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New Orleans Opera Association Archives

99 boxes/68 linear ft

Special Collections & Archives J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library Loyola University New Orleans

Collection 74

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Contents Collection Summary ...... 3 Series Description ...... 7 Container List ...... 8 Series I: Administrative Files ...... 8 Subseries I-A: Artist Fees ...... 8 Subseries I-B: Awards and Grants ...... 8 Subseries I-C: Board of Directors 1943-1999 ...... 9 Subseries I-D: Budgets ...... 10 Subseries I-E: Clubs and Guilds ...... 10 Subseries I-F: Correspondence ...... 10 Subseries I-G: Facilities and Sets ...... 10 Subseries I-H: Personnel Files ...... 11 Subseries I-I: Publications ...... 27 Series II: Productions ...... 28 Subseries II-A: Production Files ...... 28 Subseries II-B: Programs ...... 31 Subseries II-C: Non-NOOA Productions ...... 33 Series III: Publicity ...... 34 Subseries III-A: Concert Series & Special Events ...... 34 Subseries III-B: Marketing ...... 34 Subseries III-C: News and Reviews ...... 35 Subseries III-D: Microfilm and Data Cartridges ...... 36 Subseries III-E: Public Relations ...... 36 Subseries III-F: Posters ...... 37 Series IV: Images and Media ...... 38 Subseries IV-A: Piano Rolls ...... 38 Subseries IV-B: Images ...... 38 Subseries IV-C: Women’s Guild Scrapbooks ...... 40 Subseries IV-D: Audiocassette Tapes ...... 40 Subseries IV-E: Videos ...... 44 Subseries IV-F: Reel-to-reel Audiotapes (unprocessed) ...... 47 Appendix A: Chronological List of NOOA Performances ...... 48 Appendix B: Index to Performances by Title ...... 61 Appendix C: Alternate Opera Titles ...... 64 Appendix D: List of New Orleans Opera Administrators…………………………………….….66

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New Orleans Opera Association Archives

Reference Code

Collection 74

Name and Location of Repository

Special Collections & Archives, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans

Title

New Orleans Opera Association Archives

Date

1916-2015, bulk 1943-2015

Extent

99 boxes

Name of Creator

New Orleans Opera Association

Administrative/Biographical History

The first documented opera staged in New Orleans was Ernest Grétry's Sylvain, performed in 1796. New Orleans has staged operas on almost a yearly basis ever since. The New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA), one of the oldest continually performing opera companies in the country, was formed in 1943, and began performing at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium that fall.

NOOA performers include not only local singers, many of whom went on to illustrious careers (Norman Treigle, Charles Anthony, Audrey Schuh, and Anthony Laciura being just a few), but also internationally recognized performers from around the world such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, Plácido Domingo, Birgit Nilsson, Richard Tucker, and many others. Due to its French heritage, NOOA has a history of performing rare French operas largely unperformed elsewhere in the United States in addition to performances of standard repertoire and world premieres.

Almost from its inception in 1943 NOOA staged its regular season in the Municipal Auditorium. Since midway through the 1972/73 season, the company has performed at the Theatre of Performing Arts (now the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts) adjacent to the old Auditorium in Louis Armstrong Park. 4

In 1956 NOOA launched the Experimental Opera Theatre of America (EOTA), a program for developing and training young singers, and it continued from 1958 to 1960.

The NOOA Women’s Guild was formed in 1947 to promote and support NOOA. One of the many events produced by the Women’s Guild is the annual Opera Ball, a fundraising event that includes an auction. Since 1966 the Guild has also operated the Opera Guild Home, a Garden District mansion whose event rental profits benefit NOOA.

In 1998 former New Orleans Opera General Director Arthur Cosenza created the MetroPelican Opera, an education and outreach touring ensemble. MetroPelican artists, as the name implies, have performed throughout “Metro” New Orleans and the “Pelican” State in a variety of repertoire.

For many years the Association maintained its own studios for the construction and storage of props and scenery. This operation was greatly expanded in January 1984 with the dedication of the H. Lloyd Hawkins Scenic Studio in Metairie. There the Association maintains an inventory of sets and props, many of which have been rented to opera companies throughout North America.

Scope and Content

The New Orleans Opera Association Archives documents the business and creative operations of NOOA from its inception in 1943 to 2015. The contents of the collection were donated to Special Collections & Archives over the course of over a decade starting in 2003. Special Collections & Archives continues to receive programs of ongoing performances; these will be added to the collection annually (Subseries II-B: NOOA Programs).

Board minutes, budgets, personnel files, promotional materials, and media documenting both performances and outreach efforts are just some of the facets of this collection. The business operations of NOOA are detailed in Series I: Administrative Files, while a complete timeline of NOOA’s performances can be compiled using the materials in Series II: Productions. Evidence of marketing and outreach activities are contained in Series III: Publicity. The collection contains a wealth of audio and visual media including photos, programs, posters, video, and sound recordings which recreate NOOA productions throughout the company’s existence in Series IV: Images and Media. The reel-to-reel tapes in the collection were recorded at the Municipal Auditorium using state- of-the-art stage microphones.

System of Arrangement

When possible, and when apparent, the original order of the collection was maintained. For sections of the collection, however, an arrangement scheme was imposed during processing in the absence of a usable original order. The collection is divided into series and then further into subseries. Because NOOA frequently performed the same opera many times but under slight name variations (different languages, different 5

capitalizations, etc.), the titles of operas were standardized using Uniform Titles for the purposes of this finding aid. The actual titles used for a given performance may vary from what appears in the finding aid; an appendix of alternate titles appears in the back of this document.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access

Most of the audiovisual items in the collection (Series IV, Subseries D-F) are fragile and in need of migration to newer and more stable formats. In addition, Special Collections & Archives does not have the required equipment to play some of the formats. As such, access to these items may be restricted. Please consult with Special Collections & Archives staff for physical access to the collection.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Physical rights are retained by the J. Edgar & Louis S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright Laws.

Language and Scripts of the Material

Collection is primarily in English. Operas may be in English, Italian, French, or German.

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid written by Jack Belsom and Elizabeth Kelly, 2016.

Sources Used Belsom, Jack. “A History of Opera in New Orleans.” New Orleans Opera Association website. http://neworleansopera.org/a-history-of-opera-in-new-orleans/

Related Archival Materials

At Loyola University New Orleans Special Collections & Archives:

• Lorena Dureau Papers • Loyola University College of Music Collection • Programs of New Orleans Cultural Performances Collection • Marguerite Piazza Papers • Charles Sens Papers and Performing Arts Collection • Robert Hayne Tarrant Papers • Norman Treigle Papers 6

Several other Louisiana institutions hold collections related to both NOOA and its predecessor, the French Opera House.

At the Historic New Orleans Collection:

• Eric Williams Collection, Series I: French Opera House Programs

At the Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University:

• Harry Brunswick Loëb papers, 1911-1956 • Gideon Steiner French Opera House scrapbooks, 1856-1919 • Albert Voss collection, 1843-1990

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Series Description

Series I: Administrative Files, Box 1 - Box 29 Consists of documents used in the daily business of the NOOA. Series I is divided into the following subseries: Subseries I-A: Artist Fees Subseries I-B: Awards and Grants Subseries I-C: Board of Directors Subseries I-D: Budgets Subseries I-E: Clubs and Guilds Subseries I-F: Correspondence Subseries I-G: Facilities and Sets Subseries I-H: Personnel Files Subseries I-I: Publications

Series II: Productions, Box 30 - Box 52 Consists of documentation of NOOA productions. Production Files may include photographs, set designs, rehearsal records, props, call sheets, costume lists, and more. Additional images may be found in Series I-H Personnel Files and Series IV-B Images. Subseries II-A: Production Files Subseries II-B: NOOA Programs Subseries II-C: Non-NOOA Programs

Series III: Publicity, Box 53 – Box 59/ OS Folder 1 Consists of documents used in promoting and marketing NOOA. Subseries III-A: Concert Series & Special Events Subseries III-B: Marketing Subseries III-C: News and Reviews Subseries III-D: Microfilm Subseries III-E: Public Relations Subseries III-F: Posters

Series IV: Images and Media, Box 60 – Box 98

Consists of images and audiovisual documentation of NOOA events, productions, and more. The oldest recordings are on reel-to-reel and date back to the early 1950s; the most recent recordings are videos from the mid-2000s. Most of the audiocassette tapes are transfers from the reel-to-reel recordings. Subseries IV-A: Piano Rolls Subseries IV-B: Images Subseries IV-C: Women’s Guild Scrapbooks Subseries IV-D: Audiocassette Tapes Subseries IV-E: Videos Subseries IV-F: Reel-to-reels

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Container List

Series I: Administrative Files

Subseries I-A: Artist Fees

Box 1 Folder Description 1 1970-71 2 1971-72 3 1972-73 4 1973-74 5 1974-75 6 1975-76 7 1976-77 8 1977-78 9 1978-79 10 1979-80 11 1980-81 12 1981-82 13 1982-83 14 1983-84 15 1984-85 16 1985-86 17 1986-87 18 1987-88 19 1988-89 20 1989-90 21 1990-91 22 1991-92 23 1992-93 24 1993-94 25 1994-95 26 1995-96 27 1996-97

Subseries I-B: Awards and Grants

Box 2 Folder Description 1 Arts Management Info 2 Big Easy Awards 1994 3 Big Easy Awards 1995 4 Big Easy Awards 1996 5 Metropolitan Arts Fund Correspondence (dissolved 9

June 30 1995) Box 2 6 Metropolitan Arts Fund Finances (cont) 7 Press Club of New Orleans (1994-95) 8 State Arts Cut Off 1993 9 State Arts Funding 1994 10 State Arts Funding 1996

Subseries I-C: Board of Directors 1943-1999

Box 3 Folder Description 1 Board Minutes Abstracts (1943-1967) 2 Board Minutes (1943) 3 Board Minutes (1944) 4 Board Minutes (1945) 5 Board Minutes (1946) 6 Board Minutes (1947-1948) 7 Board Minutes (1949-1952) 8 Board Minutes (1953-1954) 9 Board Minutes (1955) 10 Board Minutes (1956) 11 Board Minutes (1957) 12 Board Minutes (1958) 13 Board Minutes (1959) 14 Board Minutes (1960) 15 Board Minutes (1961) 16 Board Minutes (1962) 17 Board Minutes (1963) 18 Board Minutes (1964) 19 Board Minutes (1965) 20 Board Minutes (1966) 21 Board Minutes (1967) 22 Board Minutes (1999) 23 Greater New Orleans Opera Foundation Minutes (1958-1960)

Box 4 Folder Description 1 Board of Directors Correspondence (1951) 2 Board of Directors Correspondence (1952) 3 Board of Directors Correspondence (1953) 4 Board of Directors Correspondence (1954) 5 Board of Directors Correspondence (1955) 6 Board of Directors Correspondence (1956) 7 Board of Directors Documentation (circa 1947)

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Subseries I-D: Budgets

Box 4 Folder Description (cont) 8 Budgets (1960-1961) 9 Budgets (1980-1981) 10 Budgets (1981-2000)

Subseries I-E: Clubs and Guilds

Box 4 Folder Description 11 Men's Opera Club (1994) 12 Women's Opera Guild (1967-1993)

Subseries I-F: Correspondence

Box 5 Folder Description 1 Archival requests (1990-1996) 2 Book Publications (1992-1995) 3 Fund Drives (1949, 1990, 1995, 1999) 4 General (1969-91) 5 General (1992) 6 General (1993) 7 General (1994) 8 General (1995-1996) 9 History of New Orleans Opera 10 Metro Press Clipping Service (1993, 1996) 11 Presidential letters (1973, 1993) 12 VAI Recordings Correspondence (1994-1997)

Subseries I-G: Facilities and Sets

Box 5 Folder Description 13 Lighting Board (1988) 14 Scenic Studios

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Subseries I-H: Personnel Files Note: Not all persons listed in the personnel files actually performed or worked with NOOA. Personnel files also include potential hires.

Box 6 Folder Description 1 Abrams, Richard 2 Adam, Theo 3 Agay, Karola 4 AGMA Members (ca. 1965) 5 Agnini, Armando 6 Aiken, David 7 Alba, Lois 8 Alba, Paul 9 Albanese, Cecilia 10 Albanese, Licia 11 Albert, Donnie Ray 12 Alberts, Eunice 13 Alcantara, Theo 14 Alden, David 15 Aldridge, Betty 16 Aldridge, John 17 Alexander, John 18 Alfaro, Lorraine 19 Allen, Becky 20 Allen, Betty 21 Allmann, Robert 22 Altman, Karen 23 Altmeyer, Jeannine 24 Anderson, June 25 Anderson, Raeder

Box 7 Folder Description 1 Andersson, Knud 2 Andersson, Norman 3 Andrew, Jon 4 Anelli, Adriana 5 Angell, Cecilia 6 Anthony, Judith 7 Arhelger, Joan 8 Arlene, Bess 9 Armstrong, Karen 10 Armstrong, Will Steven 11 Arroyo, Martina 12 Arthur, L.J. 13 Aslanian, Richard 14 Atherton, James 12

Box 7 15 Atkinson, David (cont) 16 Auerbach, Cynthia 17 Baccaloni, Salvatore 18 Bacquier, Gabriel 19 Bailey, Dennis 20 Bailey, Norman 21 Baird, Edward A. 22 Bakman, Patrick 23 Baldani, Ruza Pospinov 24 Baldwin, Marcia 25 Ballet Items 26 Bardelli, Cesare 27 Bardini, Gaetano

Box 8 Folder Description 1 Bargar, Anne 2 Bari, Gloria 3 Barioni, Daniele 4 Barlow, Klara 5 Barrera, Giulia 6 Barry, Roseland 7 Barstow, Josephine 8 Bartolini, Lando 9 Barcza, Peter 10 Baum, Kurt 11 Bayard, Carol 12 Baygulova, Mara 13 Beal, Louise 14 Beck, William 15 Beeson, Jack 16 Behr, Randall 17 Belamaric, Miro 18 Belling, Susan 19 Beni, Gimi 20 Bennett, Sharon 21 Berberian, Ara 22 Bergonzi, Carlo 23 Bernard, Annabelle 24 Berini, Bianca 25 Bernardini, Don 26 Bernauer, Robert 27 Bible, Frances 28 Bickerstaff, Robert 29 Billings, James 30 Bini, Carlo

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Box 9 Folder Description 1 Bisson, Napoleon 2 Bjoner, Ingrid 3 Blake, Rockwell 4 Bland, Sheila 5 Blegen, Judith 6 Bogard, Carole 7 Bogart, John-Paul 8 Boky, Colette 9 Bonanome, Franco 10 Bonavera, Alfredo 11 Bonazzi, Elaine 12 Bonhomme, Jean 13 Bontrager, Charles 14 Boncompagni, Elio 15 Bonynge, Richard 16 Booth, Thomas 17 Borkh, Inge 18 Bottcher, Ron 19 Bottion, Aldo 20 Boucher, Gene 21 Boucher, Michele 22 Boudreaux, Stephanie 23 Boyagian, Garbis 24 Brady, Don 25 Braun, Victor 26 Brecknock, John 27 Brenneis, Gerd 28 Bressler, Charles 29 Brewer, K. Steven 30 Brin, Ernest 31 Britton, David 32 Brooks, Patricia 33 Brown, Gordon 34 Brown, Mary 35 Brown, Randall 36 Brown, Robert Stephen

Box 10 Folder Description 1 Brown, Stephanie 2 Brown, William 3 Brundage, Eugene 4 Brundage, Glenda 5 Brunson, Clay 6 Brupbacher, Robert 7 Bruson, Renato 8 Bryn-Jones, Delme 14

Box 10 9 Buckley, Emerson (cont) 10 Budd, Louisa 11 Budd, Phyllis Werlein 12 Bullard, Gene 13 Bullington, Robert A. 14 Bumbry, Grace 15 Bunnell, Jane 16 Burchinal, Frederick 17 Burgess, Mary 18 Burke, John 19 Burkhardt, Norma 20 Burrows, Stuart 21 Burt, Michael 22 Bush, Elinor 23 Butler, James 24 Buzea, Ion 25 Byrne, Connell 26 Caballe, Montserrat 27 Cahlman, Robert 28 Caldwell, Sarah 29 Caluda, Cheri 30 Campbell, John 31 Campora, Giuseppe 32 Campori, Angelo 33 Candida, Maria 34 Capecchi, Renato

Box 11 Folder Description 1 Capobianco, Tito 2 Carmelli, Boris 3 Carpenter, John 4 Carson, Clarice 5 Carter, Ken 6 Carter, Thomas 7 Cassei, Nedda 8 Cassel, Walter 9 Castel, Nico 10 Cassilly, Richard 11 Cecchele, Gianfranco 12 Cellini, Renato 13 Cestari, Danilo 14 Chamberlain, Patricia 15 Champagne, Louis 16 Chapman, Donald 17 Chappell, Carol P. 18 Chappell, Chuck 15

Box 11 19 Charbonneau, Pierre (cont) 20 Charbonnet, Nicole 21 Cherry, Arvella 22 Chookasian, Lili 23 Christensen, Catherine 24 Christoff, Boris 25 Christos, Marianna 26 Ciminelli, Giovanni 27 Cimino, John

Box 12 Folder Description 1 Clark, James 2 Cleva, Fausto 3 Cliburn, Charles 4 Cochran, William 5 Colantoni, Amelio 6 Cole, Vinson 7 Colzani, Anselmo 8 Conerly, Leslie 9 Conley, Eugene 10 Conrad, Barbara 11 Consiglio, Giovanni 12 Conti, Anna Maria 13 Cooper, Gwyn 14 Cooper, Lawrence 15 Corbeil, Claude 16 Corena, Fernando 17 Corelli, Franco 18 Corenne, Renee 19 Cornell, Gwynn 20 Cortez, Viorica 21 Cossa, Dominic 22 Cossotto, Fiorenza 23 Cossutta, Carlo 24 Costa, Mary 25 Coster, Janet 26 Cotton, George 27 Cox, Jean 28 Crader, Jeannine 29 Craig, John 30 Crain, Jon 31 Crane, Harold 32 Crane, Robert 33 Crawford, Gerald 34 Creed, Kay

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Box 13 Folder Description 1 Crofoot, Alan 2 Crook, Paul 3 Cruz-Romo, Gilda 4 Cuccaro, Costanza 5 Cummings, Claudia 6 Cupido, Alberto 7 Curry, Corinne 8 Curtin, Phyllis 9 D’Angelo, Gianna 10 Danner, Dorothy Frank 11 Danzig, Patricia Brady 12 Darling, Robert 13 Darrenkamp, John 14 Daughtry, Larry Patrick 15 Davidson, Joy 16 Davis, Jack 17 Davison, Jack 18 Deaton, Marc 19 (de) Cabal, Ines 20 De Carlo, Rita 21 De Forest, Louise 22 De Haan, John David 23 Del Castillo, Lili 24 Della Casa, Lisa 25 Denda, Elena 26 Denenea, Robert 27 Dent, Gene 28 Deutekom, Cristina

Box 14 Folder Description 1 Diard, William 2 Diaz, Justino 3 Di Giuseppe, Enrico 4 Di Stephano, Giuseppe 5 Disbrow, Judith 6 Di Virgilio, Nicholas 7 Domingo, Plácido 8 Dominguez, Ruben 9 Domino, Patricia 10 Donovan, Jim 11 Dorr, Donald 12 Douglas, Doug 13 Drake, Kenneth D. 14 Drake, Mary Kathryn McCarty 15 Dunlap, John Robert 16 Dupont, Stephen 17

Box 14 17 Duraski, Anne (cont) 18 Dureau, Lorena (Lorraine Newsham) 19 Durham, Max 20 Durham, Polly 21 Duval, Pierre 22 Dworchak, Harry 23 Eckhart, Janis 24 Edery, Gerard 25 Edwards, Ronald 26 Edwards, Ryan 27 Eik, Darrell

Box 15 Folder Description 1 Elias, Rosalind 2 Elkins, Margreta 3 Ellis, Brent 4 Elsen, Charles 5 Embree, Marc 6 English, Horace 7 Enloe, Jon 8 Estes, Simon 9 Etienne, Patricia Brooks 10 Evans, Beverly 11 Falgoust, Rosemary 12 Farina, Franco 13 Farrell, Eileen 14 Fee, George D. III 15 Feist, Robert 16 Fenn, Jean 17 Fernandi, Eugenio 18 Ferraro, Pier Miranda 19 Ferrier, Robert 20 Fiacco, Michael 21 Fisk (Mathews), Vicki 22 Fitch, Bernard 23 Flagello, Ezio 24 Floyd, Carlisle 25 Foldi, Andrew 26 Fontelieu, Stocker 27 Forst, Judith 28 Foster, Ted 29 Fournet, Jean 30 Fowler, John 31 Francesoni, Renato

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Box 16 Folder Description 1 Frankenberger, Robert 2 Frantz, Susan 3 Frazier, Larry 4 Fredricks, Richard 5 Freeman, Donald M. 6 Friedberg, Beth 7 Freni, Mirella 8 Fuchs, Peter Paul 9 Fudge, Tamara Phillips 10 Fulton, Thomas 11 Furlanetto, Ferruccio 12 Futral, Elizabeth 13 Gadpaille, Warren 14 Gafni, Miklos 15 Galassi (Gant-Johnson), Andrea 16 Galbraith, Robert 17 Galterio, Lou 18 Galvany, Marisa 19 Gargano, Ernesto 20 Gardner, Jake 21 Garrison, Jon 22 Gedda, Nicolai 23 Gencer, Leyla 24 Gennaro, Peter 25 Gervais, Michael 26 Giacomo, Giuseppe 27 Gibbs, Raymond 28 Giglio, Leslie 29 Gill, Richard T. 30 Giacomini, Giuseppe 31 Giovaninetti, Reynald 32 Glass, Robert 33 Goeke, Leo 34 Goldate, Alis 35 Golden, Phyllis 36 Gonzalez, Dalmacio 37 Goodman, Margaret 38 Gorin, Igor 39 Graham-Cronin, Rebecca 40 Green, Anna 41 Green, Eugene 42 Greene, Joanne 43 Greenspon, Muriel 44 Greene, Susan L.

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Box 17 Folder Description 1 Gregg, Thomas A. 2 Griffin, Beaman G.S. 3 Griffin, Ralph 4 Griffin, Rodney 5 Grillo, Joann 6 Grimsley, Greer 7 Gros, Oran 8 Guadagno, Anton 9 Guarrera, Frank 10 Guthans, John H. 11 Gutter, Robert 12 Guttman, Irving 13 Gullino, Walter 14 Halfvarson, Eric 15 Hall, Rodney 16 Hall, Thomas 17 Haller, Lelia 18 Hamari, Julia 19 Harrower, Rexford 20 Harmeyer, Keith 21 Harness, William 22 Harrington, Leslie 23 Harrington, Lucille 24 Harris, Lelia 25 Harris, Lloyd 26 Hart, Jeanne 27 Hass, Sabine 28 Hawkins, H. Lloyd 29 Hawkins, Terrence 30 Hayes, Charles 31 Haywood, Lorna 32 Herbert, Bliss 33 Hecht, Joshua 34 Hedlund, Ronald 35 Hendricks, Barbara

Box 18 Folder Description 1 Herbert, Ralph 2 Herincx, Raimund 3 Hicks, David 4 Higgins, Marion A. 5 Hirschfeld, Melanie 6 Holiday, Ron and Joy 7 Holloway, David 8 Howard, Ann 9 Huffstodt, Karen 20

Box 18 10 Hughes, Alexandra Ormond (cont) 11 Hughes, Judith 12 Hunter, Rita 13 Huff, Rosalind 14 Hurley, Laurel 15 Hutton, Richard 16 Igesz, Bodo 17 Iglesias, Franco 18 Immel, Conrad 19 Jamerson, Thomas 20 Jampolis, Neil Peter 21 Jaquet, Gus G. 22 Jerusalem, Siegfried 23 Johannsen, Sarah 24 Johannsson, Kristian 25 Johns, William 26 Johnson, Billie Jean 27 Johnson, Carol 28 Johnson, Mary Jane 29 Johnson, Robert 30 Joseph, Givonna 31 Jung, Doris 32 Justus, William

Box 19 Folder Description 1 Kabaivanska, Raina 2 Kahn, Marjorie 3 Kalin, Beryle & Karen 4 Kallitzi, Maria 5 Karp, Richard 6 Kasch, Donald 7 Kayes, Alan 8 Kellner, Herbert 9 Killebrew, Gerard Louis 10 King, Benjamin 11 King, Paul 12 Kinney, Margaret 13 Kirsten, Dorothy 14 Klaus, Kenneth 15 Klein, Allen 16 Klimash, Victor 17 Klobucar, Berislaw 18 Knie, Roberta 19 Kohn, Eugene 20 Kolk, Stanley 21 Konya, Sandor 21

Box 19 22 Kramer, Bruce (cont) 23 Krilovici, Marina 24 Kubiak, Teresa 25 La Bruyere, Louise 26 Lacambra, Mirna 27 Lachano, Chris 28 Laird, Karl D. 29 Lambrinos, Theodore 30 Lampropulos, Athena 31 Lance, Albert 32 Lane, Robert 33 Lang, Edith 34 Langton, Sunny Joy 35 Lansing, Julianne

Box 20 Folder Description 1 Lanza, Mario 2 Lanzillotti, Leonore 3 Latter, Mrs. Harry 4 Lavirgen, Pedro 5 Leake, Meg 6 Lear, Evelyn 7 LeBrun, Louise 8 Lee, Sung-Sook 9 Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola 10 Levy, Dee-Dee 11 Levy, Neville 12 Lippert, Marion 13 Lima, Luis 14 Lippi, Rosanna 15 Little, Frank 16 Livengood, Victoria 17 Lloyd, Whitfield 18 Long, Charles 19 Long, Kay 20 Lopez, Maria 21 Lopez, Tony 22 LoMonaco, Jerome 23 Lorey, Forrest 24 Loubat, Walter L. 25 Lucas, Bill 26 Lucas, James 27 Ludgin, Chester 28 MacNeil, Cornell 29 MacNeil, Walter 30 Macurdy, John 22

Box 20 31 MacWherter, Rod (cont) 32 Malfitano, Catherine 33 Maliponte, Adriana

Box 21 Folder Description 1 Mallowitz, Dr. Mannie 2 Malone, Terri 3 Manahan, George 4 Mansouri, Lotfi 5 Manuel, Michael 6 Markowitz, Jeffrey M. 7 Marsee, Susanne 8 Marshall, Donald 9 Marshall, Keith 10 Martí, Bernabé 11 Martin, Thomas 12 Martinez, Henri 13 Martino, Laurence 14 Martinovich, Boris 15 Marty, Jean-Pierre 16 Mastilovich, Danica 17 Matsumoto, Miwako 18 Mattaliano, Christopher 19 Manuguerra, Matteo 20 Mauceri, John 21 Mauro, Ermanno 22 Mayer, George 23 Mayhoff, Maria 24 McCauley, Barry 25 McCoy, Julie 26 McCracken, James 27 McLain, Ellen 28 McVickers, Jason T. 29 Meier, Johanna 30 Meltzer, Andrew 31 Meredith, Morely 32 Merrill, Robert Box 22 Folder Description 1 Meyer, Kerstin 2 Meyerson, Janice 3 Michaelski, Raymond 4 Milanov, Zinka 5 Milcheva, Alexandrina 6 Miller, Elizabeth 7 Milnes, Sherrill 8 Moffo, Anna 23

Box 22 9 Molese, Michele (cont) 10 Monette, Betty 11 Monette, LaVergne 12 Montegut, Dreux 13 Montes, Lola (Lola Montes and her Spanish dancers--includes Robert Amaral, Juan Talavera) 14 Monroe, F. Lloyd 15 Montgomery, Kenneth 16 Monti, Nicola 17 Morell, Barry 18 Moresco, Riccardo 19 Morris, James 20 Moscona, Nicola 21 Mouton, Scranton

Box 23 Folder Description 1 Müller, Edoardo 2 Muni, Nicholas 3 Munro, Leigh 4 Munsel, Patrice 5 Munzer, Cynthia 6 Murgu, Corneliu 7 Nadler, Sheila 8 Neblett, Carol 9 Newman, Diane 10 Neumann, Lydia 11 Nice, Julianne 12 Nilsson, Birgit 13 Nordmo-Loevberg, Aase 14 Norman, Jerold 15 O’Neill, Patricia 16 Parker, William 17 Paskalis, Kostas 18 Pasquetto, Giancarlo 19 Patterson, James 20 Patti, Adelina 21 Payne, Patricia 22 Piazza, Marguerite 23 Peters, Reinhard 24 Piccolo, Anthony 25 Pierce, Steven 26 Plishka, Paul 27 Plummer, Stephen 28 Porter, Brent 29 Prior, Beniamino 30 Porter, Dreucilla Shelton 24

Box 23 31 Py, Gilbert (cont) 32 Quilico, Louis 33 Raffanti, Dano 34 Raftery, J. Patrick 35 Redmann, Kirk 36 Reid, George 37 Reisman, Jane 38 Rennison, Michael 39 Resnick, Regina 40 Ricciarelli, Katia

Box 24 Folder Description 1 Riley, James 2 Rivera, Manolo 3 Robinson, Gail 4 Robinson, Faye 5 Rodrigue, George 6 Rogers, Noelle 7 Romaguera, Joaquin 8 Rose, Cynthia 9 Rosenschein, Neil 10 Ross, Martin 11 Ross, Stephen Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola—see Box 20, Folder 9 12 Rouleau, Joseph 13 Roy, Will 14 Rubinfield, Penny 15 Saxon, Stephen 16 Saxon, Wayne 17 Schimek, Denise Villere 18 Schiro, Victor H. (Mr. & Mrs.) 19 Schneider, Frank 20 Schuh, Audrey 21 Scott, Brian 22 Scotto, Renata 23 Shade, Ellen 24 Shearer, Pat 25 Siepi, Cesare 26 Sills, Beverly 27 Simoneau, Leopold 28 Sims, John W. 29 Skinner, Stephen 30 Slatinaru, Maria 31 Slatton, Drew 32 Smith, Dale 33 Smith, Andrew 25

Box 25 Folder Description

1 Soviero, Diana 2 Stanley, Mark 3 Stapp, Olivia 4 Steber, Eleanor 5 Stevens, Risë 6 Strasfogel, Ian 7 Stratas, Teresa 8 Sullivan, Joan 9 Sutherland, Joan 10 Svanholm, Set 11 Taddei, Giuseppe 12 Tajo, Italo 13 Tavernia, Patrick 14 Taylor, William Sanford 15 Telese, Maryanne 16 Thebom, Blanche 17 Theyard, Harry 18 Thomas, Donald Edmund 19 Thompson, Arthur 20 Thomson, Heather 21 Tibbett, Lawrence 22 Tieppo, Giorgio 23 Tinsley, Pauline 24 Todd, Alexander 25 Todd, Dana-Lynn 26 Todisco, Nunzio 27 Tomasseli, Daniel 28 Torigi, Richard 29 Toscano, Carol 30 Tozzi, Giorgio 31 Treigle, Norman 32 Trussel, Jacques

Box 26 Folder Description 1 Tucci, Gabriella 2 Tucker, Richard 3 Turp, André 4 Tyl, Noel Jan 5 Uher, Harry O. 6 Ulfung, Ragnar 7 Uppman, Theodor 8 Utz, James 9 Uzan, Bernard 10 Valente, Benita 26

Box 26 11 Valletti, Cesare (cont) 12 Vandenburg, Howard 13 Vanaud, Marcel 14 Vaucresson, Robert (Jr.) 15 Vaughan, Denis 16 Vaughan, Edward 17 Vaughan, Steven 18 Veasey, Josephine 19 Veazey, Randall 20 Vellucci, Luigi 21 Venora, Lee 22 Verreau, Richard 23 Verrett, Shirley 24 Versallle, Richard 25 Vesak, Nortbert 26 Vickers, Jon 27 Vinay, Ramón 28 Vinco, Ivo 29 Vinzing, Ute

Box 27 Folder Description 1 Vishnevskaya, Galina 2 Voketaitis, Arnold 3 Voorhees, Gordon 4 Vrenios, Anastasios 5 Wagner, Robert 6 Walker, Blythe 7 Walker, Linda Mixa 8 Walker, William 9 Ward, David 10 Ware, Clifton 11 Warfield, Sandra 12 Washington, Jerome 13 Watson, Claire 14 Watson, Eugenie 15 Weininger, Judith 16 Welting, Ruth 17 Wenkoff, Spas 18 Wentworth, Richard 19 West, Christopher 20 West, John 21 Wildermann, William 22 White, Willard 23 Whitebeard, Christopher 24 Wiemann, Ernst

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Box 28 Folder Description 1 Wilcox, Carol 2 Williams, Clifford 3 Wilson, Jack 4 Wise, Patricia 5 Wixell, Ingvar 6 Wolf, Sally 7 Wolff, Beverly 8 Woods, James 9 Woods, Sheryl 10 Worth, Coley 11 Wylie, Ted 12 Yestadt, James 13 Yockey, Jo Ann 14 Young, Laura 15 Youskevitch, Maria 16 Zancanaro, Giorgio 17 Zeani, Virginia 18 Ziabari, Jonathan 19 Zoghby, Linda 20 Zschau, Mariyln 21 Zylis-Gara, Teresa

Subseries I-I: Publications

Box 29 Folder Description 1 25th Anniversary Season 2 30th Anniversary Season 3 Bis! (1988) 4 Bis! (1989) 5 Bis! (1990) 6 Bis! (1990/1991) 7 Bis! (1991) 8 Bis! (1992) 9 Bis! (1992-1993) 10 Bis! (1994-1995) 11 Bis! (1995-1996) 12 Bis! (1996-2007, incomplete) 13 Opera History 14 Study Guides (2001-2002) 15 Study Guides (2002-2003) 16 Study Guides (2004-2005) 17 Study Guides (2006-2007) 18 Study Guides (2007-2008)

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Series II: Productions

Subseries II-A: Production Files

Box 30 Folder Description

1-2 Entführung aus dem Serail (1946, 1982) 3 Adriana Lecouvreur (1980) 4-12 Aïda (1949, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1972, 1967, 1974, 1984, 1989) 13 Amahl and the Night Visitors (student performance) (1988) 14-15 Amelia al ballo (1955 (EOTA), 1968 (with Pagliacci)) 16-21 Andrea Chénier (1955, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1996) 22 Arabella (1969) 23 Ariadne auf Naxos (1974) 24 Attila (1969)

Box 31 Folder Description 1 Attila (1969) 2-5 Ballo in maschera (1961, 1970, 1981, 1988) 6-11 Barbiere di Siviglia (1961, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1991) 12 The Beggar’s Opera (1958 (EOTA)) 13-24 Bohème (1957, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1994)

Box 32 Folder Description 1-10 Carmen (1946, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1995, non NOOA (Metropelican, Loyola, NORD)) 11-14 Cavalleria Rusticana (1943, 1968, 1983 (with Pagliacci), 1993 (with Pagliacci)) 15 Cenerentola (1957) 16-18 Contes d'Hoffmann (1947 (autographed libretto), 1964, 1968) 19 Don Carlo (1992) 20-24 Don Giovanni (1950, 1961, 1972, 1995) 25-27 Don Pasquale (1953, 1958, 1965)

Box 33 Folder Description 1-2 Don Pasquale (1969, 1977) 3 Don Quichotte (undated) 4-7 Elektra (1955, 1966, 1982, 1994) 8 Elisir d'amore (1992) 29

Box 33 9 (cont) Ernani (1977) 10 Evgenii Onegin (1995) 11-12 Falstaff (1956, 1993) 13 Fanciulla del West (1981) 14-20 Faust (1950, 1953, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1991)

Box 34 Folder Description 1 Favorite (1976) 2-4 Fidelio (1968, 1981, 1992) 5-6 Fille du régiment (1979, 1989) 7-9 Fledermaus (1951, 1955, 1965, 1967) 10-12 Fliegende Holländer (1979, 1990) 13-15 Forza del destino (1953, 1963, 1991) 16-17 Gianni Schicchi (1955 (EOTA), 1963) 18-20 Gioconda (1953, 1960, 1967)

Box 35 Folder Description 1 Hänsel und Gretel (1984) 2 Hérodiade (1975) 3 Huguenots (1975) 4 La Juivre (1973) 5-7 Lakmé (1954, 1959, 1981) 8-9 Lohengrin (1975, 1985) 10 Lombardi alla prima crociata (1982) 11 Louise (1965) 12-19 Lucia di Lammermoor (1953, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1985, 1993)

Box 36 Folder Description 1-4 Macbeth (1967, 1975, 1980, 1994) 5-15 Madama Butterfly (1960, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995) 16-20 Manon (1952, 1955, 1960, 1967, 1979) 21-22 Manon Lescaut (1958, 1969)

Box 37 Folder Description 1 Manon Lescaut (1974) 2 Markheim (1966) 3 Martha (1955) 4 Medium (1970) 5-6 Lustige Witwe (1943, 1953) 7 Mignon (1952) 8 Nabucco (1978) 9 A Night in Venice (1959) 10-12 Norma (1959, 1969, 1990) 30

Box 37 13-17 (cont) Nozze di Figaro (1960 (EOTA), 1962, 1991) 18 Orphée et Eurydice (1961)

Box 38 Folder Description 1-3 Otello (1948, 1964, 1987) 4-8 Pagliacci (1946, 1968, 1976, 1983, 1993) 9-11 Pêcheurs de perles (1967, 1971, 1985) 12-22 Rigoletto (1943, 1945, 1962, 1965, 1966 (Repertory Opera Theater), 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987)

Box 39 Folder Description 1-3 Roméo et Juliette (1963, 1972, 1993) 4-6 Rosenkavalier (1950/1951, 1976) 7-9 Salome (1971, 1980, 1988) 10-16 Samson et Dalila (1952, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1982, 1988, 1998) 17 Sonnambula (1964) 18 Student Prince (1954) 19 Susannah (1961/1962) 20-21 Tabarro (1968, 1976) 22 Tannhäuser (1965)

Box 40 Folder Description 1 Tannhäuser (1994) 2-3 Thaïs (1954, 1973) 4-15 Tosca (1951, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1992) 10-23 Traviata (1951, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1974)

Box 41 Folder Description 1-2 Traviata (1980, 1990) 3 Tristan und Isolde (1983) 4 Il Tritico / Tabarro / Gianni Schicchi / Suor Angelica (1960 (EOTA)) 5-15 Trovatore (1947, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1986) 14-16 Turandot (1966, 1972, 1988) 17 Walküre (1977) 18-19 Werther (1956, 1964) 20-21 Zauberflöte (1979, 1986)

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Subseries II-B: Programs

Box 42 Folder Description 1 1916, 1930 2 Summer 1943 3 1943-1944 4 1944-1945 5 1945-1946 6 1946-1947 7 1947-1948 8 1948-1949 9 Fall 1949 10 Spring 1950

Box 43 Folder Description 1 1950-1951 2 1951-1952 3 1952-1953 4 1953-1954 5 1954-1955 6 1955-1956 7 1956-1957

Box 44 Folder Description 1 1957-1958 2 1958-1959 3 1959-1960 4 1960-1961 5 1961-1962 6 1962-1963 7 1963-1964

Box 45 Folder Description 1 1964-1965 2 1965-1966 3 1966 4 1966-1967 5 1967-1968 6 1968-1969 7 Fall 1969 8 Spring 1970

Box 46 Folder Description 1 Fall 1970 32

Box 46 2 Spring 1971 (cont) 3 1971-1972 4 1972-1973 5 Fall 1973 6 Spring 1974

Box 47 Folder Description 1 Fall 1974 2 Spring 1975 3 Fall 1975 4 Spring 1976 5 Fall 1976 6 Spring 1977

Box 48 Folder Description 1 Fall 1977 2 Spring 1978 3 Fall 1978 4 Spring 1979 5 Fall 1979 6 Spring 1980

Box 49 Folder Description 1 Fall 1980 2 Spring 1981 3 Fall 1981 4 Spring 1982 5 Fall 1982 6 Spring 1983 7 1983-1984

Box 50 Folder Description 1 1984-1985 2 1985-1986 3 1986-1987 4 1987-1988 5 1988-1989 6 1989-1990 7 1990-1991 8 1991-1992 9 1992-1993 10 1993-1994 11 1994-1995

Box 51 Folder Description 1 1995-1996 33

Box 51 2 1996-1997 (cont) 3 1997-1998 4 1998-1999 5 1999-2000 6 2000-2001 7 2001-2002 8 2002-2003 9 2003-2004

Box 52 Folder Description 1 2004-2005 2 2005-2006 Gala 3 Spring 2007 4 2007-2008 5 2008-2009 6 2009-2010 7 2010-2011 8 2011-2012 9 2012-2013 10 2013-2014 11 2014-2015 12 2015-2016

Subseries II-C: Non-NOOA Productions

Box 52 Folder Description 12 Cultural Attractions Fund 13 Experimental Opera Theatre of America 14 New Orleans Community Concert Series

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Series III: Publicity

Subseries III-A: Concert Series & Special Events

Box 53 Folder Description 1 Boehm Porcelain 1992 2 Guiraud, Ernest 1992 3 Lakeside Mall Display 1993 4 Meistersinger (1987-1990) 5 Opera Appreciation Series 1993 6 Opera Ball 1976 7 Opera Ball 1977 8 Opera Ball 1978 9 Opera Ball 1979 10 Opera Ball 1980 11 Opera Ball 1981 12 Opera Ball 1982 13 Opera Ball 1983

Box 54 Folder Description 1 Opera Ball 1984 2 Opera Ball 1985 3 Opera Ball 1986 4 Opera Ball 1987 5 Opera Ball 1988 - Budget & Planning 6 Opera Ball 1988 - Correspondence 7 Opera Ball 1989 8 Opera Ball 1990 9 Opera Ball 1991 10 Opera Ball 1992 11 Opera Ball 1998, 2000, 2010 12 Overture to the Cultural Season (1984, 1989) 13 Wine Auction (1994) 14 Lyall, Robert 10th Anniversary, 2009

Subseries III-B: Marketing

Box 55 Folder Description 1 Ads--Times Picayune (1991-1992) 2 Ads--other publications (1991-1992) 3 Ads--Times Picayune (1992-1993) 4 Ads--other publications (1992-1993) 5 Ads--Times Picayune (1993-1994) 35

Box 55 6 Ads--other publications (1993-1994) (cont) 7 Ads (1995-1996) 8 Ads (1996-1997) 9 Advo System 10 Calendar listings 11 Contracts Times Picayune (1995-1996) 12 Interns (1986) 13 Interns (1987) 14 Interns (1988) 15 Opera News (1989-1993) 16 Tourist information windows (1994-1995) 17 Transportation Displays Inc. (1995) 18 VAI Recordings

Subseries III-C: News and Reviews

Box 55 Folder Description 1 Artist reviews (1990-1996) 2 Calendar events (1991-1998) 3 Compact disc reviews (1994-1996)

Box 56 Folder Description 1 General news (1946-1979) 2 General news (1989-2004) 3 Johnson, Phil. Editorials (1991, 1994) 4 Bohème (1974) 5 Les Devotes (ball) (1957) 6 Harrison, Shirley. Spotlight (1991-1996) 7 Letters to the Editor (1991, 1994) 8 Local Singers and Staff (1991-1996) 9 Manon (1974) 10 Metropelican Opera (1991-1993) 11 New Orleans Stage Journal (1992-1993) 12 New Opera House (1961-1972) 13 Reviews (1989-1992) 14 Reviews (1995-1999) 15 Reviews (2000-2003) 16 Season announcements (1961) 17 Season announcements and individual shows (1991- 1992) 18 Season announcements and individual shows (1992- 1993) 19 Season announcements and individual shows (1993- 1994) 36

Box 56 20 Season announcements and individual shows (1994- (cont) 1995) 21 Season announcements and individual shows (1995- 1996) 22 Season announcements and individual shows (1996- 1997) 23 Sets (1979-1996) 24 VAI Recordings news and reviews (1994-1997) 25 Volunteer and Support Activities (1991-1996) 26 Women's Guild (1967-1976)

Subseries III-D: Microfilm and Data Cartridges

Box 57 Folder Description Microfilm Roll 1: Newspaper Clippings 1943 thru 1965 Microfilm Roll 2: Newspaper Clippings 1968 thru 4-1987 Microfilm Roll 3: Newspaper Clippings 4-1987 thru 1995 Microfilm Roll 4: unlabeled 2 unlabeled data cartridges

Subseries III-E: Public Relations

Box 58 Folder Description 1 Brochures (1945-1989) 2 Brochures (1974-1999) 3 Brochures (2000-2012) 4 Brochures (undated) 5 NOOA CD 6 Press releases (1950-1951) 7 Press releases (1981-1982) 8 Press releases (1985-1986) 9 Press releases (1986-1987) 10 Press releases (1987-1988) 11 Press releases (1988-1989) 12 Press releases (1989-1990) 13 Press releases (1990-1991) 14 Calendar Listings (1991-1992) 15 Press releases (1991-1992) 16 Public Service announcements (1991-1992) 17 Press releases (1992-1993) 37

Box 58 18 Public Service announcements (1992-1993) (cont) 19 Press releases (1993-1994) 20 Public Service announcements (1993-1994) 21 Press releases (1994-1995) 22 Public Service announcements (1994-1995) 23 Press releases and public service announcements (1995-1996) 24 Press releases and public service announcements (1996-1997) 25 Press releases and public service announcements (1999-2000)

Subseries III-F: Posters

Description Box 59 Posters

OS Folder 1 Posters

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Series IV: Images and Media

Subseries IV-A: Piano Rolls

Box 60 Folder Description Piano Rolls

Subseries IV-B: Images

Box 61 Folder Description 1 Photographs and Contact Prints: Bis! 2 Photographs and Contact Prints: Board of Directors 3 Photographs and Contact Prints: Displays 4 Photographs and Contact Prints: Events 5 Photographs and Contact Prints: Japan Party (1990) 6 Photographs and Contact Prints: Koslow Furs Donation, Promenade (1994) 7 Photographs and Contact Prints: Macbeth Artwork 8 Photographs and Contact Prints: Meistersinger Artwork 9 Photographs and Contact Prints: Meistersinger and Fundraising Events (1980s-1990s), 5x7 10 Photographs and Contact Prints: Meistersinger and Fundraising Events (1980s-1990s), 5x7 11 Photographs and Contact Prints: Meistersinger and Fundraising Events (1980s-1990s), 8x10 12 Photographs and Contact Prints: NOOA Office, 421 St Charles Ave. 13 Photographs and Contact Prints: NOOA Staff (1969- 1975) 14 Photographs and Contact Prints: NOOA Staff (1983- 84) 15 Photographs and Contact Prints: Opera Ball 16 Photographs and Contact Prints: Opera Ball (1995) 17 Photographs and Contact Prints: Orchestra 39

Box 62 Folder Description 1 Photographs and Contact Prints: People 2 Photographs and Contact Prints: Performances 3 Photographs and Contact Prints: Performances: Carmen (undated) 4 Photographs and Contact Prints: Performances: Bohème (undated) 5 Photographs and Contact Prints: Performances: Madama Butterfly (undated) 6 Photographs and Contact Prints: Performances: Rigoletto (undated) 7 Photographs and Contact Prints: Phon-a-thon (1991) 8 Photographs and Contact Prints: Places 9 Photographs and Contact Prints: San Francisco Costume (1969) 10 Photographs and Contact Prints: Scenic Studios 11 Photographs and Contact Prints: Spring Fiesta, Hotel de la Poste (1994) 12 Photographs and Contact Prints: Student Performances (May 1979) 13 Photographs and Contact Prints: Theatre of the Performing Arts (Mahalia Jackson) 14 Photographs and Contact Prints: Wine Auction (1990) 15 Photographs and Contact Prints: Wine Auction Appreciation Luncheon (1993) 16 Photographs and Contact Prints: Women's Guild 17 Photographs and Contact Prints: Women's Guild Home 18 Photographs and Contact Prints: Women's Guild Special Donor Party 19 Photographs and Contact Prints: Women's Guild Tea 20 Color slide film: opera ball, children's performance, opera productions 21 Color slides: Wine Auction 22 Color transparencies: opera productions 23 Contact Prints: opera productions 24 Negatives: San Francisco Costume (1969), wine celebration, opera guild house, opera productions, 40

Alice in Wonderland, Fliegende Holländer, Le Nozze Di Figaro, Macbeth artwork 25 Negative transparencies: opera productions, Scenic Box 62 Studio sets, Werther, Opera Guild house paintings (cont) and antiques

Subseries IV-C: Women’s Guild Scrapbooks

Description Box 63 1947-1948, 1952-1953

Box 64 1953-1954, 1954-1955 Box 65 1956-1957, 1957-1958 Box 66 1958-1958, 1965-1966 Box 67 1967-1968 Box 68 1970-1972 Box 69 1975-1976 Box 70 1976-1978 Box 71 1977-1980 Box 72 1980-1982 Box 73 1982-1984 Box 74 1986-1988 Box 75 1990-1991 Box 76 1997-1998

Subseries IV-D: Audiocassette Tapes

Box 77 Description Aïda (3/21/1964)

Andrea Chénier (3/3/1966)

Un Ballo in Maschera (4/20/1950)

Bohème (10/26/1963) 41

Box 77 Carmen (1966) (cont) Carmen-Domingo (n.d.) Cavalleria Rusticana (1960)

Cavalleria Rusticana (n.d.)

Cenerentola (1957)

Don Pasquale (1965)

Fliegende Holländer (1967)

Elektra (1966)

Falstaff (1956)

Falstaff (1993)

Faust (1962)

Fidelio (1968)

Fledermaus (1965)

Box 78 Description Fledermaus (9/19/1996)

Forza del destino (1963)

Gioconda (1953)

Gioconda (10/6/1960)

Gioconda (3/2/1967)

Fliegende Holländer Tape II (March 1990)

Lakmé (10/22/1959)

Louise (3/11/1965)

Lucia di Lammermoor (10/27/1966) 42

Box 78 Lucia di Lammermoor (10/9/1993) (cont) Macbeth (9/21/1994)

Madama Butterfly (12/3/1964)

Madama Butterfly (10/21/1967)

Manon (1952)

Manon (1955)

Manon (11/10/1960)

Manon (4/13/1967)

Box 79 Description Martha (1955)

Norma (10/6/1990)

Orfeo (11/9/1961)

Otello (10/10/1964)

Pêcheurs de perles (3/16/1967)

Rigoletto (3/15/1997)

Roméo et Juliette (10/10/1963)

Roméo et Juliette (10/12/1963)

Roméo et Juliette (dress rehearsal) (1993)

Roméo et Juliette (12/15/1993)

Salome (11/12/1988)

Samson et Dalila (1960)

Samson et Dalila (10/7/1965)

Samson et Dalila (10/9/1965) 43

Box 79 Samson et Dalila (10/11/1965) (cont) Samson et Dalila (undated)

Susannah (3/31/1962)

Tannhäuser (12/9/1965)

Tannhäuser (12/11/1965)

Box 80 Description Tannhäuser (3/5/1994)

Thaïs (4/1/1954)

The Three Kings (3/8/1956)

Tosca (September 1956)

Tosca (11/16/1996)

Traviata (11/11/1965)

Traviata (1980)

Trovatore (11/14/1964)

Trovatore (3/14/1968)

Turandot (4/28/1966)

Turandot (10/15/1988)

Walküre (3/3/1977)

Werther (1956)

Werther (11/5/1964)

Werther (11/7/1964)

Werther (12/14/1996)

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Box 81 Description

"Act I Read Tues"

"Tues Night Workshop Coro Mayor"

"Thurs Coro/Principals"

"Monday Night Coro"

The Mastersinger Tape (1993)

Subseries IV-E: Videos

Mini-VHS

Box 82 Description Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (4/15/2004)

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (4/17/2004)

Don Giovanni (3/25/2003)

Don Giovanni (3/27/2003)

Contes d'Hoffmann (11/18/2004)

Contes d'Hoffmann (11/21/2004)

Lustige Witwe (4/13/2005)

Lustige Witwe (4/16/2005)

Pagliacci (undated)

Pontalba (10/5/2003)

Porgy and Bess (April 2002)

Rheingold (3/7/2004)

Rheingold (3/11/2004)

Rheingold (3/13/2004) 45

Box 83 Description Rigoletto (5/6/2003)

Rigoletto (5/8/2003)

Rigoletto (5/10/2003)

Salome (11/12/2002)

Salome (11/14/2002)

Salome (11/16/2002)

Siegfried (3/9/2005)

Siegfried (3/12/2005)

Traviata (10/7/2004)

Traviata (10/9/2004)

Traviata (10/9/2004)

Turandot (3/5/2002)

Turandot (March 2002)

Unlabeled (undated)

VHS

Box 84 Description Ariadne auf Naxos (undated) Ariadne auf Naxos (1/27/2001) Bohème (1994) Carmen (n.d.) Evgenii Onegin (4/8/1995) Faust and Lucia di Lammermoor (10/9/2001) Figaro's Fest d'Italia (undated) Fliegende Holländer (3/14/1992) Fliegende Holländer (undated) 46

Box 84 Lucia di Lammermoor (November 2000) (cont) Lucia di Lammermoor (undated) 2000-2001 season: Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, Ariadne auf Naxos, Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly (4/14/2001) Louis Quilico National Anthem Presentation (11/14/1993) A Celebration in Song presented by Alfred Walker III (3/15/1995) Figaro, Madama Butterfly, Bohème, Aïda, Fille du régiment (1989) Opera New Orleans Arena (3/4/2006) Stella (1999) Opera 99 (1999) Editorial--New Orleans Opera (12/5/1989) A Night at the Opera (undated)

Box 85 Description A Night at the Opera (undated) Opera Parade (9/30/1989) Opera in New Orleans (Steppin Out), "All the Great Opera in 10 minutes" (undated)

Louisiana Made Louisiana Proud

A&E Breakfast with the Arts - Pontalba (undated)

Untitled (undated)

Crescent Sound & Light Demo Tape (undated)

Umatic

Box 85 Description A Night at the Opera (undated) Opera Parade (9/30/1989) 47

Box 85 Opera in New Orleans (Steppin Out), "All the Great (cont) Opera in 10 minutes" (undated) Louisiana Made Louisiana Proud A&E Breakfast with the Arts - Pontalba (undated) Untitled (undated) Crescent Sound & Light Demo Tape (undated)

Betacam Tape

Box 86 Description Aïda (1989) Fliegende Holländer (undated) Backstage opera rehearsal (10/10/1988)

Subseries IV-F: Reel-to-reel Audiotapes (unprocessed)

Description Box 87 Reel-to-reels Box 88 Reel-to-reels Box 89 Reel-to-reels Box 90 Reel-to-reels Box 91 Reel-to-reels Box 92 Reel-to-reels Box 93 Reel-to-reels Box 94 Reel-to-reels Box 95 Reel-to-reels Box 96 Reel-to-reels Box 97 Reel-to-reels Box 98 Reel-to-reels

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Appendix A: Chronological List of NOOA Performances, 1943-2016

The following information was transcribed from the programs in Series II Subseries B: NOOA Programs.

*Indicates program is missing from collection

Summer 1943 Dates Operas 6/12/1943 Cavalleria Rusticana; Pagliacci 7/16/1943 Trovatore

1943-1944 10/29/1943, 10/30/1943 Rigoletto 11/12/1943, 11/13/1943 Carmen 11/19/1943, 11/21/1943 Cavalleria Rusticana; Pagliacci* 12/25/1943 Vagabond King* 1/7/1944, 1/9/1944 Traviata* 1/21/1944, 1/23/1944 Faust 2/4/1944, 2/5/1944 Trovatore*

1944-1945 [Date unknown] Aïda 11/25/1944, 11/26/1944 Bohème 12/14/1944, 12/16/1944 Tosca 1/5/1945, 1/6/1945 Traviata 1/26/1945, 1/27/1945 Martha 1/22/1945, 1/24/1945 Faust

1945-1946 11/8/1945, 11/10/1945 Traviata 11/22/1945, 11/24/1945 Barbiere di Siviglia 12/22/1945, 12/23/1945 Hänsel und Gretel 1/3/1946, 1/6/1946 Manon 1/17/1946, 1/19/1946 Old maid and the thief; Pagliacci 1/31/1946, 2/2/1946 Carmen 2/14/1946, 2/17/1946 Entführung aus dem Serail 2/8/1946, 2/10/1946 Faust

1946-1947 10/11/1946, 10/13/1946 Madama Butterfly 10/24/1946, 10/26/1946 Traviata 11/7/1946 Aïda 11/21/1946, 11/23/1946 Bohème 49

3/14/1947, 3/15/1947 Trovatore 4/10/1947 Carmen

1947-1948 10/9/1947, 10/11/1947 Contes d'Hoffmann 10/23/1947, 10/26/1947 Roméo et Juliette 11/6/1947, 11/8/1947 Tosca 11/27/1947, 11/29/1947 Rigoletto 2/28/1948 Faust 3/29/1948 Contes d'Hoffmann 4/8/1948 Madama Butterfly 4/22/1948, 4/24/1948 Samson et Dalila

1948-1949 10/7/1948, 10/9/1948 Lucia di Lammermoor 10/21/1948, 10/23/1948 Bohème 11/4/1948, 11/7/1948 Otello 11/18/1948, 11/20/1948 Tristan und Isolde 3/17/1949, 3/19/1949 Carmen 4/21/1949, 4/23/1949 Pagliacci and The Secret of Suzanne 5/5/1949, 5/7/1949 Traviata

Fall 1949 10/13/1949, 10/15/1949 Aïda 10/27/1949, 10/28/1949 The Barber of Seville 11/10/1949, 10/12/1949 Petrushka and Salome 12/1/1949, 12/3/1949 Andrea Chénier

Spring 1950 3/16/1950, 3/18/1950 Manon 4/20/1950, 4/22/1950 Ballo in maschera 5/4/1950, 5/6/1950 Rigoletto

1950-1951 10/19/1950, 10/21/1950 Lohengrin 11/2/1950, 11/4/1950 Faust 11/16/1950, 11/18/1950 Don Giovanni 12/7/1950, 12/9/1950 Rosenkavalier 2/22/1951, 2/24/1951 Madama Butterfly 3/15/1951 Bohème 4/19/1951, 4/21/1951 Carmen

1951-1952 10/11/1951, 10/13/1951 Traviata 50

10/25/1951, 10/26/1951, 10/27/1951 Fledermaus 11/29/1951, 12/1/1951 Tosca 3/20/1952, 3/22/1952 Mignon 4/3/1952, 4/5/1952 Rigoletto 4/17/1952, 4/19/1952 Manon 5/1/1952, 5/3/1952 Nozze di Figaro

1952-1953 10/9/1952, 10/11/1952 Barbiere di Siviglia 10/23/1952, 10/25/1952 Samson et Dalila 11/13/1952, 11/15/1952 Trovatore 12/4/1952, 12/6/1952 Bohème 2/26/1953, 2/28/1953 Faust 3/12/1953, 3/14/1953 Forza del destino 4/9/1953, 4/11/1953 Lucia di Lammermoor 4/30/1953, 5/1/1953, 5/2/1953 Lustige Witwe

1953-1954 10/8/1953, 10/10/1953 Traviata 10/22/1953, 10/24/1953 Don Pasquale 11/5/1953, 11/7/1953 Gioconda 12/3/1953, 12/5/1953 Salome 3/18/1954, 3/20/1954 Madama Butterfly 4/1/1954, 4/3/1954 Thaïs 4/22/1954, 4/24/1954 Carmen 5/6/1954, 5/7/1954, 5/8/1954 Student Prince

1954-1955 10/7/1954, 10/9/1954 Bohème 10/21/1954, 10/23/1954 Otello 11/11/1954, 11/13/1954 Tosca 12/2/1953, 12/4/1953 Lakmé 3/24/1955, 3/26/1955 Andrea Chénier 4/14/1955, 4/16/1955 Martha

1955-1956 10/6/1955, 10/8/1955 Aïda 10/27/1955, 10/29/1955 Manon 11/10/1955, 10/12/1955 Lucia di Lammermoor 12/1/1955, 12/3/1955 Elektra, ballet and Orfeo Music 3/8/1956, 3/10/1956 L'amore dei tre re 3/22/1956, 3/24/1956 Traviata 4/12/1956, 4/14/1956 Nozze di Figaro 51

5/3/1956, 5/5/1956 Falstaff

1956-1957 11/8/1956, 11/10/1956 Madama Butterfly 11/29/1956, 12/1/1956 Werther 3/21/1957, 3/23/1957 Faust 4/4/1957, 4/6/1957 Cenerentola 4/25/1957, 4/27/1957 Bohème 5/9/1957, 5/11/1957 Carmen

1957-1958 10/10/1957, 10/12/1957 Boris Godunov 10/24/1957, 10/26/1957 Barbiere di Siviglia 11/14/1957, 11/16/1957 Tosca 12/5/1957, 12/7/1957 Lucia di Lammermoor 3/27/1958, 3/29/1958 Manon Lescaut 5/1/1958, 5/3/1958 Trovatore

1958-1959 10/23/1958, 10/25/1958 Turandot 11/13/1958, 11/15/1958 Traviata 12/4/1958, 12/6/1958 Elisir d'amore 12/18/1958, 12/20/1958 Hänsel und Gretel 12/26/1959, 12/28/1949 Norma 3/19/1959, 3/21/1959 Rigoletto

1959-1960 10/8/1959, 10/10/1959 Tannhäuser 10/22/1959, 10/24/1959 Lakmé 11/12/1959, 11/14/1959 Bohème 12/3/1959, 12/5/1959 Aïda 3/17/1960, 3/19/1960 Madama Butterfly 3/31/1960, 4/2/1960 Samson et Dalila

1960-1961 10/6/1960, 10/8/1960 Gioconda 10/20/1960, 10/22/1960 Cavalleria Rusticana; Pagliacci 11/10/1960, 11/12/1960 Manon 12/1/1960, 12/3/1960 Trovatore 2/23/1961, 2/23/1961 Don Giovanni 3/16/1961, 3/18/1961 Andrea Chénier

1961-1962 10/5/1961, 10/7/1961 Ballo in maschera 52

10/19/1961, 10/21/1961 Barbiere di Siviglia 11/9/1961, 11/11/1961 Orphée et Eurydice 11/30/1961, 12/2/1961 Rosenkavalier 3/15/1962, 3/17/1962 Carmen 3/29/1962, 3/31/1962 Susannah

1962-1963 10/11/1962, 10/13/1962 Rigoletto 10/25/1962, 10/27/1962 Nozze di Figaro 11/8/1962, 11/10/1962 Lucia di Lammermoor 11/29/1962, 12/1/1962 Faust 3/21/1963, 3/23/1963 Tosca 4/4/1963, 4/6/1963 Traviata

1963-1964 10/10/1963, 10/12/1963 Roméo et Juliette 10/24/1963, 10/26/1963 Bohème 11/14/1963, 11/16/1963 Forza del destino 12/12/1963, 12/14/1963 Cavalleria Rusticana; Gianni Schicchi 2/27/1964, 2/29/1964 Contes d'Hoffmann 3/19/1964, 3/21/1964 Aïda

1964-1965 10/8/1964, 10/10/1964 Otello 10/22/1964, 10/24/1964 Sonnambula 11/5/1964, 11/7/1954 Werther 11/12/1964, 11/14/1964 Trovatore 12/3/1964, 12/5/1964 Madama Butterfly 3/11/1965, 3/13/1965 Louise 3/25/1965, 3/27/1965 Don Pasquale 4/29/1965, 5/1/1965 Fledermaus

1965-1966 10/7/1965, 10/9/1965 Samson et Dalila 10/28/1965, 10/30/1965 Rigoletto 11/11/1965, 11/13/1965 Traviata 12/9/1965, 12/11/1965 Tannhäuser 3/3/1966, 3/5/1966 Andrea Chénier 3/17/1966, 3/19/1966 Carmen 3/31/1966, 4/2/1966 Markheim; Péri 4/28/1966, 4/30/1966 Turandot 1966 5/12/1966, 5/14/1966 Rigoletto 53

5/19/1966, 5/21/1966 Segreto di Susanna, Tabarro 5/26/1966, 5/28/1966 Barbiere di Siviglia

1966-1967 10/13/1966, 10/15/1966 Tosca 10/27/1966, 10/29/1966 Lucia di Lammermoor 11/10/1966, 11/12/1966 Bohème 12/1/1966, 12/3/1966 Elektra 3/2/1967, 3/4/1967 Gioconda 3/16/1967, 3/18/1967 Pêcheurs de perles 3/30/1967, 4/1/1967 Aïda 4/13/1967, 4/15/1967 Manon

1967-1968 10/5/1967, 10/7/1967 Faust 10/19/1967, 10/21/1967 Madama Butterfly 11/2/1967, 11/4/1967 Macbeth 12/7/1967, 12/9/1967 Fliegende Holländer 2/29/1968, 3/2/1968 Lucia di Lammermoor 3/14/1968, 3/16/1968 Trovatore 3/28/1968; 3/30/1968 Pagliacci; Amelia al ballo 4/25/1968, 4/27/1968 Contes d'Hoffmann

1968-1969 10/3/1968, 10/5/1968 Carmen 10/17/1968, 10/19/1968 Traviata 11/14/1968, 11/16/1968 Cavalleria Rusticana; Tabarro 12/5/1968, 12/7/1968 Fidelio 2/27/1969, 3/1/1969 Rigoletto 3/13/1969, 3/15/1969 Barbiere di Siviglia 3/27/1969, 3/29/1969 Manon 5/1/1969, 5/3/1969 Norma

Fall 1969 10/9/1969, 10/11/1969 Attila 10/23/1969, 10/25/1969 Don Pasquale 11/13/1969, 11/13/1969 Bohème 11/11/1969, 11/13/1969 Arabella

Spring 1970 2/19/1970, 2/21/1970 Tosca 3/19/1970, 3/21/1970 Ballo in maschera 4/9/1970, 4/11/1970 Medium 54

Fall 1970 10/1/1970, 10/3/1970 Faust 11/5/1970, 11/7/1970 Rigoletto 12/3/1970, 12/5/1970 Madama Butterfly

Spring 1971 3/4/1971, 3/6/1971 Traviata 3/18/1971, 3/20/1971 Salome 4/16/1971, 4/18/1971 Carmen

1971-1972 9/30/1971, 10/2/1971 Bohème 11/4/1971, 11/6/1971 Pêcheurs de perles 12/2/1971, 12/4/1971 Lucia di Lammermoor 2/24/1972, 2/26/1972 Aïda 3/23/1972, 3/25/1972 Don Giovanni 4/13/1972, 4/15/1972 Samson et Dalila

1972-1973 10/28/1972, 10/29/1972 Turandot 11/16/1972, 11/18/1972 Roméo et Juliette 12/7/1972, 12/9/1972 Tosca 3/15/1973, 3/17/1973 Madama Butterfly 4/12/1973, 4/14/1973 Thaïs 5/10/1973, 5/12/1973 Trovatore

Fall 1973 10/18/1973, 10/20/1973 Juive 11/1/1973, 11/3/1973 Rigoletto 12/6/1973, 12/8/1973 Faust

Spring 1974 3/7/1974, 3/9/1974 Carmen 4/4/1974, 4/6/1974 Ariadne auf Naxos 5/2/1974, 5/4/1974 Traviata

Fall 1974 10/3/1974, 10/5/1974 Aïda 10/31/1974, 11/2/1974 Manon Lescaut 12/5/1974, 12/7/1974 Bohème

Spring 1975 3/13/1975, 3/15/1975 Lohengrin 4/10/1975, 4/12/1975 Tosca 55

5/1/1975, 5/3/1975 Hérodiade

Fall 1975 10/2/1975, 10/4/1975 Huguenots 11/6/1975, 11/8/1975 Madama Butterfly 12/4/1975, 12/6/1975 Macbeth

Spring 1976 3/11/1976, 3/13/1976 Rosenkavalier 4/8/1976, 4/10/1976 Lucia di Lammermoor* 5/6/1976, 5/8/1976 Tabarro; Pagliacci

Fall 1976 9/30/1976, 10/2/1976 Favorite 12/9/1976, 12/11/1976 Rigoletto* 11/11/1976, 11/13/1976 Andrea Chénier

Spring 1977 3/3/1977, 3/5/1977 Walküre 3/24/1977, 3/26/1977 Barbiere di Siviglia 4/28/1977, 4/30/1977 Traviata

Fall 1977 10/6/1977, 10/8/1977 Ernani 11/10/1977, 11/12/1977 Don Pasquale 12/8/1977, 12/10/1977 Carmen

Spring 1978 3/9/1978, 3/11/1978 Bohème 4/13/1978, 4/15/1978 Trovatore*

Fall 1978 10/19/1978, 10/21/1978 Nabucco 11/16/1978, 11/18/1978 Tosca 12/14/1978, 12/16/1978 Faust

Spring 1979 3/15/1979, 3/17/1979 Fliegende Holländer 4/26/1979, 4/28/1979 Fille du régiment

Fall 1979 10/11/1979, 10/13/1979 Manon 11/8/1979, 11/10/1979 Madama Butterfly 12/6/1979, 12/8/1979 Zauberflöte 56

Spring 1980 3/27/1980, 3/19/1980 Salome 5/1/1980, 5/3/1980 Macbeth

Fall 1980 10/16/1980, 10/18/1980 Carmen 11/13/1980, 11/15/1980 Traviata 11/11/1980, 11/13/1980 Adriana Lecouvreur

Spring 1981 3/19/1981, 3/21,1980 Fidelio 4/30/1981, 5/2/1981 Fanciulla del West

Fall 1981 10/15/1981, 10/17/1981 Ballo in maschera 11/12/1981, 11/14/1981 Rigoletto 12/10/1981, 12/12/1981 Lakmé

Spring 1982 3/11/1982 Elektra 4/22/1982, 4/24/1982 Entführung aus dem Serail

Fall 1982 10/14/1982, 10/16/1982 Samson et Dalila 11/11/1982, 11/13/1982 Bohème 12/9/1982, 12/11/1982 Lombardi alla prima crociata

Spring 1983 3/10/13/1983, 3/12/1983 Tristan und Isolde

1983-1984 10/4/1983, 10/6/1983, 10/8/1983 Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci 10/18/1983, 10/20/1983, 10/22/1983 Barbiere di Siviglia 11/8/1983, 11/10/1983, 11/12/1983 Tosca 12/6/1983, 12/8/1983, 12/10/1983 Madama Butterfly

1984-1985 10/2/1984, 10/4/1984, 10/6/1984 Aïda 10/23/1984, 10/25/1984, 10/27/1984 Carmen 11/13/1984, 11/15/1984, 11/17/1984 Traviata 12/4/1984, 12/6/1984, 12/8/1984 Hänsel und Gretel

1985-1986 10/1/1985, 10/3/1985, 10/5/1985 Lohengrin 57

10/22/1985, 10/24/1985, 10/26/1985 Pêcheurs de perles 11/12/1985, 11/14/1985, 11/16/1985 Bohème 12/10/1985, 12/12/1985, 12/14/1985 Lucia di Lammermoor

1986-1987 9/24/1986, 9/27/1986 Trovatore 10/15/1986, 10/18/1986 Madama Butterfly 11/12/1986, 11/15/1986 Faust 12/10/1986, 12/13/1986 Zauberflöte

1987-1988 9/30/1987, 10/3/1987 Otello 10/21/1987, 10/24/1987 Tosca 11/11/1987, 11/14/1987 Rigoletto 3/9/1988, 3/12/1988 Samson et Dalila

1988-1989 10/12/1988, 10/15/1988 Turandot 11/9/1988, 11/12/1988 Salome 12/7/1988, 12/10/1988 Ballo in maschera 2/22/1989, 2/25/1989 Carmen

1989-1990 10/4/1989, 10/7/1989 Aïda 11/1/1987, 11/4/1987 Fille du régiment 12/6/1987, 12/9/1987 Bohème 3/14/1987, 3/17/1987 Fliegende Holländer

1990-1991 10/3/1990, 10/6/1990 Norma 11/7/1990, 11/9/1990 Madama Butterfly 12/5/1990, 12/8/1990 Traviata 3/13/1991, 3/16/1991 Le Nozze di Figaro

1991-1992 10/16/1991, 10/19/1991 Forza del destino 11/13/1991, 11/16/1991 Barbiere di Siviglia 12/11/1991, 12/13/1991, 12/14/1991 Faust 3/18/1992, 3/21/1992 Fidelio

1992-1993 10/7/1992, 10/10/1992 Don Carlo 11/4/1992, 11/7/1992 Tosca 12/9/1992, 12/12/1992 Elisir d'amore 58

3/10/1993, 3/13/1993 Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci

1993-1994 10/6/1993, 10/9/1993 Lucia di Lammermoor 11/10/1993, 11/13/1993 Falstaff 12/15/1993, 12/18/1993 Roméo et Juliette 3/2/1994, 3/5/1994 Tannhäuser

1994-1995 9/21/1994, 9/24/1994 Macbeth 10/26/1994, 10/29/1994 Elektra 11/23/1994, 11/26/1994 Bohème 4/5/1995, 4/8/1995 Evgenii Onegin

1995-1996 10/11/1995, 10/14/1995 Carmen 11/15/1995, 11/18/1995 Madama Butterfly 12/13/1995, 12/16/1995 Don Giovanni 3/6/1996, 3/9/1996 Andrea Chénier

1996-1997 10/16/1996, 10/19/1996 Fledermaus 11/13/1996, 11/16/1996 Tosca 12/11/1996, 12/14/1996 Werther 12/12/1997, 12/15/1997 Rigoletto

1997-1998 10/15/1997, 10/18/1997 Trovatore 11/12/1997, 11/15/1997 Zauberflöte 12/10/1997, 12/13/1997 Lakmé 3/18/1998, 3/21/1998 Traviata

1998-1999 10/14/1998, 10/17/1998 Samson et Dalila 11/11/1998, 11/14/1998 Barbiere di Siviglia 12/16/1998, 12/19/1998 Fliegende Holländer 3/10/1999, 3/13/1999 Aïda

1999-2000 10/13/1999, 10/16/1999 Manon 11/17/1999, 11/20/1999 Ballad of Baby Doe 12/15/1999, 12/18/1999 Bohème 3/22/2000, 3/25/2000, 3/26/2000 Streetcar Named Desire

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10/12/2000, 10/14/2000 Carmen 11/16/2000, 11/18/2000 Lucia di Lammermoor 3/22/2001, 3/24/2001 Ariadne auf Naxos 4/19/2001, 4/21/2001, 4/22/2001 Madama Butterfly

2001-2002 10/11/2001; 10/13/2001 Faust 11/15/2001, 11/17/2001 Walküre 3/7/2002, 3/9/2002 Turandot 4/11/2002, 4/13/2002 Porgy and Bess

2002-2003 10/10/2002, 10/12/2002 Tosca 11/14/2002, 11/16/2002 Salome 3/27/2003, 3/29/2003 Don Giovanni 5/8/2003, 5/10/2003 Rigoletto

2003-2004 10/2/2003, 10/4/2003, 10/5/2003 Pontalba 3/11/2004, 3/13/2004 Rheingold 4/15/2004, 4/17/2004 Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci

2004-2005 10/7/2004, 10/9/2004 Traviata 11/18/2004, 11/20/2004 Contes d'Hoffmann 3/9/2005, 3/12/2005 Siegfried 4/14/2005, 4/16/2005 Lustige Witwe

2005-2006 Gala "A Night for New Orleans" with Plácido 3/4/2006 Domingo Spring 2007 5/11/2007 Medium

2007-2008 10/19/2007, 10/20/2007, 10/21/2007 Faust 11/16/2007, 11/17/2007, 11/18/2007 Trittico New Year's Eve with the New Orleans 12/31/2007 Opera 3/14/2008, 3/15/2008, 3/16/2008 Rigoletto 4/18/2008, 4/19/2008, 4/20/2008 West Side Story

2008-2009 10/17/2008, 10/19/2008 Manon Lescaut 11/14/2008, 11/16/2008 Don Giovanni 60

3/20/2009, 3/22/2009 Carmen 4/17/2009, 4/19/2009 Traviata

2009-2010 10/9/2009, 10/11/2009 Tosca 11/20/2009, 11/22/2009 Roméo et Juliette 1/22/2010, 1/23/2010 Requiem 3/19/2010, 3/21/2010 Fliegende Holländer

2010-2011 10/15/2010, 10/17/2010 Porgy and Bess 11/19/2010, 11/21/2010 Zauberflöte 1/28/2011, 1/30/2011 Pêcheurs de perles 4/1/2011, 4/3/2011 Trovatore

2011-2012 10/15/2011 Turandot 11/18/2011, 11/20/2011 Ballo in maschera 3/2/2012, 3/4/2012 Salome 4/27/2012, 4/29/2012 Pagliacci, Carmina Burana

2012-2013 11/16/2012, 11/18/2012 Barbiere di Siviglia 3/15/2013, 3/17/2013 Samson et Dalila 4/12/2013, 4/14/2013 Madama Butterfly

2013-2014 10/11/2013, 10/13/2013 Vampyr 11/15/2013, 11/16/2013, 11/17/2013 Noye's fludde 2/14/2014, 2/16/2014 Cendrillon 4/4/2014, 4/6/2014 Bohème

2014-2015 10/10/2014, 10/12/2014 Carmen 11/14/2014, 11/16/2014 Rusalka 3/13/2015, 3/15/2015 Lucia di Lammermoor 4/10/2015, 4/12/2015 Le Nozze di Figaro

2015-2016 10/9/2015, 10/11/2015 Traviata 11/13/2015, 11/15/2015 Fledermaus 3/4/2016, 3/6/2016 Dead Man Walking 4/8/2016, 4/10/2016 Tosca 61

Appendix B: Index to Performances by Title *Indicates program is missing from collection

Title Year Adriana Lecouvreur 1980 Aïda 1946, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1984, 1989, 1999 Amelia al ballo 1955 (EOTA), 1968 L'amore dei tre re 1956 Andrea Chénier 1949, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1996 Arabella 1969 Ariadne auf Naxos 1974, 2001 Attila 1969 Ballad of Baby Doe 1999 Ballo in maschera 1950, 1961, 1970, 1981, 1988, 2011 1945, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1991, 1998, Barbiere di Siviglia 2012 1944, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1969, Bohème 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1999, 2014 Boris Godunov 1957 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971, Carmen 1974, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2009, 2014 Carmina Burana 2012 Cavalleria Rusticana 1943*, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1983, 1993, 2004 Cendrillon 2014 Cenerentola 1957 Contes d'Hoffmann 1947, 1948, 1964, 1968, 2004 Dead Man Walking 2016 Don Carlos 1992 Don Giovanni 1950, 1961, 1972, 1995, 2003, 2008 Don Pasquale 1953, 1965, 1969, 1977 Elektra 1955, 1966, 1982, 1994 Elisir d'amore 1958, 1992 Entführung aus dem Serail 1946, 1958 (EOTA), 1982 Ernani 1977 Evgenii Onegin 1995 Falstaff 1956, 1993 Fanciulla del West 1981 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1973, Faust 1978, 1986, 1991, 2001, 2007 Favorite 1976 Fidelio 1968, 1981, 1992 Fille du régiment 1979, 1987 Fledermaus 1951, 1965, 1996, 2016 62

Fliegende Holländer 1967, 1979, 1987, 1998, 2012 Forza del destino 1953, 1963, 1991 Gianni Schicchi 1955 (EOTA), 1960 (EOTA), 1963 Gioconda 1953, 1960, 1967 Hänsel und Gretel 1945, 1958, 1984 Hérodiade 1975 Huguenots 1975 Juive 1973 Lakmé 1953, 1959, 1981, 1997 Lohengrin 1950, 1974, 1985 Lombardi alla prima crociata 1982 Louise 1965 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976*, 1985, 1993, Lucia di Lammermoor 2000, 2015 Macbeth 1967, 1975, 1980, 1994 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1946, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975, Madama Butterfly 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2013 Manon 1946, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1999 Manon Lescaut 1958, 1976, 2008 Markheim 1966 Martha 1945, 1955 Medium 1970, 2007 Lustige Witwe 1953, 2005 Mignon 1952 Nabucco 1978 Noye's fludde 2013 Norma 1959, 1969, 1990 Nozze di Figaro 1952, 1956, 1962, 1991, 2015 Old maid and the thief 1946 Orfeo (music only) 1955 Orphée et Eurydice 1961 Otello 1948, 1954, 1964, 1987 Pagliacci 1943*, 1946, 1949, 1960, 1968, 1976, 1983, 1993, 2004, 2012 Pêcheurs de perles 1967, 1971, 1985, 2011 Péri 1966 Petrushka 1949 Pontalba 2003 Porgy and Bess 2002, 2010 Requiem 2010 Rheingold 2004 Roméo et Juliette 1947, 1963, 1982, 1993, 2009 1943, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, Rigoletto 1976*, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2008 63

Rosenkavalier 1950, 1961, 1976 Rusalka 2014 Salome 1949, 1953, 1971, 1980, 1988, 2002, 2012 Samson et Dalila 1948, 1952, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1982, 1988, 1998, 2012 Segreto di Susanna 1949, 1966 Siegfried 2005 Sonnambula 1964 Streetcar named Desire 2000 Student prince 1954 Susannah 1962 Tabarro 1960 (EOTA), 1966, 1968, 1976 Tannhäuser 1959, 1965, 1994 Thaïs 1954, 1973 1944, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, Tosca 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2009, 2016 1944”, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1968, Traviata 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2016 Tristan und Isolde 1948, 1983 Trittico 2007 1943, 1944*, 1947, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1978*, 1986, Trovatore 1997, 2011 Turandot 1958, 1966, 1972, 1988, 2002, 2011 Vagabond King 1943* Vampyr 2013 Walküre 1977, 2001 Werther 1956, 1964, 1996 West Side Story 2008 Zauberflöte 1979, 1986, 1997, 2010

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Appendix C: Alternate Opera Titles

Uniform Title Alternate Title Amelia al ballo Amelia Goes to the Ball L'amore dei tre re The Love of the Three Kings Ariadne auf Naxos Ariadne on Naxos Ballad of Baby Doe The Ballad of Baby Doe Ballo in maschera Un Ballo in maschera; Un Ballo; A Masked Ball Barbiere di Siviglia Il Barbiere di Siviglia; The Barber of Seville Bohème La Bohème Boris Godunov Boris Godounov Carmina Burana Songs from Beuern Cavalleria Rusticana Rustic Chivalry, "Cav" Cendrillon Cinderella Cenerentola La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo; Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant Contes d'Hoffmann Les Contes D'Hoffmann; Tales of Hoffmann Elisir d'amore L'Elisir D'Amore; The Elixir of Love Entführung aus dem Die Entführung aus dem Serail; The Abduction from the Seraglio; Il Serail Seraglio Evgenii Onegin Eugene Onégin Fanciulla del West La Fanciulla del West; The Girl of the West Favorite Le Favorite; La favorita; The Favorite Fille du régiment La fille du régiment; Daughter of the Regiment Fledermaus Die Fledermaus Fliegende Holländer Der fliegende Holländer; The Flying Dutchman Forza del destino La forza del destino; La forza; The Force of Destiny Gianni Schicchi part of Il trittico (The Triptych) Gioconda La Gioconda Hänsel und Gretel Hansel and Gretel Huguenots Les Huguenots Juive La Juive; The Jewess Lakmé Lakme Lohengrin Lohengrin Lombardi alla prima I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata; I Lombardi; The Lombards on the crociata First Crusade Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia Martha Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond Medium The Medium Lustige Witwe Die lustige Witwe; The Merry Widow Noye's fludde Noah's Flood Nozze di Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro; The Marriage of Figaro Old maid and the thief The Old Maid and the Thief 65

Orfeo L'Orfeo (music only) Orphée et Eurydice Orfeo ed Euridice; Orpheus and Eurydice Otello Othello Pagliacci I Pagliacci Pêcheurs de perles Les Pêcheurs de Perles; The Pearl Fishers Péri La Péri; The Peri; The Flower of Immortality Petrushka Pétrouchka Porgy and Bess Porgy & Bess Rheingold Das Rheingold (Ring des Nibelungen); The Rhinegold Roméo et Juliette Romeo and Juliet Rosenkavalier (Opera) Der Rosenkavalier; The Knight of the Rose; The Rose-Bearer Samson et Dalila Samson and Delilah Segreto di Susanna The Secret of Suzanne; Susanna's Secret Siegfried Siegfried (Ring des Nibelungen) Sonnambula La Sonnambula; The Sleepwalker Streetcar named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire Student prince The Student Prince Tabarro Il Tabarro; part of Il trittico (The Triptych); The Cloak Tannhäuser Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg Traviata La Traviata Tristan und Isolde Tristan and Isolde Trittico Il Trittico (includes Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi) Trovatore Il Trovatore; The Troubadour Vagabond King The Vagabond King Vampyr The Vampire; Der Vampyr Walküre Die Walküre (part of Ring des Nibelungen); The Valkyrie Zauberflöte Die Zauberflöte; The Magic Flute

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Appendix D: List of New Orleans Opera Administrators

• Walter Herbert (1898-1975): General Director, 1943 to 1954 • Renato Cellini (1912-1967): General Director and Conductor, 1954-1964 • Knud Andersson (1910-1996): Chorus Director, 1953-1964, Music Director/Resident Conductor, 1964-1970 • Arthur G. Cosenza (1924-2005): Resident Stage Director, 1965-1970, General Director, 1970-1996, Artistic Director, 1996-1998, Emeritus Director, 1998-2005 • Ray Anthony Delia: Executive Director, 1996-1997 • Robert Lyall: General Director, 1998-