Opera Cameos
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| starring = Giovanni Martinelli
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| language = English
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Opera Cameos is a TV series that aired on the DuMont Television Network from November 8, 1953, to January 9, 1955.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 626|edition=4th}}
Overview
The program aired Sundays at 7:30pm ET, and was hosted by opera singer Giovanni Martinelli. A conductor on the program was Salvatore Dell'Isola.{{Citation needed |date=April 2025}} It presented excerpts from operas in their original languages. The program was broadcast locally in New York City before it was picked up by DuMont.{{cite news |last1=Coleman |first1=Bill |title=Radiopinion and Televisionotes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tablet/169501030/ |access-date=April 3, 2025 |work=The Tablet |date=November 21, 1953 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=19|via = Newspapers.com }}
Episodes status
The Paley Center for Media has eight episodes, with the remaining episodes presumed lost.{{Citation needed |date=April 2025}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Barnes, Scott [http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=2836&issueID=127&archive=true "Vintage Portraits"], Opera News, November, 2007. Accessed via subscription 27 October 2008.
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) {{ISBN|0-345-31864-1}}
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) {{ISBN|0-14-024916-8}}
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) {{ISBN|1-59213-245-6}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0331773}}
- [https://dumonthistory.com/a2.html DuMont historical website]
Category:DuMont Television Network original programming
Category:Black-and-white American television shows
Category:1953 American television series debuts
Category:1955 American television series endings
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