Kirk Browning
Directing
- Born:
- 1921-03-28
- Died:
- 2008-02-10
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy – Stravinsky & Rachmaninov
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
Death of a Salesman
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
New York City Opera: The Merry Widow
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
The Grapes of Wrath
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Show Boat
Our Town
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
A Walk in the Woods
The House of Blue Leaves
Turandot
Die Fledermaus
Candide
New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Gospel at Colonus
Tosca
You Can't Take it With You
La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera
Ernani
Alice in Wonderland
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Lucia di Lammermoor - Metropolitan Opera
Fifth of July
Der Rosenkavalier
Horowitz in London
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
Working
American Playhouse
Idomeneo
Puccini: La bohème
Il trittico
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
L'Elisir d'Amore
Elixir of Love
Samson et Dalila
Big Blonde
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Don Carlo
Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera
Don Pasquale
Tosca - Metropolitan Opera
Tartuffe
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Horowitz at the White House
The Royal Family
Rigoletto
The Prince of Homburg
La Bohème
The Taming of the Shrew
New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
Copland Conducts Copland
The Time of Your Life