Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Metropolitan Opera scrapbooks
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31857001788252]
Identifier: PIMS-0127
Abstract
The collection of Metropolitan Opera scrapbooks, 1906-1909, contains six volumes of clippings and programs about the Metropolitan Opera Company. The creator of the scrapbooks is unknown.
Dates:
1906-1909
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Lester Dequaine collection on Rosa Ponselle
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0004
Abstract
The most sought-after soprano of the 1920s and 1930s, Rosa Ponselle (née Rosa Ponzillo, 1897–1981) began her musical career in a vaudeville act with her sister Carmela Ponselle. Upon hearing Rosa Ponselle for the first time, Enrico Caruso took her under his wing and they appeared on the Metropolitan Opera stage together in La Forza del Destino and La Juive. She would go on to sing the title role in the Metropolitan's revival...
Dates:
1907 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1918-1938
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Saul collection of theater programs
Collection
Identifier: MS-0224
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four series, spanning the years from the 1950's through the 1980's. The series are theatrical performances, symphony, opera, and dance. The playbills, programs, and souvenir programs which form the collection reflect the major stage productions of drama, musical comedy, dance, opera, and the symphony for that period. Most of the collection is from American stages but European cities of London, Paris, and Dublin are represented.Over 250 Playbills from New...
Dates:
1951-1989
Found in:
Special Collections
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- New York (State)--New York--Greenwich Village 1
- Opera programs 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 1
- Performance 1
- Research 1
- Sopranos (Singers) 1
- Theater 1
- Theater programs 1
- United States 1
- advertisements 1
- catalogs (documents) 1
- certificates 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- commemoratives 1
- concert programs 1
- first day covers 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- memorabilia 1
- photographs 1
- playbills 1
- postage stamps 1
- scores (documents for music) 1
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