COMPANY GUIDO G. SALMAGGI, General Director

in association with the

BROOKLYN ACADEMY of MUSIC

presents

I 1959 FALL OPERA SEASON

opening Saturday Evening, September 26, 1959

with VERDI 's

LARINA TELLIFOBZA - EDDY RUHL - FRANK VALENTINO DEL -LLOYD HARRIS •DESTINO CARLO MORESCO, CONDUCTOR

* Celebrated artists who will appear during the 1959 Season *

30 Lafayette Avenue • Brooklyn 17, New York • STerling 3·6700 BROOKLYN OPERA C0 MPAN Y/ Inc • An educational, non-pro fit m embership t·o rporation formed to foster. encourage and promote an interest in and appreciation of operatic p erformances and musical art." 1860 BROADWAY NEW YORK 23, N. Y. PLAZA 7-451 7

- SALVATORE BACCALON I* GUIOO G. SALMAGGI FRANK VALENTINO* RINA TElll Bosso GENERAL DIRECTOR Baritone Soprano

RITA WYNNE ENRICO LE IDE JEA N SANDERS RIC HAR D TORIGI Soprano Music Director-Conductor Mezzo-Soprano Baritone

SALVATORE DEll' ISOLA " SKITCH" HENDERSON CARLO MORESCO EDD Y RUH L Conductor Conductor Conductor

LINA BENELLI GIOVANNI CONSIGLIO TH EODORE GARGIULO JEROME LOMONACO MAR IA MARTELL Soprano Tenor Conductor Tenor Mezzo-Soprano

*Courtc&y ~1etropolitan Opera Ass'n. Saln\lorc Del I 'Isola Courte... ) Rod~ers & Hammerstein .. Skitch .. Henderson, Courtesy ~DC

Stage Directors

FAUSTO BOZZA MARION STEVENS GABOR CA RELL I* Soprano ANTHONY L. STIVANELLO Tenor

Music Staff Managem en t: Choreographer ENRICO LEIDE, Music Director FELIX W. SALMAGGI Associates ALAN BANKS 1860 Broadway, New York 23, N . Y. FRANK BASELICE, Music Supervisor :Plaza 7-4515 EMIL SALITO, Orchestra Manager

BOX OFFICE OPENS SEPTEMBER 15th MAIL ORDERS NOW! 1959 FALL OPERA SCHEDULE SAT. EVE . LA FORZA DEL DESTINO SEPT. 26th • Rina Telli - Eddy Ruhl- Fronk Valentino- Lloyd Harris Carlo Moresco, Conductor SAT. EVE. OCT. Jrd Elaine Malbin -Jea n Sanders - Th omas Hayward • Calvin Marsh - Carlo Moresco, Conductor SAT. EVE. OCT. 10th Rita Wynne- Gabor Carelli -Calvin Marsh • " Skitch" Henderson, Conductor SAT. EVE. OCT. 17th Marion Stevens - Jerome LoMonaco - James Buckley • Maria Martell - Enrico Leide, Conductor FRI. EVE . OCT. 23rd Rina Telli- Giovanni Consiglio - Frank Valentino • Salvatore Dell'lsola, Conductor FRI. EVE . BARBER OF SEVILLE OCT. 30th Lina Benelli - Richard Torigi - Thomas Hayward • Salvatore Baccaloni -Theodore Gargiulo, Conductor FRI. EVE . A IDA NOV. 6th Rina Telli- Giovanni Consiglio- Jean Sanders • James Buckley - Enrico Leide, Conductor MAIL ORDERS NOW FOR CHOICE LOCATIONS

Na. of Do Not loca tion Price Do Not Write Here Opera & Date Write Here Seats ----- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Cash Ck. Mo. FORZA DEL DESTINO Box 30 Lafayette Avenue Sat. Eve. Sept. 26 Orch. Balcony ---- Brooklyn 17, New York MADAMA BUTTERFLY 2nd Balcony Sat. Eve. Oct. 3 Enclosed please find my check/ money order for LA TRAVIATA Sat. Eve. Oct. 10 - $ . to cover cost of tickets specified: RIGOLETIO NAME Sat. E¥e. Oct. 17 (Please Print) TOSCA ADDRESS ...... Fri. Eve. Oct. 23 BARBER OF SEVILLE CITY ...... ······· ·------·-· ··· ...... Fri. Eve. Oct. 30 ZONE . . .. STATE ...... Fri. Eve. Nov. 61 I TELEPHONE . Orchestra Box-Seats .... $3.50 Orchestra A-0 . . .. $3.50 Mezzanine G-Q ...$2.50 Mezzanine Box-Seats .. $3.00 Orchestra P-Y ...... $3.00 Balcony A-F . .. .. $2.00 Balcony Box-Seats ...... $ 1.50 Mezzanine A-F .. . $3.00 Balcony G-M ...... $ 1.50 TAX EXEMPT All SEATS RESERVED Make checks or money orders payable to: BROOKlYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Self-addressed and sta mped envelope for return of tickets must be enclosed. DO NOT SEND CASH-For Additiona l Information call ST 3-6700 Dear Opera-lovers:

Your response to the Grand Opera performances last Fall made possible

the BROOKLYN OPERA COMPANY, which gave a Spring Season for the

first time earlier this year.

Guido G . Salmaggi, Gene ral Director of the Brooklyn Opera Company,

now takes another step forward in announcing an augmented Fall Season

- SEVEN Grand beginning September 26.

For its part, the Academy of Music is proud to announce that Brooklyn's

Opera House has been res.tored to equal the grandeur and beauty asso-

ciated with th e world's leading opera houses. Every effort is being stro ngly

put forth to create a n increasingly high standard of opera production. W e

hope that you will partici pate in the Opera season because we ha ve pleged

ourselves to g ive you more a nd mo re delightful perfo rma nces de pe nding

upon the g rowth of our Grand Opera a udiences.

Our aims can be achi eved with your suppo rt!

Wm. McKelvy Martin, Director The Brooklyn Academy of Music

Ce ntrally located, the Broo kly n Academy of Music is easily accessible from every part of t he city via every major subway syst em, the Long Island Railroad, and numerous bus lines. The following stations are within one block of the building: Atlantic Avenue (East Side and West Si de IRT), Pacific Street (Sea Beach, West End, Culver, and Fourth Avenue BMT), Atlantic Avenue (Brigh· ton BMT), Fulton St reet (Brooklyn-Queens IND), Flatbush Avenue Terminal (Long Island Ra ilroad). The Lafayette Avenue station of the Eighth Avenue IND is within three short blocks of t he building, and Fult on Street Station of the GG Local IND is but one block from the Academy doors.