The Voice Of Firestone
The Voice of Firestone is a classical music radio and television program featuring leading singers in opera and operetta selections.
The Voice of Firestone is a radio and television program of classical music. The show featured leading singers in selections from opera and operetta. Originally titled The Firestone Hour, it was first broadcast on the NBC Radio network on December 3, 1928 and was later also shown on television starting in 1949. The program was last broadcast in 1963.
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The Voice Of Firestone. Radio program.
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HGene Hamilton
Announcer
Hugh James
Announcer
Deems Taylor
Cast
Gordon MacRae
Cast
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AEdwin L. Dunham
Director
Alfred Wallenstein
Musician
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Howard Barlow
Musician
Lyn Murray
Musician
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Roy Shields
Musician
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Wilfred Pelletier
Musician
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William Daly
Musician
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Cesare Siepi
Vocalist
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Christopher Lynch
Vocalist
Dorothy Kirsten
Cast
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Eleanor Steber
Vocalist
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EEugene Conley
Tenor
Ezio Pinza
Vocals
FFranklin Baur
Cast
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Franklyn Baur
Vocalist
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George London
Vocalist
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GGladys Rice
Vocalist
Gladys Swarthout
Vocalist
Igor Gorin
Vocalist
John Charles Thomas
Vocals
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LJoseph 'Joe' Kahn
Pianist
Lauritz Melchior
Cast
LLawrence Tibbett
Vocalist
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Leonard Warren
Vocalist
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LLily Pons
Vocalist
Lucille Manners
Vocalist
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NMargaret Speaks
Vocalist
Nadine Conner
Vocalist
Nelson Eddy
Vocalist
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Oliver Smith
Vocals
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Oscar Shumsky
Violinist
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Patrice Munsel
Cast
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RPaula Hemminghaus
Vocalist
Richard Crooks
Vocalist
Rise Stevens
Vocalist
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Rose Bampton
Vocalist
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The Lyn Murray Singers
Vocalists
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Thomas L. Thomas
Vocalist
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Vaughn DeLeath
Vocalist
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Walter Preston
Vocals
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OTR Digest_1990s (July 2001): 12.
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