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NBC Opera Telecasts Scheduled Eighr Works IncliieliULi Two PrciiiKTcs aiul .1 Kcpc.u IViformancc of "Amahl and rhc Nighr X'lsirors" in Fall-Winrcr Scries E„ /IGHT opera presenc.uions, includini; the American premiere of Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd" and the first professional jserformance of Leonard Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti," are to be given in the 1952-33 season of the NBC Television Opera Theatre. The an- nouncement was made by Samuel ChotzinoflP, NBC ijeneral music director. As in previous years, the series will be under the musical and artistic direction of Peter Herman Adier, with Chotzinoff as producer. The se.ison also will include a virtually complete version of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier," to be given in two segments. Puccini's "Suor Angelica," the second of his triptych of one-act operas, also will appear in the schedule. Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors," first telecast on Christmas Eve, 1951, will be reflated this season. Eight of the television presentations will be offered monthly on Sundays. The opening opera was "Billy Budd" on October 19. The performance ran an hour and a half, starting at 2:30 p.m. Theodor Uppmann, baritone, who created the title role in London and Paris, was seen again in this pare. Leonard Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti," revised since its presentations at Brandeis University and Tangle- wood, will be given as the second opera in the schedule on Nov. 16 at 3:00 p.m. This opera runs about 40 min- utes. The remaining time in the one-hour telecast will be devoted to a ballet presentation with music by Bernstein. Gian Carlo Menotti's phenomenally successful "Amahl and the Night Visitors" will be repeated in I3ecember, probably near Christmas time. Menotti again will stage the work, with Thomas Schippers as con- ductor. The same sets and costumes of Eugene Berman will be used. Menotti is searching for another Amahl since 13-year-old Chet Allen, who sang the role twice on NBC last season, is no longer a soprano. Op>eras for January and February have not yet been scheduled, but probably will be selected from the stand- ird opera repertoire. In March, "Suor Angelica" will be given. This opera has an all female cast and is set in a convent. NBC Opera last season presented the other two of this triprj'ch of one-act operas, "Gianni Schicchi'" and "II Tabarro."" RAD/O AGE 75 In April no ofKrra is scheduled, because "Der Rosen- kavalier" will be given in two sessions, both in May. The staff of the NBC Television Opera Theatre will be largely the same as last year, with Charles Polachcck as associate producer to Chotzinoff, and Kirk Browning as television director. All presentations of the NBC Television Op)era Theatre are given in English. Scene from NBC's TV production of "Gianni Schicchi", one-act opera by Giacomo Puccini. Robert Weede and Elaine Malbin in last season's tele- cast of Puccini's "The Cloak".