Champagne and Orchids [SEP] original network
Champagne and Orchids
Champagne and Orchids is an American variety show broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The network series ran from September 6, 1948, to January 10, 1949. "Champagne and Orchids" was a variety show hosted by Adrienne Meyerberg, billed simply as 'Adrienne', who sang in English, French, and Spanish.
The musical program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired live at 8 pm EST on Monday nights on most DuMont affiliates. The show had premiered on Dumont's
meet throughout his career (the others being Gabriella Besanzoni and Matilde Blanco Sadun).
She died in 1963 at the Sherman Way Convalescent Hospital in Van Nuys, California.
Legacy.
Her daughter is Adrienne Fontana, former nightclub singer and host of variety TV show "Champagne and Orchids", on the Dumont Network in early television. Matzenauer made a sizeable number of 78-rpm recordings, many of which are available on CD reissues.
External links.
- Margarete Matzenauer