Music in the Air
[1] It was directed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, and the cast included Reinald Werrenrath (Cornelius), Natalie Hall (Frieda Hatzfeld), Tullio Carminati (Bruno Mahler), Katherine Carrington (Sieglinde Lessing), Al Shean (Dr. Walter Lessing), Walter Slezak (Karl Reder), Nicholas Joy (Ernst Weber), and Marjorie Main (Anna).[2][3] The opera singer Grace Panvini made her stage debut as a member of the ensemble in the original cast of Music in the Air.[6] The 1934 film version starred Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Douglass Montgomery, June Lang, and Al Shean.Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II, the cast featured Jane Pickens, Dennis King and Charles Winninger.[8] Because of possible anti-German feeling after World War II, Hammerstein changed the setting from Munich to Zurich with the resulting Swiss nationalities.at New York City Center presented a staged concert version of the show, starring Douglas Sills (Bruno Mahler), Sierra Boggess (Sieglinde Lessing), Dick Latessa (Herr Direktor Kirschner), Marni Nixon (Frau Direktor Kirschner), Ryan Silverman (Karl Reder) and Kristin Chenoweth (Frieda Hatzfeld, filling in for an originally announced Marin Mazzie).