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Naughty Marietta (Max Liebman Presents)
"Naughty Marietta" is an American television episode of the 1910 operetta '' Naughty Marietta''. The music for the operetta was composed by Victor Herbert. The book and the lyrics were written by Rida Johnson Young. First telecast live in the United States on January 15, 1955, the conductor for the production was Charles Sanford. The television version, which is slightly different from the operetta, as well as different from the film, was made twenty years after the film version with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. "Naughty Marietta" marked the first musical television appearance by Alfred Drake. Cast members * Marietta (Countess d'Altena) — Patrice Munsel * Captain Richard Warrington — Alfred Drake * Lieutenant Governor Le Grange — John Conte * Yvonne — Gale Sherwood * Louis D'Arc — Donn Driver * Captain of Ship — Robert Gallagher * Rudolfo — William LeMassena * Dancers — Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander (dancer) * Charles Da ...
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Max Liebman Presents
''Max Liebman Presents'', aka ''Max Liebman Spectaculars'', is an American television anthology series, presented monthly in a 90-minute format. A total of 28 episodes aired every fourth Sunday (some Saturday) from September 12, 1954, to June 9, 1956, on NBC. Each episode incorporated music and dance and several episodes were dedicated to musical presentations alone. Authors included Neil Simon, Elmer Rice, and Billy Friedberg. Max Liebman produced and directed. Among the guest stars were Judy Holliday, Natalie Wood, Steve Allen, Frank Sinatra, Marcel Marceau, Tony Randall, Ann Sothern Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920 ... and Maurice Chevalier. The program was sponsored by Oldsmobile. It was nominated for three prime-time Emmy Awards. References External links ...
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Donn Driver
In Irish mythology, Donn ("the dark one", from cel-x-proto, Dhuosnos) is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. Donn is said to dwell in Tech Duinn (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark one"), where the souls of the dead gather. He may have originally been an aspect of the Dagda. Folklore about Donn survived into the modern era in parts of Ireland, in which he is said to be a phantom horseman riding a white horse. Early literary sources A 9th-century poem says that Donn's dying wish was that all his descendants would gather at Donn's house or ''Tech Duinn'' (modern Irish ''Teach Duinn'') after death: "To me, to my house, you shall all come after your deaths". The 10th-century tale ''Airne Fíngein'' ("Fíngen's Vigil") says that Tech Duinn is where the souls of the dead gather. In their translation of ''Acallam na Senórach'', Ann Dooley and Harry Roe commented that "to go to the House of Donn in Irish tradition means to die". This suggest ...
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Operas By Victor Herbert
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of the Western classical music tradition. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: ...
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