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Omnibus (Sun. 4:30 p.m., CBS). The Metropolitan Opera's new English version of La Bohème, with Conner, Sullivan, Guarrera...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). La Bohème (in Italian), with De Los Angeles, Peerce, Capecchi...
...music chief, Samuel Chotzinoff. Scholarly "Chotzy" liked the idea. One day Chotzy buttonholed RCA Board Chairman David Sarnoff: "General, I want you to hear some music." "The general was very annoyed," Adler recalls. "But anyway, I brought in some singers and they sang a scene from La Bohème, in English of course. In three minutes the general was in tears. He said, 'Could that be done on television?' " Chotzinoff andAdler assured him that it could, quickly blueprinted plans for an opera series...
...first year (1949) Adler directed a moderately successful version of the last act of La Bohème. The next year he put on four full operas. As NBC sharpened its camera and directing techniques, the series began pulling in millions of new viewers. Now in full swing, Adler's staff handles its job with professional ease. His biggest trouble: compressing standard stage works into an hour's running time...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m.,, ABC). La Bohème in English, with Conner, Tucker, Munsel...