On Christmas Day, 1955, the CBS Television Network broadcast an Omnibus program in which Leonard Bernstein conducted the Symphony of the Air and Schola Cantorum in Handel's "Messiah." Enjoy this excerpt of baritone William Warfield singing "But who may abide the day of His coming" from the program. | Leonard Bernstein

5.9K views · 832 reactions | American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director Oscar Hammerstein II was born on this day in 1895. In this excerpt from his Omnibus telecast "American Musical Comedy," Leonard Bernstein explains how Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" takes the best elements of opera, operetta, revue, vaudeville, and "all the rest" to make something quite original. | Leonard Bernstein | Facebook