Opera

Photograph of director Dr. Elmer Nagy, Gloria Lane and Virginia MacWatters rehearsing for the 1953 Central City production of 'Carmen."

Black and white photograph of (from L to R) two unidentified cast members, Frank Ricketson Jr., and Dr. Elemer Nagy in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

Black and white photograph of (from L to R) two unidentified cast members, Frank Ricketson Jr., and Dr. Elemer Nagy in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

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.'

Portrait of Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1949-1957.

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.

Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1949-1957, and two unidentified women work at the piano.

Donald Oenslager shows Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera, and Shirley Emmons various sketches.

Black and white photograph of cast and production staff including both Tibor Kozma, Walter Taussig (music and associate music director, standing by piano), Frank Ricketson Jr. and Elmer Nagy (seated at desk) in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'