"Orpheus and Eurydice" Scrapbook
Abstract
The collection includes a pasted program of the event, 15 b/w original photographic portraits of Mary Wigman* (two large: 5 6/8 x 4 3/8, and 5 3/8 x 3 3/8", and 13 smaller: 3 3/8 x 2"), 9 silver gelatin prints showing the choregrapher amidst her dancers (2 x 3 3/8"), and two depicting German conductor Heinz Bongartz, with costume designer Gerda Schulte (4 1/2 x 3 2/8"). The remaining 166 photographs depict the path, development and flow of the opera from scene to scene. They feature Wigman's dancers, as well as the three main characters of the opera: baritone Theodor Horand (Orpheus), soprano Philine Fischer (Eurydice); and soprano Erna Roscher (Amor).
Dates
- 1947
Creator
- Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 (Person)
Digital Repository
"Orpheus and Eurydice" Scrapbook
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Biographical / Historical
These prints depict Mary Wigman's choreography of Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice". The performance was staged at the Dreilinden opera house in Leipzig Lindenau on March 22, 1947.
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet (1 container)
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a program and (192) silver gelatin prints.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged by the seller and are contained in (1) leatherette binder.
Creator
- Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 (Person)
Source
- University of Denver. The Dance Archive (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository