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Opera Management THE CINCINNATI OPERA 1883-1994 Arranged and Described by Vincent Mazzella, Marian stangel "and Ursula Umberq March 1995 THE CINCINNATI OPERA, 1883-1994 CONTAINTER LISTING Box No. Description Date Page SERIES I: PROGRAMS AND BROADSIDES Box 1: Programs and Broadsides 1920-1936 1 Box 2: Programs and Broadsides 1937-1946 2 Box 3: Programs and Broadsides 1947-1957 3 Box 4: Programs and Broadsides 1958-1965 4 Box 5: Programs and Broadsides 1966-1971 4 Box 6: Programs and Broadsides 1972-1979 5 Box 7: Programs and Broadsides 1980-1983 5 Box 8 : Opera Programs 1985-1992 5 Box 9: Assorted Music 1883, 1886-1987, 1890, 1902-1911 6 1934-42, 1978-1979 Festival Programs--Metropolitan Opera Programs, Nippert Concerts Federal Theatre (WPA) Programs. Miscellaneous Programs SERIES II: LIBRETTOS Box 10: Aida to The King's Henchmen 7 Box 11: Lakme to Der Rosenkavalier 7 Box 12: Salome to II Trovatore and 8 Miscellaneous Covers SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS Performers Photographs and Program Biographies Box 13: Adler,Arlene to Bardi, G. 8 Box 14: Barlow, Klara to Calleo, Ricardo 9 Box 15: Campora, Guiseppe to Cornell, Gwynn 10 Box 16: Cossa, Dominic to DeAlmeida, Antonio 11 Box 17: DeBlasis, James to Dworchak, Harry & Designers 12 Box 18: Eddleman, Jack to Frigerio, Claudio 13 Box 19: Galiano, Joseph to Harris, Lloyd 14 Box 20: Harrower, Peter to Janku, Hana 16 Box 21: Jenista, John to ~ng, Edith 17 i Box 22: LaSelva, Vincent to Malas, Spiro 18 Box 23: Malfitano, Catherine to Mills, Erie 19 Box 24: Milnes, Sherrill to Muckenfuss, Robert 20 Box 25: Nabokov, Dmitri to Pastine, Gianfranco 21 Box 26: Patachi, Val to Proctor, Elizabeth 22 Box 27: Quartarro, Florence to Rounseville, Robert 23 Box 28: Roy, Margaret to Shade, Nancy 24 Box 29: Shelle, Eileen to Soloman,. David 25 Box 30: Stall, David to Thomas, Hal 26 Box 31: Thomas, Michael to Ward, Cecilia 27 Box 32: Were, Gloria to Zschau, Marilyn; 28 Unidentified Performers Performances Box 33: Adriana Lecouvreur to Boris Gudonov 29 Box 34: Carmen to H.M.S. Pinafore 29 Box 35: Lakme to Das Rheingold 30 Box 36: Rigoletto to Zaza; Unidentified 31 Box 37: Cincinnati Post Photographs and 1956-1984 33 Articles, Performances, Backstage Rehearsal and Audience (P/R)< Box 38: Opera Seasons 1954-1967 33 Box 39: Opera Seasons 1968-1987 34 Box 40: Cincinnati Ope~a Ballet and 1961-1962 35 ~.\ Vienna state Opera Ballet l., Box 41: Set Designs- 1963-1977 35 Aida to II Trovator.e Box 42: Children, Audience, Zoo Pavilion, 1957 36 Peterloon, and 1957 WLW Broadcasts Box 42: Board Members 1958 36 Box 43: Wardrobe and Designs, Artists and No dates 36 Others Backstage Box 43: Chorus Members, Rehearsals and 1942, 1975, 1960's, 36 Auditions Box 43: Miscellaneous Performances and 1930's 1969-1984 37 Productions Box 44: Guild Members and Meetings, 1984 37 Photos Used in Entr'Acte Box 44: Society Parties 1958-1985 37 Box 45: ECCO! Performers (some Negatives) 1978-1993 38 and Program Biographies, Anderek, Edward to Yomtov, Diane; Unidentified Box 46: ECCO! Contact Sheets of Performers 1975-1988 39 and Performances, ECCO! Artists, and Assorted Program 1980-1992 39 Biographies Box 47: ECCO! Performances and Rehearsals 1980-1986 40 (some Negatives), Alice in Wonderland to La Traviata; ECCO! Staff; Unidentified ii SERIES IV: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND CLIPPINGS Box 48: Performances-Clippings and Press Releases 1941-1984 40 Adriana Lecouvreur to Eugene Onegin Box 49: Clippings and Press Releases 1941-1992 41 Faust to Postcard from Morocco Box 50: Newspaper Articles, Press Releases, etc. 1931-1985 43 Resurrection to Zaza Box 51: Newspaper Articles, Press Releases 1917, 1929-1965 44 and Publicity Materials, 1917-1965 Season Box 52: 1966-1985 Season-Newspaper Articles, 1966-1981 45 Press Releases and Publicity Materials Box 53: Newspaper Articles, Press Releases and 1982-1991 46 publicity Materials, 1981-1991 Seasons SERIES V: PUBLICITY Box 54: Bel Canto Publications January 1946-July 1948 46 Box 55: Entr'Acte Newsletters June 1978-Spring 1987 46 Box 56: Young Friends of the Opera 1945-1948 47 Bel Canto Subscription Acknowledgements Box 57: Opera Guild Bulletins June 1968-winter 1977 47 and Applications Box 58: Press Releases, publicity 1958-1981 48 Expenses and Correspondence SERIES VI: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION Box 59: Women's Committee Notes & 1964-1976 48 Publicity Material Box 60: Cincinnati Opera Guide For Young People, 1980-1981 49 General Information/Introduction Barber of Seville to Elixir of Love Box 61: Cincinnati Opera Guide For Young People 49 Eugene Onegin To Rigoletto Box 62: Young Friends of the Opera and 1946-1982 49 Young American Artists Box 63: ECCO! Teaching Materials, Publicity, 1980-1994 49 News and Information, Programs Box 64: ECCO! Newspaper Clippings i982-1986 50 iii SERIES VII: JOHN JOHNEN REVIEWS, WLW PROGRAM SCRIPTS Box 65: Louis John Johnen Reviews for 1948-1952 50 the Times-star Box 66: WLW Program Scripts 1953-1954 52 SERIES VIII: CHARLOTTE SHOCKLEY Box 67: Charlotte Shockley, Archival 1944-1987 52 Information, "Treble & Bass" Articles, Miscellaneous Articles SERIES IX: OPERA MANAGEMENT Box 68: Historical Documents, 1920-1976 53 Contracts, Season Planning, Fund Raising Materials, (Nichols File-Confidential) Box 69: Operas and Casts, 1920-1988 53 Historical Data, seating Arrangements Box 70: Articles, Notes from Windgassen Diary 1920-1990 53 Box 71: Awards and certificates .. 1982-1985 54 SERIES X: JOURNALS Box 72: Opera News 1948-1975 54 Box 73: Miscellaneous Programs and 1948-1986 54 Publications SERIES XI: SCRAPBOOKS Box 74: Louis John Johnen Scrapbooks 1919-1946 55 Box 75: Opera Seasons 1936-1942 55 Box 76: Opera Seasons 1936-1937, 1943 55 Box 77: Mrs. S.L. Eby Scrapbooks 1937-1938 55 Blue Scrapbooks (11) No date Box 78: Bernice Reichwein Scrapbook 1940's 55 Box 79: Opera Season 1936-1937 56 Opera Seasons 1943-1952 Opera Season 1945 Opera Seasons 1953-1955 lV• Box 80: Opera Season 1946 56 Opera Season June 1946-July 1946 Opera Season July 1946-August 1946 Opera Season August 1946 Box 81: Mr. & Mrs. George C. Juilfs Scrapbook 1920-1979 56 59 Seasons of Tradition Box 82: Frances Jones Poetker Scrapbook 57 Opera Season 1953, 1959 Opera Season 1958-1959 Item/(Box} 83: Opera Season 1959 58 Item/(Box} 84: Opera Season 1960 58 Item/(Box} 85: Opera Season 1961 58 Item/(Box} 86: Opera Season 1962 58 Item/(Box} 87: Opera Season 1963 59 Box 88: Janet Moore Schurter (chorus member) 1962, 1963 59 Opera Season 1966, 1968-1970 Box 89: Opera Season 1973, 1975 59 Item/(Box} 90: Opera Seasons 1973-1976 59 Item/(Box} 91: Opera Season 1977 60 Item/(Box} 92: opera Season 1977 60 Item/(Box} 93: Opera Season (two volumes) 1978 60 Item/(Box} 94: Opera Season 1978-1979 60 Item/(Box} 95: Opera Season 1979 60 Item/(Box} 96: Opera Season 1979-1980 60 Item/(Box} 97: Opera Season 1980-1981 61 Item/(Box} 98: Opera Season 1982-1983 61 Item/(Box} 99: Opera Season 1984-1985 61 Item/(Box} 100: Opera Season 1986-1987 61 Box 101: Opera Season 1990-1991 61 SERIES XII: OVERSIZED MATERIALS Item/Box 102: The Cincinnati Enquirer 1941, 1946 62 Twenty Years of Summer Opera; Opera Season Item/Box 103: Opera Season Poster 1983 62 Item/Box 104: Summer Paste-ups 1985 62 Item/Box 105: Fall " 1987 62 Item/Box 106: Spring " 1988 62 Item/Box 107: Posters-ECCO!, Sings Shakespeare, No date 63 Ensemble Company Box 108: Performer Photographs, Albanese, Licia to 63 Tibbett, Lawrence & Miscellaneous Photographs Box 109: Photographs of Zoo Opera 1883,1936,1946 63 Scenes, Patrons and Performance 1975-1978 Box 110: Opera Season Posters 1921, 1971-1985 64 Box 111: Newspaper Clippings 1946-1948, 1987 64 v SERIES XIII: MISCELLANEOUS Box 112: Hansel and Gretel Wall Plaque 1973 64 Box 113: Phonograph Records 1934-1938 65 Box 114: Promotional Buttons No dates 65 vi THE CINCINNATI OPERA 1883-1994 SERIES I: PROGRAMS AND BROADSIDES Box 1: Programs and Broadsides, 1920-1936 Folder 1. Opera Program June 27-July 3,'1920 2. II II July 16-July 22, 1922 3. II II August 5-August 11, 1923 4. Opera Broadsides 1923 5. Opera Program June 29-July 5, 1924 6. II II July 18-July 24, 1926 7. Opera Broadsides 1926 8. Opera Program July 3-July 9, 1927 9. Opera Broadsides 1928 10. Opera Program June 17-June 23, 1928 11. " " June 24-June 30, 1928 12. " II July 8-July 14, 1928 13 . " II July 15-July 21, 1928 14 -: II II July 22-July 28, 1928 15. " II July 29-August 4, 1928 16. II II June 16-June 22, 1929 17. II II June 23-June 29, 1929 18. II II July 21-July 27, 1929 19. II II July 28-August 3, 1929 20. II " August 4-August 10, 1929 21. II " August 11-August 17, 1929 22. II " August 18-August 24, 1929 23. Opera Broadsides 1929 24. Opera Program June 15-June 21, 1930 25. II II June 22-June 28, 1930 26. " II June 29-July 5, 1930 27. II II July 13-July 19, 1930 28. II II July 20-July 26, 1930 29. " " July 27-August 2, 1930 30 II " August 3-August 9, 1930 31. II " August 17-August 23, 1930 32. II " August 10-August 16, 1930 33. Opera Broadsides 1930 34. Opera Program June 14-June 20, 1931 35. II " June 21-June 27, 1931 36. II " June 28-July 4, 1931 37. II " July 5-July 11, 1931 38. " " July 12-July 18, 1931 39. II " July 19-July 25, 1931 40.
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