Great Performances The Aspern Papers
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TV Episode | Music, Musical

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Great Performances

The Aspern Papers

TV-G

TV Episode | Music, Musical

An opera based on Henry James's famous story about an adventurer in Venice trying to get hold of the secret letters of a famous, long-dead poet.

Director

Writers

Dominick Argento (libretto) | Henry James (after)

Producer

Composer

Dominick Argento

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 9, 1989

Release date

Sep 9, 1989 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 29 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 119 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
8 cast members

Name	Known for
Elisabeth Söderström Juliana Juliana See fewer	Swedish Horsemen (1949)
Frederica von Stade Tina Tina See fewer	The Marriage of Figaro (1974)
Katherine Ciesinski Sonia Sonia See fewer	Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Neil Rosenshein Aspern Aspern See fewer	La traviata (1976)
Richard Stilwell The Lodger The Lodger See fewer	Falstaff (1979)
Eric Halfvarson Barelli Barelli See fewer	Otello (2012)
Joan Gibbons Olimpia Olimpia See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
John Calvin West Painter / Gardener Painter / Gardener See fewer	Great Performances (1971)

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