Frank Porretta

Performer

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    May 4, 1930
  • Birth Location
    Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Death Date
    April 23, 2015
  • Death Location
    Stamford, Connecticut, USA
  • Cause of Death
    no cause entered yet

Stage & Film

Performance

Candide
Pre-Broadway Tour (Closed on the Road); 1971
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  • Candide
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Off-Broadway Production; 1970
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  • Jimmy Mallory
Song of Norway
Film Version; 1970
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  • Richard Nordraak
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
World Premiere; 1969
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  • Prince
Show Boat
St. Louis MUNY Production; 1968
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  • Gaylord Ravenal
The Desert Song
Dallas Summer Musicals Production; 1968
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  • The Red Shadow
  • Pierre Birabeau
Dumas and Son
Closed prior to Broadway; 1967
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  • Davy
The Student Prince
Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera Production; 1966
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  • Karl Franz
The Great Waltz
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Production; 1965
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  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
The Merry Widow
Lincoln Center Revival; 1964
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  • Capt. Pierre Jolidon
The King and I
Lincoln Center Revival; 1964
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  • Lun Tha
Carousel
California Tour; 1963
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  • Enoch Snow
H. M. S. Pinafore or the Last That Loved a Sailor
City Center Revival; 1961
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  • Ralph Rackstraw, Able Seaman (alternate)
The Gondoliers
City Center Revival; 1961
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  • Marco Palmieri
The Pirates of Penzance
City Center Revival; 1961
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  • Frederic
The Mikado
City Center Revival; 1961
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  • Nanki-Poo
Street Scene
New York City Opera Revival; 1960
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  • Sam Kaplan
The Cradle Will Rock
New York City Opera Revival; 1960
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  • Steve
Street Scene
New York City Opera Revival; 1959
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  • Sam Kaplan
Regina
Santa Fe Opera Production; 1959
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  • Leo Hubbard
The Seven Deadly Sins
New York City Ballet Production; 1958
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  • Brother I
South Pacific
State Fair Musicals Production; 1957
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  • Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C.
The King and I
Westbury Music Fair Production; 1956
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  • Lun Tha

Commercial Audio

Performance

Song of Norway
Soundtrack; 1970
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  • Cast
The Great Waltz
Los Angeles Cast; 1965
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  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
The King and I
Lincoln Center Revival Cast; 1964
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  • Lun Tha
The Merry Widow
Lincoln Center Cast; 1964
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  • Capt. Pierre Jolidon
Brigadoon
Studio Cast; 1957
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  • Charlie Dalrymple

Private Audio

Performance

The Happy Journey
Demo Recording; not listed yet
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  • Cast
Candide
1971 Tour Cast in Los Angeles with Cunegonde alternate; 1971
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  • Candide
Candide
1971 Tour Cast (Washington, DC); 1971
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  • Candide
Candide
1971 Tour Cast; 1971
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  • Candide
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Off-Broadway Revival Cast [complete]; 1970
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  • Jimmy Mallory

Commercial Video

Performance

Song of Norway
Home Video; 1970
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  • Richard Nordraak

Notes

No notes listed.

Photos & Headshots

No photos yet.

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    May 4, 1930
  • Birth Location
    Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Death Date
    April 23, 2015
  • Death Location
    Stamford, Connecticut, USA
  • Cause of Death
    no cause entered yet

Other Names

  • Frank Poretta

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • No spouses or partners listed.

Family

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