MacWatters, Virginia, 1912-2005

Black and white photograph of Producer and Set Designer Dr. Elemer Nagy with Gloria Lane who will perform as Mrs. Page (Meg Page/Frau Reich) in the 1953 Central City Opera performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'

Black and white photograph of Producer and Set Designer Dr. Elemer Nagy with Virginia MacWatters who will perform as Mrs. Ford (Alice Ford/Frau Fluth) in the 1953 Central City Opera performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'

Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1949-1957, shows a costume drawing to Virginia MacWatters.

Left to right, Louis Sgarro, Christine Cardillo, Virginia MacWatters and Theodor Uppman who all performed in the 1954 Central City Opera production of ''Ariadne,'' look at the script book.

(from left to right) Louis Sgarro, Rosalind Elias, Virgina MacWatters, and Theodor Uppman, perfromers from the 1954 Central City Opera production of ''Faust,'' pose for a picture by the piano.

Black and white photograph of Gloria Lane rehearsing the part of Mrs. Page (Meg Page/Frau Reich) with Virginia MacWatters who will perform as Mrs. Ford (Alice Ford/Frau Fluth) in the 1953 Central City Opera performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'

Photographs, biographical information and press releases about Virginia MacWatters, a performer with the Central City Opera

Photograph of Brian Sullivan as Faust, Virginia MacWatters performing as Marguerite and two unidentified performers in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Portrait of Virginia MacWatters, a coloratura soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 season as Susanne in "The Marriage of Figaro", 1953 as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor", 1954 "Ariadne auf Naxos", and the 1957 season as Gilda in "Rigoletto" and as Arsena in "The Gypsy Baron."

Portrait of Virginia MacWatters, a coloratura soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 season as Susanne in "The Marriage of Figaro", 1953 as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor", 1954 "Ariadne auf Naxos", and the 1957 season as Gilda in "Rigoletto" and as Arsena in "The Gypsy Baron."