BROOKLYN OPERA COMPANY GUIDO G. SALMAGGI, General Director in association with the BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Wm. McKelvy Martin, Director preseuts I 1960 FALL OPERA SEASON I opening Saturday Evening, Sept. 24th, 1960 with GALA OPERA CONCERT and PUCCINI' S GIANNI SCHI CHI JOSE FERRER - MARIA Dl GERLANDO- WILLIAM LEWIS EARL WILD, CONDUCTOR JOSE FERRER IGOR GORIN ELAINE MALBIN Gianni Schicchi Rigoletto Boheme Sept. 24th Oct. 8th Oct. 22nd 30 Lafayette A venue • Brooklyn 17, New York • STerling 3-6700 BROOKLY OPERA co ANy I I n c. "An educational, non-profit member hip corporation formed to foster, encourage and promote an intere t in and appreciation of operatic performance and mu ical art." Brooklyn Academy of Music- 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn 17, New York • NEvins 8-6532 MARIA di GERLANDO CALVIN MARSH Soprano GUIDO G. SALMAGGI Baritone GE ER AL DIR ECTOR EDDY RUHL RINA TELLI Tenor Soprano ENRICO Di GIUSEPPE ELAINE BONAZZI Tenor Mezzo-Soprano ENRICO LEIDE Music Director- Conductor MARIA MARTELL WILLIAM LEWIS Me::. zo-Soprano T enor JOSEPH CONTRERAS ERCOLE BERTOLI NO CARLO MORESCO Basso Baritone Conductor JOAN N GRILLO OLIVIA BONELLI Contralto Soprano HARRIET SENZ JEANETTE SCOVOTTI EARL WILD M ezzo-Soprano GIOVANNI CONSIGLIO Soprano Conductor ROBERT FALK T enor Basso ARA ADRIAN DOLORES MARl ANNA MARIA KUHN Barito ne Soprano Soprano RITA WYNNE JACOB BARKIN Soprano Tenor LOUISA DE SETT ETHEL SMITH FRANK LOMBARDO KENNETH CHERTOK DIANA MONCADO Coloratura Soprano Soprano Basso Baritone Soprano Management: Stage Directors Music taff FELIX W. SALMAGGI Associates FAUSTO BOZZA-ANTHONY STJVANELLO ENRICO LEIDE, Music Director 1860 Broadway, New York 23, N. Y. Cboreograpber FRANK BASELICE, Music Supervisor Plaza 7-4515 ALAN BANKS EMIL SALITO, Orchestra Manager BOX OFFI E EN DAILY- MAIL ORDERS NOW! 96 FA L OPERA SCHEDU E GALA OPERA CONCERT SAT. EVE. AND Sept. 24th GIANNI SCHICCHI Elaine Bonazzi - Maria di Gerlando - Jeanette Scovotti - Jose Ferrer William Lewis - Robert Trehy - Gimi Beni - Earl Wild, Conductor SAT. EVE. MADAMA BUTTERFLY Oct. 1st Carlo Moresco, Conductor SAT. EVE. RIGOLETTO Oct. 8th Carlo Moresco, Conductor SAT. EVE. LA TRAVIATA Oct. 1 Sth Enrico Leide, Conductor SAT. EVE. LA BOHEME Oct. 22nd Carlo Moresco, Conductor SAT. EVE. A IDA Oct. 29th Carlo Moresco, Conductor SAT. EVE. CARMEN Nov. Sth Enrico Leide, Conductor CASTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE MAIL ORDERS NOW FOR CHOICE LOCATIONS No. of Do Not Opera & Date Location Price Seots Write Here Do Not Write Here GIANNI SCHICCHI BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Cash Ck . Mo. Sat. Eve. Sept. 24 Box I ---- - 30 Lafayette Avenue Orch. MADAMA BUTTERFLY Brooklyn 17, New York Balcony Sat. Eve. Oct. 1 2nd Balcony - RIGOLETTO I Enclosed please find my check/ money order for Sat. Eve. Oct. 8, $ .. to cover cost of tickets specified: LA TRAVIATA I Sat. Eve. Oct. 15 NAME LA BOHEME I (Please Print) Sat. Eve. Oct. 22 \ ADDRESS - AIDA CITY Sat. Eve. Oct. 291 - CARMEN ZONE STATE Sat. Eve. Nov. 51 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 stamped envelope for return of tickets must be enclosed DO NOT SEND CASH-For Additional Information call ST 3-6700 SPECIAL CHILDREN'S MATINEE Sunday Afternoon, December 18, 1960 HANSEL & GRETEL $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW! CITY OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE MAYOR NEW YORK 7 , N.Y. August 21,1960 c . Mr. Guido G. Salmaggi , General Director Brooklyn Opera Company 1860 Bra ad'"ray New York 23, N. Y. DeAr l.fr. Salmaggi: I am very pleased to have the opoortunity to congr a tul ate you for the fine work y o~ have done a R Director of the Brook l yn Op era Company. I am ~ ure that the people of Brooklyn are ~ o ~ t appreciative of the fine operatic progress you have brought t o them, and I hope s in­ cerely that yo u will continue to receive the support of the people for the wonderful work you have done. Sincerely yours, ~\ •..:r _l__qo\.- - Mayor ~ Centrally located, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is easily accessible from every part of the city v1a every major subway system, the Long Island Railroad, and numerous bus lines. The following stations are within one block of the building: Atlantic Avenue (East Side and West Side IRT), Pacific Street (Sea Beach. West End , Culver, and Fourth Avenue BMT), Atlantic Avenue (Brigh· ton BMT), Fulton Street (Brooklyn·Queens IND), Flatbush Avenue Terminal (Long Island Railroad). The Lafayette Avenue station of the Eighth Avenue IND is within three short blocks of the bu ilding, and Fulton Street Station of the GG Local IND is but one block from the Academy doors. .