The Bell Telephone Hour Festival of Two Worlds
TV Episode | 60 min | Music

The Bell Telephone Hour

Festival of Two Worlds

TV Episode | 60 min | Music

A profile of the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, creator and director of the Spoleto Festival. Filmed on location in Italy, filmmaker Robert Drew captures Menotti in rehearsal and performance with guest artists. Among them are Soviet pianist ...See moreA profile of the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, creator and director of the Spoleto Festival. Filmed on location in Italy, filmmaker Robert Drew captures Menotti in rehearsal and performance with guest artists. Among them are Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter, British cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with pianist Richard Goode and violinist James Oliver Boswell IV; Shirley Verrett accompanied by the Choir of the Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome; and conductors Zubin Mehta and Thomas Schippers. In other highlights, pianist John Browning and three members of the Beaux Arts String Quartet perform; Judith Blegen and John Reardon -- in the title roles in Menotti's staging of the opera "Pelleas et Melisande" by Claude Debussy -- and conductor Werner Torkanowsky are shown in rehearsal with Menotti and performing on opening night. See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
The Bell Telephone Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
Judith Blegen Self Self See fewer	Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Mel Brandt Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	Our Five Daughters (1962)
John Browning Self - Pianist Self - Pianist See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
James Buswell Self - Violinist Self - Violinist See fewer	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Jacqueline du Pré Self Self See fewer	Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Mike Jackson Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent See fewer	The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
Joseph Julian Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Dark Shadows (1966)
Zubin Mehta Self Self See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
Gian Carlo Menotti Self Self See fewer	The Medium (1951)
Svyatoslav Richter Self Self See fewer	The Innocents (2016)
Thomas Schippers Self Self See fewer	The Immigrant (2013)
Shirley Verrett Self Self See fewer	Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Donald Voorhees Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)