Showcase Productions, Inc. was the original packager/producer of much of the prime time, live, dramatic, color, 60 minute and 90 minute programming which appeared primarily on NBC during the period between September 1954 and September 1957.

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"FESTIVAL OF MUSIC"

Directed By: Kirk Browning
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Produced by: Sol Hurok
Air Date: 12/10/56
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Show: produced by Sol Hurok, hosted by Jose Ferrer, directed by Kirk Browning, stage concert starring Victoria De Los Angeles, Barry Morrell, Elizabeth Doubleday, Virginio Assandri, Arthur Newman (in opening scene of Verdi's "La Traviata"), Marian Anderson ("Heav'n, Heav'n," "My Lord, What a Mornin'," "Roll, Jord'n Roll"), pianist Artur Rubenstein (Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsodie on a Theme by Paganini,") Alfred Wallenstein conducting the Symphony of the Air Orchestra, guitarist Andres Segovia (Gavotte by J.S. Bach, Allegretto by M. Torroba), Boris Christoff, Nicola Moscona, Michael Pollock, Kirk Jordan (Last Act Death Scene from Mussorgsky's "Boris Gudonov"); large supporting cast.

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