Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC893 PAUL BUNYAN

• Date: 5 May 1941 >>
  Location: Columbia University, Brander Matthews Hall, New York

  Type of performance: Staged performance

  
  

  World Premiere

  Incomplete Performance

  
  

  Performers and other details:

  Mordecai Bauman Narrator, Milton Warchoff Voice of Paul Bunyan, William Hess Johnny Inkslinger, Helen Marshall Tiny, Charles Cammock Hot Biscuit Slim, Clifford Jackson Sam Sharkey, Eugene Bonham Ben Benny, Bliss Woodward Hel Helson, Ben Carpens Andy Anderson, Lewis Pierce Pete Peterson, Ernest Holcombe Jen Jenson, Walter Graf Cross Crosshaulson, Leonard Stocker John Shears, Henry Bauman Western Union boy, Pauline Kleinhesselink Fido, Harriet Greene Moppet, Augusta Dorn Poppet, Ben Carpens, Eugene Bonham, Adelaide van Wey, Ernest Holcome Quartet of the defeated, Chorus from New York Schola Cantorum, [Orchestra from Columbia University Department of Music]

  Milton Smith prod, John W. Love design, Stuart Machlin lighting, Hugh Ross cond