Title: Six characters in search of an author
Description: New York City Center, winter season 1960, New York City Opera, "Six Characters in Search of an Author," an opera in three acts, music by Hugo Weisgall, libretto by Denis Johnston from the play by Luigi Pirandello (commissioned by the Ditson Fund of Columbia University), conducted by Julian Rudel, staged by William Ball, scenery, lighting and costumes by Gary Smith, chorus master: William Jonson.