"FESTIVAL OF MUSIC"

(12/10/56)

produced by Sol Hurok, hosted by Jose Ferrer, directed by Kirk Browning, stage concert starring Victoria De Los Angeles, Barry Morrell, Elizabeth Doubleday, Virginio Assandri, Arthur Newman (in opening scene of Verdi's "La Traviata"), Marian Anderson ("Heav'n, Heav'n," "My Lord, What a Mornin'," "Roll, Jord'n Roll"), pianist Artur Rubenstein (Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsodie on a Theme by Paganini,") Alfred Wallenstein conducting the Symphony of the Air Orchestra, guitarist Andres Segovia (Gavotte by J.S. Bach, Allegretto by M. Torroba), Boris Christoff, Nicola Moscona, Michael Pollock, Kirk Jordan (Last Act Death Scene from Mussorgsky's "Boris Gudonov"); large supporting cast.

[This program is avaible on DVD through Video Artists International/www.vaimusic.com].