Description
Birgit Nilsson - Bell Telephone Hour / Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus / BIRGIT NILSSON, soprano / A Production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises / Produced for DVD by Allan Altman / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 56 Minutes
UPC: 089948436492
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
- Release date : March 28, 2006
- Actors : Donald Voorhees, Wagner, Verdi, Handel, Bell Telephone Hour Opera Orchestra
- Studio : Video Artists Int'L
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
The Bell Telephone Hour (also known as The Telephone Hour) was a concert series that began April 29, 1940, on NBC Radio, and was heard on NBC until June 30, 1958. Sponsored by Bell Telephone as the name implies, it showcased the best in classical and Broadway music, reaching eight to nine million listeners each week. It continued on television from 1959 to 1968. Throughout the program's run on both radio and television, the studio orchestra on the program was conducted by Donald Voorhees.
BIRGIT NILSSON
Bell Telephone Hour 1961-1967
Telecast of April 11, 1963
Turandot (Puccini) In this palace
Tannhäuser (Wagner) Almighty Virgin In the Prater the trees are blooming again! (Pride) Vienna, you city of my dreams (Sieczynski)
Telecast of March 31, 1961
Messiah (Handel) Come unto Him Stabat Mater (Rossini) Inflamed
Telecast of March 10, 1964:
Macbeth (Verdi) Come, hurry up... Now, all of you, arise
Telecast of December 17, 1963
La Forza del Destino (Greens) Peace, peace, my God! Tosca (Puccini) I lived in art
Götterdämmerung (Wagner) Grane, my steed! (Immolation Scene Finale)
Telecast of January 1, 1967
Tannhäuser (Wagner) You, dear Halle Birgit Nilsson in Conversation with Donald Voorhees Turandot (Puccini) In questa reggia
BIRGIT NILSSON, soprano
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus
Donald Voorhees, conductor
Telecasts originally produced for the Bell Telephone Hour television series
A Production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc. ©2006 Jaffe Partners Limited Partnership (All Rights Reserved)
Packaging, design and DVD authoring © 2006 Video Artists International, Inc.
Cover photo by Robert Cahen
Produced for DVD by Allan Altman Design: Raymond Edwards
