FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Philadelphia Grand Opera records
- Title
- Philadelphia Grand Opera records, 1923-1932.
- Author
- Format
- Archival mix
Collection information
Finding aid
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Items in the library and off-site
Displaying 1 item
| Status | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment. | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 06-15 | Item locationOffsite |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- .5 linear feet (1 box)
- Summary
- The Philadelphia Grand Opera records consist of four folders of material, mainly covering the period from 1931 to 1932.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Librettos.
- Photographs.
- Programs.
- Call number
- JPB 06-15
- Language
- Multiple languages
- Biography (note)
- The Grand Opera Company of Philadelphia operated between 1926 and 1932.
- Language (note)
- Includes one item in German.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Biography
- The Grand Opera Company of Philadelphia operated between 1926 and 1932. At the time it was one of three resident opera companies in the city. Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski led several important performances for the company during the 1930s, including the Philadelphia and New York premieres of Alban Berg's opera, Wozzeck (1931), which featured designs by Robert Edmond Jones, as well as the world premiere of Carlos Chávez's ballet, H.P. (1932), with designs by Diego Rivera and choreography by Catherine Littlefield.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
- Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978.
- Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954.
- Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977.