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Opera Cameos

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Opera Cameos
GenreMusic
StarringGiovanni Martinelli
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseNovember 8, 1953 (1953-11-08) –
January 9, 1955 (1955-01-09)

Opera Cameos is a TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from November 8, 1953, to January 9, 1955. 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.

Episodes status[edit]

The Paley Center for Media has eight episodes, with the remaining episodes presumed lost.

See also[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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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