Opera Cameos

*Opera Cameos*
Opera Cameos
Genre	Music
Starring	Giovanni Martinelli
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	November 8, 1953 –; January 9, 1955

Last updated April 04, 2025

Opera Cameos is a TV series that aired on the DuMont Television Network from November 8, 1953, to January 9, 1955.^[1]

Overview

The program aired Sundays at 7:30pm ET,^[2] and was hosted by opera singer Giovanni Martinelli.^[1] A conductor on the program was Salvatore Dell'Isola.^{[ citation needed ]} 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.^[2]

Episodes status

The Paley Center for Media has eight episodes, with the remaining episodes presumed lost.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1 2 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 626. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
1 2 Coleman, Bill (November 21, 1953). "Radiopinion and Televisionotes". The Tablet. New York, Brooklyn. p. 19. Retrieved April 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

Barnes, Scott "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

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[tt-1] 1 2 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 626. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[t-2] 1 2 Coleman, Bill (November 21, 1953). "Radiopinion and Televisionotes". The Tablet. New York, Brooklyn. p. 19. Retrieved April 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.

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