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.
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Mayerling
(1957)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
(1951)
Director
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
(1951)
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
(1951)
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
(1955)
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Mayerling
(1957)
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The Christmas Tree
(1958)
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The Flood
(1962)
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
(1963)
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Damn Yankees
(1967)
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The Violent Universe
(1969)
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A Touch of the Poet
(1974)
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June Moon
(1974)
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Enemies
(1974)
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The Daughter of the Regiment
(1974)
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The Rules of the Game
(1975)
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Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
(1975)
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The Taming of the Shrew
(1976)
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The Time of Your Life
(1976)
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La Traviata
(1976)
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Copland Conducts Copland
(1976)
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New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
(1976)
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The Royal Family
(1977)
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Rigoletto
(1977)
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The Prince of Homburg
(1977)
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La Bohème
(1977)
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Tartuffe
(1978)
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Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
(1978)
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
(1978)
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Tosca
(1978)
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Horowitz at the White House
(1978)
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Don Pasquale
(1979)
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Don Carlo
(1980)
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Big Blonde
(1980)
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
(1980)
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L'Elisir d'Amore
(1981)
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Elixir of Love
(1981)
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Samson et Dalila
(1981)
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Snow White Live
(1981)
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Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
(1982)
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Idomeneo
(1982)
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Hansel & Gretel - The Met
(1982)
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Horowitz in London
(1982)
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Fifth of July
(1982)
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Working
(1982)
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Puccini: La Boheme
(1982)
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Alice in Wonderland
(1983)
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Ernani
(1983)
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
(1983)
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Lucia di Lammermoor
(1983)
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La Forza del Destino
(1984)
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You Can't Take it With You
(1984)
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Tosca
(1985)
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Die Fledermaus
(1986)
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New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(1986)
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Candide
(1986)
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Turandot
(1987)
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The House of Blue Leaves
(1987)
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A Walk in the Woods
(1988)
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An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
(1988)
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Our Town
(1989)
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New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
(1990)
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet
(1990)
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The Grapes of Wrath
(1991)
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Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
(1991)
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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
(1992)
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New York City Opera: The Merry Widow
(1996)
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A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
(1998)
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Death of a Salesman
(2000)
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The Light in the Piazza (Live from Lincoln Center)
(2006)
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Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
(2006)
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