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Opera -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

California Civic Light Opera Association records

 Collection
Identifier: 0253
Abstract

Papers, letters, reports, board meeting minutes books and records which relate to the formation and management of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association (LACLO) and the subsequent California Civic Light Opera Association formed by the merger of the LACLO and the San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association.

Dates: 1938 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980

Nelson Eddy papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2267
Abstract

This collection consists of sheet music, photographs, awards, scrapbooks, and concert programs from the career of American baritone singer and actor Nelson Eddy (1901-1967).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s

Maralin Niska papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1014
Abstract

Collection consists of various vocal scores, press clippings, photographs, programs, awards, correspondence, scrapbooks, and recordings belonging to American soprano Maralin Niska (1926-2016).

Dates: 1915 - 2014

Igor Stravinsky correspondence on "The Rake's Progress"

 Collection
Identifier: 0302
Abstract The Igor Stravinsky correspondence on The Rake's Progress consists of correspondence, dated May 1950 to May 1951, between Stravinsky and his lawyer in New York, L. Arnold Weissberger, concerning the mounting of his opera, The Rake's Progress. The letters discuss business matters pertaining to the production of the opera, financial support for the work, where to stage the premier, locations for the opera's American debut, problems associated with Italian singers performing in English, and...
Dates: 1950 - 1951