The opera seems to have survived primarily through its overture as theme music. It was used in the 1950s on the BBC’s Children’s Hour by Stephen King-Hall for his talks on current affairs.
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… The overture served as the theme for the American radio (1947–1955) series Challenge of the Yukon, which later migrated to the TV series (1955–1958) Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on a German translation by Carl August West (Joseph Schreyvogel) titled Donna Diana oder Stolz und Liebe of the Spanish comedy El desdén con el desdén by Agustín Moreto y Cavana. ( link)ĭonna Diana is a comic opera in three acts by Emil von Reznicek. The dog cast as King was not a husky, however, but a large Alaskan Malamute. Preston, and was supported by Yukon King and Rex, now played by real animals. In 1955, the same year the radio show ended, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon premiered as a television series. The show’s episodes ended with the official pronouncement, Well, King, this case is closed. … The theme music was Emil von Reznicek’s overture to Donna Diana, an old opera, though the overture remains a concert staple to this day. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in November 1951, and remained under that name through the end of the series and into television. The series was first heard on February 3, 1938. Sergeant Preston of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police was assisted in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers by the Great Lead Dog, Yukon King, and they did it to the theme music from E N von Reznicek’s overture to Donna Diana.Ĭhallenge of the Yukon was a radio series that began on Detroit’s station WXYT and was an example of a Northern genre story. My favorite radio program in the early 1950s was Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. The show’s theme song was Richard Wagner’s “Overture to The Flying Dutchman”.ĭer fliegende Holländer ( The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. … Even for its time, the quality of the show is often considered crude or low-budget, owing much to the fact that the show was done live and DuMont had a meager budget to work with. “I TOBOR” the robot was an important, semi-regular character on the program, and represents the first appearance of a robot in live televised science fiction the character’s name was actually supposed to be “ROBOT I”, but the stencil with its name was applied to its costume backwards. Captain Video was the first adventure hero explicitly designed (by DuMont’s idea-man Larry Menkin) for early live television. Captain Video received his orders from the Commissioner of Public Safety, whose responsibilities took in the entire solar system as well as human colonies on planets around other stars. … The Captain had a teen-age companion who was known only as the Video Ranger. A separate 30-minute spinoff series, The Secret Files of Captain Video, aired Saturday mornings, alternating with Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, from Septemto for a total of 20 episodes. The opening part of the program was a radio. ET, and then Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. launched his third super hero, Sergeant Preston ofthe Yukon. The series aired between Jand April 1, 1955, originally Monday through Saturday at 7 p.m. On the show, from Wikipedia:Ĭaptain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series, which was aired on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television. From Robert Coren, The Flying Dutchman and the ground-breaking sci-fi tv series Captain Video and his Video Rangers. The set includes the backdoor pilot from season five of the original show.In comments on my posting about classical compositions - Liszt, Rossini, Prokofiev - used as theme music in radio and television, two further cases: the titan Wagner and the little-known von Reznicek.
There are numerous special features and two episode commentaries with the cast and crew. On SeptemCBS DVD released the complete series as a 4 disc-set. The series premiered on February 16, 2011, and filled the Wednesday 10 pm time slot, airing immediately after the original Criminal Minds.ĬBS cancelled the series on May 17, 2011. Just like the parent series, CBS owned the underlying North American rights, while ABC owned the international rights. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot.
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