Joseph Urban papers, 1893-1998

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Series II: Boston Opera, 1910-1914

Joseph Urban was made artistic director of the Boston Opera Company beginning with the 1912-1913 season. The previous season, he had designed four operas for the Boston Opera while working in Vienna with Heinrich Lefler. This series contains files on all the productions from the repertory in chronological order. Each production is listed by title, opening date and production information. The production information is based on contemporary reviews taken from microfilm readings of the Boston Transcript and the Boston Herald. Those sets that Urban redesigned or retouched are so noted in parentheses after the title information. In addition to the drawings, plans, and photographs, the files contain production records--light plots, cast lists, set lists, line drops, etc


La Scala invoice for operas Mefistofele, Faust, Lakmé, Manon and Roméo et Juliette :



Box 5 Folder 7 Costume Invoice September 1910, 4 p.



Box 14-E-11 Folder A5 Ground Plan, Mefistofele


Pelléas et Mélisande, January 10, 1912 (New)

Opera in 5 acts by Claude Debussy, adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, conducted by André Caplet with Vanni Marcoux as Golaud, Georgette LeBlanc as Mélisande and Jean Riddez as Pelléas.



Box 5 Folder 4 Maeterlinck playbook incl. Pelléas et Mélisande


Box 5 Folder 8 1 drawing of dungeon, pencil



Box C2 Folder 4 10 technical drawings



Box 5 Folder 8 10 technical drawings



Box C2 Folder 4 2 drawings of furniture, watercolor



Box 5 Folder 8 Production notes, 25 p.


Box 5 Folder 8 7 photographs of sets

[See also Metropolitan Opera, March 21, 1925]


Hänsel und Gretel, January 27,1912 (New)

Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, libretto by Adelheid Wette, after a fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers, conducted by Wallace Goodrich with Bernice Fisher as Gretel, Jeska Swartz as Hänsel, Maria Claessens as the Witch, Otto Goritz as Peter and Florence De Courcy as the Sandman.


6 drawings, watercolor & ink:


Box 5 Folder 9 --5 details of shoes and head pieces



Box B2 Folder 11 --Details of wigs and head pieces

[See also Metropolitan Opera, November 5, 1927]


Tristan und Isolde, February 12, 1912 (New)

Opera in 3 acts by Richard Wagner, conducted by Felix Weingartner, with Johanna Gadski as Isolde, Jacques Urlus as Tristan, Pasquale Amato as Kurvenal and Edward Lankow as King Marke



Box 5 Folder 10 Libretto


Box 5 Folder 10 Set notes in German


Set drawing, watercolor and pencil:


Box 5 Folder 10 --Act I: boat scene


Box 5 Folder 10 2 elevations of Act I and II



Box D1 Folder 6 2 technical drawings



Box 5 Folder 10 Electrical plot


Box 5 Folder 10 5 photographs of sets

[See also Vienna, 1909-11; Theater, Interstate Opera 1916; Metropolitan Opera, November 20, 1920]


Werther, March 1, 1912

Opera by Jules Massenet, conducted by André Caplet


Box 5 Folder 11 Production notes, 3 p.


Germania, March 9, 1912

Opera by Alberto Franchetti, conducted by Arnaldo Conti with Bernice Fisher as Jane, Ramon Blanchart as Crisogono, Madeleine D'Olige as Jebbel, Pasquale Amato as Carlo Worms, Carmen Melis as Ricke and Giovanni Zenatello as Loewe.


Box 5 Folder 12 Production notes, 2 p.


Le Martyre de Sebastien, March 30, 1912

Music by Claude Debussy, conducted by André Caplet with Evelyn Scotney and Jeska Swartz.


Box 5 Folder 13 2 set notes


Box 5 Folder 13 2 set sketches


Les Contes d'Hoffmann, November 25, 1912 (New)

Opera by Jacques Offenbach, libretto & book by Jules Barbier, after a play by Barbier & Michel Carré based on the stories of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, conducted by André Caplet with Edmond Clément as Hoffmann, Vanni Marcoux as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto and Dr. Miracle, Elvira Leveroni as Niklausse, Bernice Fisher as Olympia and Louise Edvina as Antonia.



Box 6 Folder 1 Libretto


Box 6 Folder 1 Clipping from German magazine


Box 6 Folder 1 3 set sketches, Opéra Comique production


Box 6 Folder 1 Set notes, 31 p.


Box 6 Folder 1 Production notes, 11 p.


17 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:


Box 6 Folder 1 --7 costume drawings



Box B2 Folder 12 & 13 --2 costume drawings, Giulietta



Box 6 Folder 1 --6 set details



Box B2 Folder 14 --2 set details



Box 6 Folder 1 1/2 detail of elevation, photostat



Box B2 Folder 14 5 ground plans



Box 6 Folder 1 6 photographs of costume drawings


Box 6 Folder 2 26 photographs of sets


Box 6 Folder 2 Note to Deems Taylor, 1934, ts.

[See also Metropolitan Opera, November 13, 1924]


La Bohême, November 27,1912 (retouched)

Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Signori Giocosa and Illica, adapted from a novel by Henri Murger, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Lucrezia Bori as Mimì, Léon Laffitte as Rodolfo, Giovanni Polese as Marcello and Fely Dereyne as Musetta.


Box 6 Folder 3 2 librettos


Box 6 Folder 3 1 p. from Met program, 1913-14


Box 6 Folder 3 2 costume drawings, watercolor and pencil


Box 6 Folder 3 3 ground plans


Box 6 Folder 3 1 cast list from December 6 performance


Box 6 Folder 3 5 production notes, 6 p.


Box 6 Folder 3 2 photographs of sets


Madama Butterfly, November 29, 1912 (New)

Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after a play by David Belasco, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Riccardo Martin as Pinkerton, Emmy Destinn as Cio-Cio-San and Giovanni Polese as Sharpless.


Box 6 Folder 4 Libretto, German


Box 6 Folder 4 Set notes in German, 8 p.



Box B2 Folder 15 Act II, watercolor



Box 6 Folder 4 5 ground plans



Box B2 Folder 16 2 ground plans



Box 6 Folder 4 Production notes, 10 p.


Box 6 Folder 4 6 photographs of set

[See also Metropolitan Opera, November 24, 1922]


Il Trovatore, November 30, 1912

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Gertrude Rennyson as Leonora, Léon Laffitte as Manrico, Ramon Blanchart as Di Luna and Maria Claessens as Azucena.


Box 6 Folder 5 Libretto


Box 6 Folder 5 Production notes, 21 p.


Box 6 Folder 5 4 ground plans



Box B4 Folder 1 3 ground plans



Box 6 Folder 5 1 set photograph of III.1


Tosca, December 2, 1912 (retouched)

Opera by Giacomo Puccini, book by V. Sardou, L. Illica and G. Giacosa, after Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Mary Garden as Tosca, Vanni Marcoux as Scarpia, Charles Dalmorès as Cavaradossi, and Aristodemo Sillich as Angelotti.


Box 6 Folder 6 Libretto in German


Box 6 Folder 6 2 clippings from program


Box 6 Folder 6 Watercolor drawing of Act III: Castle Terrace


Box 6 Folder 6 Set notes, 8 p.


Box 6 Folder 6 2 ground plans


Box 6 Folder 6 Production notes, 16 p.


Box 6 Folder 6 3 photographs of set


Thaïs, December 7, 1912 (retouched)

Opera by Jules Massenet, libretto by Louis Gallet, after a novel by Anatole France, conducted by André Caplet with Mary Garden as Thaïs, Vanni Marcoux as Athanael and Charles Dalmorés as Nicias.


Box 6 Folder 7 Set notes, 7 p.


Box 6 Folder 7 Production notes,18 p.


Box 6 Folder 7 2 photographs of set

[See also Metropolitan Opera, December 14, 1922]


Lucia di Lammermoor, December 14, 1912

Opera by Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Ralph Lyford with Evelyn Scotney as Lucia, Umberto Sacchetti as Edgardo, Rodolfo Fornari as Enrico and Ernesto Giaccone as Arturo.


Box 6 Folder 8 Production notes, 20 p.


Box 6 Folder 8 Photograph of set


Louise, December 18,1912 (New)

Opera by Gustave Charpentier, conducted by André Caplet with Louise Edvina as Louise, Edmond Clément as Julien, Maria Gay as La Mère and Vanni Marcoux as Le Père.


Box 6 Folder 9 2 references clippings


3 set renderings, watercolor:


Box 6 Folder 9 --Act I & IV: Garret



Box B4 Folder 1A --Act II: At the foot of Montmartre


Box B4 Folder 1B --Act III: Garden



Box 6 Folder 9 2 ground plans



Box 14-E-11 Folder A6 1 ground plan, Act II



Box 6 Folder 9 Production notes, 12 p.


Box 6 Folder 9 5 photographs of set drawing and sets

[See also Metropolitan Opera, March 1, 1929]


La Traviata, December 21, 1912

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on the story by Alexandre Dumas La Dame Aux Camelias, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Evelyn Scotney as Violetta, Alfredo Ramella as Alfredo, Ramon Blanchart as Germont and Attilio Pulcini as Baron Douphol.


Box 6 Folder 10 3 ground plans


Box 6 Folder 10 Production notes, 11 p.


Box 6 Folder 10 Photograph of set

[See also Metropolitan Opera, November 14, 1921]


Aïda, December 27, 1912 (Retouched)

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, after a scenario by Auguste Mariette, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Giovanni Zenatello as Radames, Anafesto Rossi as Amonasro, Maria Gay as Amneris and Carmen Melis as Aïda.



Box 7 Folder 1 2 librettos


Box 7 Folder 1 Set notes in German, 4 p.



Box B4 Folder 2 4 ground plans



Box B25 Folder 7 3 costume sketches



Box 7 Folder 1 Production notes, 19 p.


Box 7 Folder 1 3 photographs of sets


Coppélia, December 28, 1912

Ballet by Léo Delibes, conducted by Charles Strony with Dolores Galli as Swanilda. Attilio Pulcini as Burgomaster and Cronan as Frantz.



Box B4 Folder 3 Ground plan



Box 7 Folder 2 Production notes, 5 items


Box 7 Folder 2 2 photographs of sets


Cavalleria Rusticana, December 30, 1912

Opera by Pietro Mascagni, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Maria Gay as Santuzza, Umberto Sacchetti as Turiddu, Anafesto Rossi as Alfio.


Box 7 Folder 3 Libretto


Box 7 Folder 3 Production notes, 3 p.


Box 7 Folder 3 Photograph of set


Curtain and Concerts, 1912-13


Box 7 Folder 4 Curtain and Concerts



Box B4 Folder 4 2 ground plans, 1912


Box B4 Folder 5 2 drawings of drapery ornament, watercolor, Feb 1913


I Pagliacci, January 4, 1913

Opera by Leoncavallo, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edith Barnes as Nedda, Ramon Blanchart as Tonio, Giuseppe Gaudenzi as Canio and George Everett as Silvio.



Box 7 Folder 5 Libretto


Box 7 Folder 5 Village, watercolor, sig.


Box 7 Folder 5 Ground plan


Box 7 Folder 5 5 p. production notes


Box 7 Folder 5 Photograph of set

[See also Theater, Interstate Opera Company 1916]


Carmen, January 15, 1913 (retouched)

Opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after a novel by Prosper Mérimée, conducted by Charles Strony with Giovanni Zenatello as Don Jose, Maria Gay as Carmen and José Mardones as Escamillo.


Box 7 Folder 6 Libretto


Box 7 Folder 6 Clipping of Met stage sets


Box 7 Folder 6 8 ground plans



Box B4 Folder 6 4 ground plans



Box 7 Folder 6 28 production notes


Box 7 Folder 6 2 photographs of set

[See also Metropolitan Opera, November 22, 1923]]


I Gioielli della Madonna, January 17, 1913 (New)

Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, libretto by Carlo Zangarini & Enrico Golisciani, with Giovanni Zenatello as Gennaro, Maria Gay as Carmela, Louise Edvina as Maliella and Vanni Marcoux as Raffaele.


Box 7 Folder 7 Synopsis in German, 24 p.


Box 7 Folder 7 Article in German, 1 p.



Box B4 Folder 7 3 prints of Charlottenburg sets by von Plessen


3 renderings, watercolor:



Box 7 Folder 7 --2 costume renderings, Madonna, 24x14 cm.


Box 7 Folder 7 --Procession scene, 17x31 cm.


Box 7 Folder 7 2 rough sketches


Box 7 Folder 7 3 ground plans, Berlin opera house



Box B4 Folder 7 1 ground plan



Box 7 Folder 7 1 cast list


Box 7 Folder 7 9 photographs of sets


Rigoletto, January 25, 1913

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play by Victor Hugo Le roi s'amuse, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Evelyn Scotney as Gilda, Michele Sampieri as Monterone, Rodolfo Fornari as Rigoletto and Alfredo Ramella as the Duke.


Box 7 Folder 8 1 cast list


Box 7 Folder 8 1 set of production notes, 17 p.


Box 7 Folder 8 1 set photo


Don Giovanni, February 7, 1913 (New)

Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Vanni Marcoux as Don Giovanni, Adamo Didur as Leporello, John McCormack as Don Ottavio, Emmy Destinn as Donna Anna and Elizabet Amsden as Donna Elvira.


Box 7 Folder 9 Cast list


Box 7 Folder 9 Libretto


1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:


Box 7 Folder 9 --Act I: Garden scene, signed by Errol


Box 7 Folder 9 3 ground plans



Box B4 Folder 8 3 technical drawings



Box 7 Folder 9 Production notes, 6 p.


Box 7 Folder 9 13 retouched photos of sets


Box 7 Folder 10 22 photographs of sets and set drawings

[See also Metropolitan Opera, November 29, 1929]


La Fanciulla del West, February 21, 1913

Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Guelfo Civinini & Carlo Zangorini, based on the play by David Belasco The Girl of the Golden West, with Carmen Melis as Minnie, Giovanni Polese as Jack Rance and Giovanni Zenatello as Dick Johnson.


Box 7 Folder 11 Ground plan



Mapcase 14-E-11 Folder A7 3 ground plans



Box 7 Folder 11 Production notes, 9 p.


Box 7 Folder 11 2 photographs of set


Djamileh, February 24, 1913 (New)

American premiere of opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Louis Gallet, after the story by Alfred de Musset Namouna, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Lucille Marcel as Djamileh, Léon Laffitte as Haroun and Ernesto Giaccone as Spendiano.


Box 7 Folder 12 Libretto


Box 7 Folder 12 Set notes in German, 34 p.


Box 7 Folder 12 3 rough set sketches:


1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:



Box B4 Folder 9 --wall elevation, 22x29 (22x23) cm., sig.



Box 7 Folder 12 Production notes, 2 p.


Box 7 Folder 12 3 photographs of set


Faust, February 26,1913 (redesigned costumes, retouched)

Opera by Charles Gounod, libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, adapted from the dramatic poem by Goethe, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Giovanni Zenatello as Faust, Lucille Marcel as Marguerite and Vanni Marcoux as Méphistophélès.


Box 7 Folder 13 2 librettos


Box 7 Folder 13 1 costume drawing, watercolor



Box B4 Folder 10 4 ground plans



Box 7 Folder 13 Production notes, 18 p.


Box 7 Folder 13 12 photographs of costume and set drawings

[See also Vienna 1906-07 and Metropolitan Opera, 1917 and 1923]


La Forêt Bleue, March 8, 1913 (American premiere) (New)

Opera by Louis Aubert, conducted by André Caplet with Fernand De Potter as Prince Charming, Jean Riddez as the Orge, Carmen Melis as the Princess, Jeska Swartz as Tom Thumb and Bernice Fisher as Little Red Riding -Hood.


Box 7 Folder 14 Libretto


Box 7 Folder 14 Synopsis, 5 p.


Box 7 Folder 14 Production notes, 9 p.


Box 7 Folder 14 4 photographs of sets


Samson et Dalila, March 12, 1913 (retouched)

Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire, conducted by André Caplet with Maria Gay as Dalila, Giovanni Zenatello as Samson and Jean Riddez as the High Priest.


Box 7 Folder 15 Libretto


Box 7 Folder 15 Postcard of set


Box 7 Folder 15 Set rendering, watercolor


Box 7 Folder 15 Production notes, 11 p.


Box 7 Folder 15 2 photographs of costume and set


Il Segreto di Susanna, March 17,1913 (New)

Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, libretto by Max Kalbeck, adapted from a book by Enrico Golisciani, conducted by André Caplet with Antonio Scotti as Count Gil, Alice Nielsen as Countess Gil and Luigi Tavecchia as Sante.



Box 8 Folder 1 Libretto


Box 8 Folder 1 1 p. of sample fabrics, costume



Box B4 Folder 11 Drawing of back wall, watercolor



Box 8 Folder 1 2 watercolor drawings, side wall and detail


Box 8 Folder 1 10 plans and sketches



Box D1 Folder 7 3 ground plans



Box 8 Folder 1 Production notes, 8 p.


Box 8 Folder 1 6 photographs of set


Martha, March 24, 1913

Opera by Friedrich von Flotow, libretto W. Friedrich, after an idea by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Alice Nielsen as Lady Harriet, Maria Gay as Nancy, Max Lipmann as Lionel and Edward Lankow as Plunkett.



Box D1 Folder 8 1 ground plan, Act III & V



Box 8 Folder 2 2 set notes and plan


Box 8 Folder 2 Production notes, 8 p.


Photograph of set

[See also Metropolitan Opera December 14, 1923]


Monna Vanna, December 5, 1913 (New)

Opera by Henri Février, based on a play by Maurice Maeterlinck, conducted by André Caplet with Vanni Marcoux as Guido, Mary Garden as Monna Vanna and Lucien Muratore as Prinzivalle.


Box 8 Folder 3 Libretto, German


Box 8 Folder 3 Production notes, 31 p.


Box 8 Folder 3 3 working photographs


3 set renderings, watercolor on board:


Box 8 Folder 3 --Act I: Interior


Box 8 Folder 3 --Act II: Tent (painted photo)


Box 8 Folder 3 --Act III: Terrace


Box 8 Folder 3 2 watercolor sketches with plan


Box 8 Folder 3 2 detail drawings, watercolor, 1 sig.



Mapcase 14-E-12 Folder 1 5 technical drawings



Box 8 Folder 3 11 photographs of sets and scenes


Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), December 13, 1913

Opera by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini, adapted from the play by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais, conducted by Arnaldo Schiavoni with Hazel Sanborn as Rosina, Rodolfo Fornari as Figaro, Luigi Tavecchia as Dr. Bartolo and Alfredo Ramella as Il Conte D'Almaviva.


Box 8 Folder 4 2 ground plans



Box B4 Folder 12 Ground plan, Act I



Box 8 Folder 4 Production notes, 6 p.


Box 8 Folder 4 Photograph of Act II

[See also Metropolitan Opera November 27, 1919]


Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, January 23, 1914 (New)

Opera by Richard Wagner, conducted by André Caplet with Johanna Gadski as Eva, Robert Leonhardt as Beckmesser, Paolo Ludikar as Hans Sachs and Carl Jörn as Walther.


Box 8 Folder 5 Reference material



Mapcase 14-E-12 Folder 2 Reference material


7 drawings, watercolor and pencil on board:



Box 8 Folder 5 --Act I: Church , 19x26 cm.


Box 8 Folder 5 --Property elevations, 19x27 cm., sig.



Box B4 Folder 13 --Act II: Costumes, night scene, 18x26 cm., sig.


Box B4 Folder 14 --Act III: Costumes, open meadow, sig.


Box B4 Folder 15 --Act III.2: details, 29x19.5 cm., sig.


Box B4 Folder 16 --Act III.2: platform elevation, 22x26 cm., sig.


Box B4 Folder 17 --Property details, 28.5x19 cm., sig.



Box 14-E-12 Folder 2 2 technical drawings



Box 8 Folder 5 Production notes, 15 p.


Box 8 Folder 5 17 photographs of sets and set drawings

[See also Vienna, 1908, 1909-11]


La Gioconda, February 6, 1914

Opera by Amilcare Ponchielli, libretto by Tobia Gorrio, after the play by Victor Hugo Angélo, tyran de Padoue, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Emmy Destinn as La Gioconda, Florencio Constantino as Enzo, Marguerite D'Alvarez as Laura and Mario Ancona as Barnaba.


Box 8 Folder 6 Production notes, 6 p.



Box B4 Folder 18 Ground plan


L'Amore dei Tre Re, February 9, 1914 (New)

Opera in three acts by Italo Montemezzi, adapted from poem by Sem Benelli, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana as Avito, Lucrezia Bori as Fiora and Pasquale Amato as Manfredo.



Box 8 Folder 7 Libretto


Box 8 Folder 7 3 photographs of Met production


Box 8 Folder 7 1 page from Met program



Box B4 Folder 19 Ground plan



Box 8 Folder 7 Ground plan and elevation


Box 8 Folder 7 1 cast list


Box 8 Folder 7 10 photographs of costumes, sets and set drawings


Manon, March 18, 1914

Opera by Jules Massenet, libretto by Henri Meilhac & Philippe Gille, after the novel by Antoine-Francois Prevost, L'histoire du chevalier de Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, conducted by Edouard Tournon with Jenny Dufau as Manon, Lucien Muratore as Des Grieux and Alban Grand as De Brétigny.


Box 8 Folder 8 3 p. from Met program


Box 8 Folder 8 5 photographs of set

[See also Metropolitan Opera December 22, 1928]


Otello, Paris Tour, May 5, 1914 (New)

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, based on the play by William Shakespeare, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana as Otello, Vanni Marcoux as Iago and Nellie Melba as Desdemona.


Box 8 Folder 9 Libretto


Box 8 Folder 9 Playbook


4 drawings, watercolor and pencil:


Box 8 Folder 9 --Iago



Box B4 Folder 20 --Act II: Garden



Box 8 Folder 9 --Act III: Castle interior, sig.


Box 8 Folder 9 --Act III: Castle detail


Box 8 Folder 9 Article on Verdi, 1 p.


Box 8 Folder 9 3 technical drawings



Box 14-E-11 Folder A.8 7 ground plans



Box 8 Folder 9 Production notes, 6 p.


Box 8 Folder 9 15 photographs of sets and set drawings


Parsifal, Paris Tour, June 3, 1914 (New)

Opera by Richard Wagner, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Johannes Sembach as Parsifal, Margarete Matzenauer as Kundry and August Kiess as Klingsor.


Box 8 Folder 10 2 librettos in German, pamphlets


Box 8 Folder 10 1 libretto in German, hardback


Box 8 Folder 10 Clipping of scenes



Box 9 Folder 1 4 German post cards


Box 9 Folder 1 Act I.1: Spring, painted photograph


Box 9 Folder 1 Sketch, Klingsor tower


Box 9 Folder 1 Drawing, watercolor and pencil: --Klingsor tower detail


Box 9 Folder 1 6 photographs of set drawings


Box 9 Folder 1 1 newspaper article, German

[See also Metropolitan Opera, February 19, 1920]


Francesca Da Rimini, 1914


Box 9 Folder 2 Swedish transportation schedule


Box 9 Folder 2 Libretto


Box 9 Folder 2 3 sketches



Box B4 Folder 21 4 ground plans



Box 9 Folder 2 10 photographs of set drawings and costumes


Louse Edvina, Musical America, 1/29/16



Box B4 Folder 21 Louse Edvina, Musical America


La Muette de Portici, (Dumb Girl of Portici) November 23, 1915 (New)

Opera by Daniel Auber, libretto by Eugene Scribe, conducted by Agide Jacchia with Anna Pavlowa as Fenella, Giovanni Zenatello as Masaniello and Giori Michailoff as Alfonso.



Box 9 Folder 3 Notes and sketches, 6 p.


3 drawings, watercolor :


Box 9 Folder 3 --Act II: island


Box 9 Folder 3 --Act IV: fountain, stone lion


Box 9 Folder 3 --Act V: interior


Box 9 Folder 3 5 technical drawings



Box B4 Folder 22 Ground plan, Act I


Undated Articles



Box 9 Folder 4 Les Arts Décoratifs au Théâtre, 5 p.


Boston Office


Box 9 Folder 5 2 photographs of studio office


Don Pasquale, Donizetti

Performed in the 1909-10, 1910-11 seasons


Box 9 Folder 6 1 clipping of set design


Box 9 Folder 6 1 libretto


Box 9 Folder 6 3 production notes


Box 9 Folder 6 1 photograph of set


Elijah, Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn


Box 9 Folder 7 Drawing, Rocky landscape, sig.


Erste Walpurgisnacht, Die, Mendelssohn


2 drawings, watercolor, sig. :


Box 9 Folder 8 --Costume, 20 furies, 20x17 cm.


Box 9 Folder 8 --Costume, druids, detail 13, 20x16 cm.


Box 9 Folder 8 Notes and sketches, 17 p.


Box 9 Folder 8 11 photographs of sets & costumes


Habañera, Raoul La Parra

Performed in the 1909-1910, 1911-12 season


Box 9 Folder 9 Libretto


Hippodamia, Andre Campra


Box 9 Folder 10 Set notes, 6 p.


Box 9 Folder 10 Notes and sketches, 15 p.



Box B4 Folder 23 Plan


Lakmé, Léo Delibes

Performed in the 1909-10 season



Box 9 Folder 11 Production notes, 4 p.


Box 9 Folder 11 4 photographs of sets


Librettos


Box 9 Folder 12 --Ballo in Maschera


Box 9 Folder 12 --Boris Godunov


Box 9 Folder 12 --Conchita


Box 9 Folder 12 --Forza del Destino overture


Box 9 Folder 12 --Nozze de Figaro


Box 9 Folder 12 --Orfeo ed Euridice libretto, piano score


Box 9 Folder 12 --Siegfried, 2 librettos


Loeffler's Opera, Charles Martin Loeffler


Box 9 Folder 13 Notes, German, 7 p.


Mignon, Abroise Thomas

Performed in the 1911-12 season.


Box 9 Folder 14 Libretto


Box 9 Folder 14 Production notes, 3 p.


Parisina, Pietro Mascagni


Box 9 Folder 15 Newspaper clipping, 1913


Pipe of Desire, Frank S. Converse


Box 9 Folder 16 Libretto


Box 9 Folder 16 Script, Italian, 15 p.


Box 9 Folder 16 Line Drops, 1 p.


Box 9 Folder 16 2 photographs of scenes


Sacrifice, Frank S. Converse

Performed in the 1910-11 season


Box 9 Folder 17 Production notes, 3 p.


Box 9 Folder 17 3 photographs of sets