Toast of the Town

Toast to the Met with Rise Stevens; Robert Merrill; Roberta Peters; Victor Borge (7x9)

Air date: Nov 08, 1953

""Toast to the Met"" - broadcast live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in celebration of the Metropolitan Opera's 70th anniversary. Guests: --Rise Stevens and Richard Tucker - the finale from ""Carmen"" --Rise Stevens, Roberta Peters; Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker - Quartet (from ""Rigoletto"") --Robert Merrill - ""Some Enchanted Evening"" (from ""South Pacific"") --Cesare Siepi and Paul Franke - ""Death of Boris"" (from ""Boris Godunov"" --Victor Borge - ""Dressing down Mozart"" routine Additional guest (scheduled to appear): --Hilda Gueden