Poster of Cast and Crew in The Ed Sullivan Show - Season 12 - Episode 44 - Spoleto Festival (taped in Italy): Sir John Gielgud; Eileen Farrell

The Ed Sullivan Show - Season 12 - Spoleto Festival (taped in Italy): Sir John Gielgud; Eileen Farrell (Episode 44)

Plot: ""Spoleto Festival"" (filmed at various locations in Spoleto, Italy) Guests: --Sir John Gielgud – reads from Shakespeare (filmed at Gian Carlo Menotti's palace) --Eileen Farrell (American soprano) sings ""Pace, pace, mio Dio"" (from Verdi's opera ""La Forza del Destino,"" filmed at the ancient amphitheater) and Verdi's ""Requiem Mass"" (filmed at the Duomo square). --Eileen Farrell and the Armstrong Band – ""Sunny Side of the Street"" (Louis Armstrong's jazz band without Louis, who was ill
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, July 19 1959
65 years ago