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Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Allied Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allied Arts
Abstract Clippings, artist correspondence, box office records, concert programs, and photographs of the Allied Arts Corporation. Allied Arts Corporation management was taken over by Harry and Sarah Zelzer in 1948 and became the premier agency for bringing performing artists to Chicago. Important artists and groups include the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould, and singers Tito Schipa and Judy Garland. Collection also includes original photographs taken in venues...
Dates: 1913-1997
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Auditorium Theater programs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Auditorium
Abstract

Programs and other materials for events taking place in the early years at Chicago's Auditorium Theater. Envisioned as a world-class theater and opera house by Chicago impresario Ferdinand Peck, the Adler and Sullivan-designed Auditorium opened in 1889 on the corner of Congress and Michigan Avenue.

Dates: 1888-1938
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Chicago Opera Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-009
Abstract

Correspondence and contracts mostly relating to singer Amerlita Galli-Curci and Cleofonte Campanini, General Director of the Chicago Opera Association. Also two leases between the Chicago Civic Opera Co. and the Auditorium Theatre.

Dates: 1916-1924
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Chicago Opera Theatre records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago-Opera
Abstract

Founded in 1974 as the Chicago Opera Studio, the organization's goal was to provide high quality opera productions in English and designed for contemporary tastes using younger Chicago singers and musicians. Records include budgets, proposals, notes, invitations, brochures, programs, and window posters.

Dates: 1975-1978
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

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