NBC TELEVISION OPERA THEATRE (1951-52). In between Broadway Open House and Steve Allen's Tonight, NBC occasionally filled its late night time slot with productions of its "Opera Theatre," that during this period included "RSVP" (airdate: 11/1/51), "Pique Dame" (airdate: 1/3/52), and "The Barber of Seville" (airdate: 3/6/52). This series would move to weekend afternoons in October 1952.