



"The Old Maid and The Thief"
By Gian Carlo Menotti
Music Director: Alexander Fokkens
Stage Director: by Dan Yurgaitis
Vocal Coach: Robert Glaubitz
Scene and Lighting Design by Larry Wild
Costumes: Broadway Costumes
Hair Design: Angel Harmon
The world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief was presented by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alberto Erede, at 10pm (EST) on Saturday, April 22, 1939, before an audience of 1500, in Studio 8H in New York's Radio City. The live broadcast was carried by the NBC-Blue network.


Bob, Laetitia, Miss Pinkerton and Miss Todd

Bob, Laetitia, Miss Pinkerton, Miss Todd and the Announcer

The Sound Man, Bob, Laetitia, and Miss Todd.

Laetitia, Bob and Miss Todd.
Link to the Background Notes for A Night at the Opera and the floor plans of Bastian and Bastienne and the The Old Maid and the Thief. (PDF files).
Photos copyrighted © 2005 by Larry Wild