The ballad of Baby Doe
Contributors: Rosing, Vladimir, 1890-1963; Field, Bill; Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975; Arshansky, Michael; Jonson, William; Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969; Latouche, John, 1914-1956; New York City Opera; City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1960
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: New York City Opera
Description: New York City Center, winter season 1960, New York City Opera, "The Ballad of Baby Doe," an opera in two acts and eleven scenes, music by Douglas Moore, text by John Latouche, "The Ballad of Baby Doe" was commissioned in honor of the Columbia University Bicentennial by the Koussevitsky Foundation of the Library of Congress and is dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitsky. Conducted by Kurt Saffir, staged by Vladimir Rosing, directed by Bill Field, sets and costumes by Donald Oenslager, makeup by Michael Arshansky, chorus master: William Jonson.
Notes: New York City Center, Saturday evening, February 20, 1960, at 8:15 o'clock.

Title devised by Library staff.

"Playbill, a weekly magazine for theatregoers. The City Center of Music and Drama, Inc"--Cover.

Cast: Maurice Stern, Arnold Voketaitis, Chester Ludgin, Keith Kaldenberg, Jack Harrold, Craig Timberlake, George Del Monte, Ruth Kobart, Judith Raskin, Stephanie Reynolds, Lynn Starling, Lynda Jordan, Keith Kaldenberg, John Dennison, Mary Lesawyer, Jennie Andrea, Lou Rodgers, Dorothy White, William Saxon, Beatrice Krebs, Edson Hoel, William Linton, Glenn Dowlen, Woody Lago, Jack Harrold, Lynn Taussig, Barbara Becker, John Macurdy.

LC copy shelved under: New York City Opera.

With: The cradle will rock. Issued together.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).