Brooks McCormack with Sir Toby the Chimpanzee

Item

Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00008

Staff Only

Abstract

Informal portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera and the Chicago Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", with Sir Toby the chimpanzee from the Cincinnati Zoo.

Dates

1930-1969

Rights and Usage Statement

Copyright not evaluated: The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. See: https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/?language=en

Extent

1 Items (photograph)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains photographs and other graphic materials pertaining to the Central City Opera House and the Central City Opera festivals from the 1932 - 2013 festival seasons.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8 x 10 inches black and white

General

Title supplied by archivist.

Inscription and Marks

Typed on paper taped to back of photographic print: ''Brooks McCormack, the American Tenor of the Chicago Opera Co., in the affectionate embrace of ''Sir Toby'', the chimpanzee at the Zoo in Cincinnati, where he sang with the Cincinnati Summer Opera last year.''