credits of
Kirk Browning
Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of Live from Lincoln Center. Born in New York City, Browning dropped out of Cornell University after attending for only one month and moved to Waco, Texas, where he was hired as a newspaper reporter. Because of a childhood injury, he was rejected by the United States Army when he tried to enlist during World War II, so he worked as an ambulance driver in England and France. In the late 1940s, he was a chicken farmer operating an egg route in Ridgefield, Connecticut when one of his customers offered him a job in the music library at NBC. The clerical position led to his directing live televised performances by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Soon after he was made a stage manager of the network's newly formed opera company, and he later became its Director. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1st, 2010 | Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy – Stravinsky & Rachmaninov | Director | TBD | |
December 31st, 2006 | Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve | Director | 10 | |
June 15th, 2006 | The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center | Director | 10 | |
January 9th, 2000 | Death of a Salesman | Director | 8.3 | |
December 30th, 1998 | A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere | Director | TBD | |
March 27th, 1996 | New York City Opera: The Merry Widow | Director | 9 | |
June 10th, 1992 | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall | Director | 9 | |
December 15th, 1991 | Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago | Director | TBD | |
March 22nd, 1991 | The Grapes of Wrath | Director | 10 | |
November 7th, 1990 | New York City Opera: A Little Night Music | Director | 9.2 | |
November 2nd, 1990 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Director | TBD | |
April 1st, 1989 | Our Town | Director | 9 | |
December 15th, 1988 | An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti | Director | 8 | |
January 1st, 1988 | A Walk in the Woods | Director | 9 | |
May 25th, 1987 | The House of Blue Leaves | Director | 7 | |
April 1st, 1987 | Turandot | Director | 7.1 | |
December 31st, 1986 | Die Fledermaus | Director | TBD | |
November 12th, 1986 | Candide | Director | 10 | |
January 1st, 1986 | New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Director | TBD | |
November 8th, 1985 | The Gospel at Colonus | Director | TBD | |
March 26th, 1985 | Tosca | Director | 7.3 | |
November 21st, 1984 | You Can't Take it With You | Director | TBD | |
March 23rd, 1984 | La Forza del Destino | Director | 9 | |
December 17th, 1983 | Ernani | Director | 10 | |
October 3rd, 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | Director | 6.8 | |
September 28th, 1983 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Director | 10 | |
January 1st, 1983 | The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala | Director | TBD | |
December 1st, 1982 | The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel | Director | 7 | |
October 11th, 1982 | Fifth of July | Director | 7 | |
May 22nd, 1982 | Horowitz in London | Director | TBD | |
April 25th, 1982 | Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare | Director | 7 | |
April 13th, 1982 | Working | Director | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Idomeneo | Director | 8 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Puccini: La bohème | Director | TBD | |
November 14th, 1981 | Il trittico | Director | TBD | |
June 26th, 1981 | Snow White Live | Director | 6.7 | |
March 2nd, 1981 | L'Elisir d'Amore | Director | 8 | |
March 2nd, 1981 | Elixir of Love | Director | 7 | |
January 1st, 1981 | Samson et Dalila | Director | 8.5 | |
December 1st, 1980 | Big Blonde | Director | 6 | |
March 29th, 1980 | Puccini: Manon Lescaut | Director | 8 | |
February 21st, 1980 | Don Carlo | Director | TBD | |
January 20th, 1979 | Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera | Director | TBD | |
January 17th, 1979 | Don Pasquale | Director | TBD | |
November 27th, 1978 | Tosca | Director | 7 | |
May 31st, 1978 | Tartuffe | Director | 7 | |
April 5th, 1978 | Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci | Director | 9.3 | |
March 16th, 1978 | The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni | Director | 9 | |
January 26th, 1978 | Horowitz at the White House | Director | TBD | |
November 9th, 1977 | The Royal Family | Director | 8 | |
November 7th, 1977 | Rigoletto | Director | 9 | |
April 27th, 1977 | The Prince of Homburg | Director | 7 | |
March 14th, 1977 | La Bohème | Director | 10 | |
November 10th, 1976 | The Taming of the Shrew | Director | 6.9 | |
November 3rd, 1976 | New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville | Director | 7 | |
March 17th, 1976 | Copland Conducts Copland | Director | TBD | |
March 10th, 1976 | The Time of Your Life | Director | 10 | |
January 1st, 1976 | La Traviata | Director | 8 | |
April 30th, 1975 | The Rules of the Game | Director | 8 | |
January 6th, 1975 | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | Director | 10 | |
April 24th, 1974 | A Touch of the Poet | Director | 10 | |
January 30th, 1974 | June Moon | Director | 9 | |
January 23rd, 1974 | Enemies | Director | TBD | |
January 1st, 1974 | The Daughter of the Regiment | Director | 7 | |
April 11th, 1969 | The Violent Universe | Director | TBD | |
April 8th, 1967 | Damn Yankees | Director | 5.3 | |
December 25th, 1963 | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Director | 8 | |
May 5th, 1962 | Noah and the Flood | Director | TBD | |
November 7th, 1960 | Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands' | Director | TBD | |
December 14th, 1958 | The Christmas Tree | Director | TBD | |
February 4th, 1957 | Mayerling | Director | 6.1 | |
December 25th, 1955 | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Director | TBD | |
December 29th, 1951 | Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner | Director | 9 | |
December 24th, 1951 | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Director | 8 | |
November 3rd, 1951 | Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms | Director | TBD |