The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

By
Mark Twain
The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Recorded for the WNYC American Music Festival, this performance of the opera "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," with music by Lukas Foss and libretto by Jean Karsavina, was adapted from a short story by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain).

Narrator: Max Levitt

Cast:
George Irving
Arline Carmen
William Hess
Robert Fulton
Leon Lischner
Pete Davis

Musical Director: Arthur Franz
Producer: Roger Englander


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150153
Municipal archives id: LT4479

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

Profile Image
Mark Twain

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Darializa Avila-Chevalier on Mamdani, ICE and the NYPD

Who’s Running This Place |

Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? Plus, Molly Fischer on Waymo

Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of MAGA, explains how the President lost control of his movement. And Fischer, a New Yorker staff writer, on the present and future of driverless cars.
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

Watch: Test your news knowledge with Brian Lehrer

Brian Lehrer leads special guests in a multi-round quiz of news oddities.
Radiolab |

A Nobel Peace Prize Winner on the State of Press Freedom and Democracy

The Brian Lehrer Show |
YOU ARE ONLINE