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Ed Sullivan's Toast to the Met
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, November 8, 1953 Telecast





Ed Sullivan's Toast to the Met



Metropolitan Opera House
November 8, 1953 Telecast

Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" presents:


A TOAST TO THE MET

Hosted by Ed Sullivan

Carmen: Act IV Finale
Ris? Stevens
Richard Tucker

Boris Godunov: Death of Boris
Cesare Siepi
Paul Franke

Rigoletto: Quartet
Ris? Stevens
Roberta Peters
Richard Tucker
Robert Merrill

South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening
Robert Merrill

Victor Borge: Dressing down Mozart

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Non-operatic guests: Victor Borge and Sam Levenson

[Ed Sullivan televised his entire show from the Metropolitan Opera stage with the studio audience filling the house; the audience in the orchestra and dress circle wore black tie. Although a program does not exist, the selections listed above were photographed in rehearsal.]






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