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Operas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Staged dramatic works in which the actors sing most or all of their parts, and other types of musico-dramatic works that have significant portions of spoken text and have historically been regarded as forming part of the operatic repertory.

Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:

Box 336: Productions and Promotions, 1980-2006

 File — Box M123.0336: Series M123.08 [Barcode: U186024444470]
Identifier: M123.08.0336
Abstract

This box contains recordings of performances of La Traviata in 1990, Tha Ballad of Baby Doe in 1997, Gabriel's Daughter, I Paggliacci, and Goyescas in 2003, LE Jongleur de Notre Dame, The Student Prince in 2004, and The Face in the Barroom Floor, Amadigi di Gaula, and Les Mamelles de Tiresias Le Bal Masque with no specified dates. The slides show images of performances, Central City Opera House Association properties, and threater displays.

Dates: 1980-2006

Box 344: Productions, 2002-2011

 File — Box M123.0344: Series M123.08 [Barcode: U186024444551]
Identifier: M123.08.0344
Abstract

This box contains Central City Opera House Assocaition related materials and recordings of the performances of The Ballad of Baby Doe and The Coronation of Poppea in 2006, Poet Li Bai and The Saint of Bleecker Street in 2007, and Don Giovanni from an unspecified date.

Dates: 2002-2011

Box 345: Productions, 2001-2005

 File — Box M123.0345: Series M123.08 [Barcode: U186024444569]
Identifier: M123.08.0345
Abstract

This box contains Central City Opera House Association related media and recordings of performances of The Italian Girl in Algiers, Goyescas, I Pagliacci, and Gabriel's Daughter in 2003, Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, The Student Prince, and The Tales of Hoffman in 2004, and Paul Bunyan, Pirates of Penzance, and Madame Butterfly in 2005.

Dates: 2001-2005

Box 346: Productions, 1992-2004

 File — Box M123.0346: Series M123.08 [Barcode: U186024444577]
Identifier: M123.08.0346
Abstract

THis box contains Central City Opera House Association related media and recordings of performances of Candide, La Traviata and Dialogues of the Carmelites in 2000, Little Women, Gloriana, La boheme, and The Italian Girl in Algiers in 2001, Summer and Smoke, Carmen, and A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2002, and The Italian Girl in Algiers, Gabriel's Duaghter, I Pagliacci, and Goyescas in 2003.

Dates: 1992-2004

Box 347: Productions, 1995-2011

 File — Box M123.0347: Series M123.08 [Barcode: U186024444585]
Identifier: M123.08.0347
Abstract This box contains Central City Opera House Association related media and recordings of performances of Gloriana, Little Women, and La boheme in 2001, Summer and Smoke, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Carmen in 2002, The Magic Flute in 2004, Vanessa, Paul Bunyan, and The Face on the Barroom Floor in 2005, The Rape of Lucretia in 2008, Lucia di Lammermoor, A Little Night Music, and Rinaldo in 2009, Madame Butterfly in 2010, and Gianni Schicchi, The Seven Deadly Sins, Les mamelle de Tiresias,...
Dates: 1995-2011

Carmen, 1953 June/July

 Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0018.00001
Abstract Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1953 production of "Carmen." Cast includes: Leroy Hoffman, Hugh Thompson, Theodor Uppman (Morales), Lucine Amara and Heidi Krall (Micaela), Kenneth Smith (Zuniga), Davis Cunningham, Lloyd Thomas Leech, David Lloyd (Don Jose), Edith Evans, Gloria Lane, Mildred Miller (Carmen), Heidi Krall and Shirley Russell (Frasquita), Bettie Clark and Edith Evans (Mercedes), Hugh Thompson and Theodor...
Dates: 1953 June/July

Central City Nights, July 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0004.00001
Abstract Program for "Central City Nights" produced by the Central City Opera House Association directed by Robert Edmond Jones. Cast/Pieces includes: The Gold Hill Singers (David Williams), Opera in Central City (Josephine Neri), A Moment of Restoration Comedy (Clifford Neudahl, Paul Porter, Mary Jennings, Nica Doret, Helen Fleming, Alberta Kirkwood), A Venetian Night's Entertainment (Sherman Sanders, Russel Lewis), A Celebrated Songstress Visits Central City (Dorothy Chapman), A Scene...
Dates: July 1935

Central City Opera Guild Records

 Collection
Identifier: M416
Abstract

This collection contains the adminstrative papers of the Central City Opera Guild. The Central City Opera Guild was founded in 1974. The collection consists of materials on programs and events such as L'Esprit de Noël and Fashion Shows, board materials, Presidents' notebooks, newsletters, clippings, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1944-2014

Chapman, William, 1978

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0188.0058
Abstract

Folder contains biographical material and photographic prints of baritone, William Chapman, who performed as Jokanaan in the 1978 CCOHA production of 'Salome.'

Dates: 1978

Container 1: Aida Poster, 1963

 File — Object D067.0001: [Barcode: U186023262914]
Identifier: D067.0001
Abstract

(1) oversize poster for Metropolitan Opera's opening night of Aida (October 14, 1963).

Dates: 1963