Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
2. Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725
3. Greater Miami Opera Association

Description

1. 8 linear feet (14 boxes )

Summary

1. The Lorenzo Alvary papers document the professional career of the noted bass singer.

Uniform title

1. Opera Topics (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Spanish lady and the Roman cavalier.

Subject

1. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996
2. Basses (Singers) -- United States
3. Opera -- Production and direction

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Clippings.
3. Photographs.
4. Programs.

Call number

1. JPB 06-16

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. See also his Opera Topics radio program collection ( *L (Special) 06-06 ) in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography (note)

1. Lorenzo Alvary (1909-1996) was a Hungarian-born bass singer, who immigrated to the United States, where he would enjoy a long association with the Metropolitan Opera and other prominent opera companies.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996.

Title

1. Lorenzo Alvary papers, 1919-1992.

Biography

1. Lorenzo Alvary (1909-1996) was a Hungarian-born bass singer, who immigrated to the United States, where he would enjoy a long association with the Metropolitan Opera and other prominent opera companies. Alvary was born in Debrecen, Hungary and studied law in Geneva and Budapest, but he abandoned his law career to study music in Milan and Berlin. He made his debut with the Budapest Opera in 1934 and he also sang with the Vienna State Opera in 1937. In 1938, Alvary came to the United States, making his American debut with the San Francisco Opera in a 1939 performance of Der Rosenkavalier. He joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1942 and would appear in a wide range of character roles over the next thirty-five years. Alvary also started his own radio show, Opera Topics, which he hosted on the New York stations WKCR and WNYC from 1963-1986. In 1972, he became the associate artistic director for the Miami Opera Guild. Other notable achievements by Alvary included his own production (under the auspices of the American Alvox Corportation) of The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier (1961), an adaptation of Alessandro Scarlatti's opera, Scipio in Spain. The piece received its world premiere at La Fenice in Venice, Italy and featured the scenic designs (and other interventions) of the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Location of other archival materials

1. See also his Opera Topics radio program collection ( *L (Special) 06-06 ) in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Indexes

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Basses (Singers)

Added author

1. Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989.
2. Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725. Dama spagnuola ed il cavalier romano.
3. Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725.
4. Greater Miami Opera Association.

Added title

1. Opera Topics (Radio program)
2. Spanish lady and the Roman cavalier.

Research call number

1. JPB 06-16