvio

Robert Kole

Jazz Trio

William Boehm

Macduff

Virgina Viney

The Abbes

John Cassavetes

Jokanaan

Nicholas Di Virgilio

Self - Tenor

Liam Sullivan

the Cop

Beatrice Kane

Mercedes

William Harder

Jazz Trio

Guy Tano

Narrator

Emalina DeVita

Mercedes

Sandra Warfield

The Monitor of Novices

Mary Davenport

Queen Genevieve

Beatrice Krebs

Marja Achrosimowa

Gene Barry

Orlovsky

Frederic Franklin

Dancer

David Atkinson

ACTOR

Mia Slavenska

Dancer

Jim Boles

ACTOR

Nikiforos Naneris

The Bellboy

Robert Goss

Donald

Edward Moor

ACTOR

John West

Death's Assistant

Michael Kermoyan

Dolochow

Bob Rickner

Executive Director's Secretary

Roy Raymond

The First Mate

Alice Howland

Princess Marja

William Ryan

Arthur Jones

Kenneth Smith

Kutusow

Joseph Boardman

ACTOR

Tomiko Kanazawa

Cio Cio San, Madame Butterfly

Richard Barrows

ACTOR

Holger Sørensen

Sharpless

Anne Pitoniak

ACTOR

Lloyd Harris

ACTOR

Sonia Stollin

The Girl

Sal Mineo

ACTOR

John Raitt

Petruchio

Charles Kuenstle

ACTOR

Karl Bruck

ACTOR

John McCollum

ACTOR

Bill McIver

ACTOR

Glen Tetley

Dancer

Susan Stollin

Bianca

Robert Leffler

ACTOR

Felice Conde

Dancer

Beth Hawkins

Chorus

Carol Jones

ACTOR

Jamison Gill

Chorus

Nathaniel Schub

ACTOR

Rosalie Maresca

Chorus

John Johnson

ACTOR

Susan Yager

Kate

John Butler

Dancer

Albert Wilcox Jr.

ACTOR

Kalen Kermoyan

ACTOR

Carole O'Hara

Chorus

Robert Culp

Lackey

Ross Martin

Dorante

George Gaynes

Dancing Master

Jacques Aubuchon

Music Master

Charlotte Rae

Mrs. Jourdain

Wally Cox

Jourdain

Nancy Wickwire

Dorimene

Margery Gray

Statue

Frederic Tozere

Philosopher

Roy Dean

Fencing Master

Gerald Arpino

Letterbox

Oliver Andes

Boy

Thomas Stewart

Angelotti

Mary Hinkson

Dancer

Joe Simonelli

ACTOR

Alice Richmond

Mother

Rose Geringer

Girl

N.B.C. Opera Company

Choir

John Vivyan

Second Armored Man

Harry Davis

Third Slave

Alfred Shirley

Third Priest

Hugh Thompson

Pierre Cauchon

Francois Martinet

Queen's First Attendant

Yi-Kwei Sze

Sarastro the High Priest

Philip Neuheller

Second Spirit

Billy Rollo

Second Slave

Theodore Davis

Third Spirit

David Shapiro

First Slave

Walter Carlin

First Armored Man

Barbara Milberg

Queen's Second Attendant

Eda Lioy

Queen's Third Attendant

Dow Thompson

First Spirit

Luigi Velucci

ACTOR

Kirk Jordan

Amahl

Virginia Bitar

Page

Mark Elyn

Monterone

Cecilia Ward

Countess Ceprano

Mac Morgan

Ferrando

Regina Sarfaty

Giovanna

Fred Cushman

Borsa

Eugene Green

Marullo

Craig Sechler

Trottolo

Franca Duval

Maria Golovin

Herbert Handt

Dr. Zuckertanz

John Macurdy

Commendatore

Cesare Siepi

Don Giovanni

Jan McArt

Lola

Anna Carnevale

Lucia

Charles K.L. Davis

Don Ottavio

Spiro Malas

Varlaam

Robert Schmorr

Missall

Dan Merriman

Frontier Guard

Jeanette Scovotti

Xenia

Richard Fredericks

Nikitich

Jeffrey Meyer

Fyodor

Tamara Bering

Innkeeper

Michael Trimble

Edgardo

Jerold Siena

ACTOR

Linda Newman

Lucia