Opera houses

A detailed watercolor rendering of a theatrical stage from the perspective of a member of the audience, with three female singers onstage accompanied by a pianist under a dark red curtain.

This object is a framed poster from the Metropolitan Opera House production of "Aida" on January 1, 1955.

Dankmar Adler was a Jewish architect who worked during the 1880s in the Chicago architectural firm Adler and Sullivan; however, little is known about him. Adler partnered with Louis Sullivan on Pueblo, Colorado's, Grand Opera House, which burned down during the winter of 1922.

A pen and ink rendering of an opera box in the Alberti Theatre filled with soldiers, together with in inset pen sketch of the show’s emcee lower right.

File contains mimeographed pages for 2 copies of the script for the opera, "Silverheels." Appears to be complete. Names on the scripts are "Weide" and "Waldo Williamson."