Festival in Puerto Rico

Festival in Puerto Rico

28 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1961

This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great Spanish cellist and conductor Pablo Casals and sponsored annually by the Puerto Rican government. Part concert film, part tourism film, Festival in Puerto Rico offers viewers candid glimpses of mid-20th century Puerto Rico intercut with performance footage of Forrester and her husband, violinist-conductor Eugene Kash.

Festival in Puerto Rico

28 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1961

Festival in Puerto Rico
This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great Spanish cellist and conductor Pablo Casals and sponsored annually by the Puerto Rican government. Part concert film, part tourism film, Festival in Puerto Rico offers viewers candid glimpses of mid-20th century Puerto Rico intercut with performance footage of Forrester and her husband, violinist-conductor Eugene Kash.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Festival in Puerto Rico
Directors Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor
Writers Strowan Robertson

Cast

Maureen Forrester

as Herself

Eugene Kash

as Himself

Alexander Schneider

as Himself

Pablo Casals

as Himself