"Rigoletto" production with Ray Gagan and Enrico Porta, Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium, Ocean Park, 1949-1951

Item Overview

Title

"Rigoletto" production with Ray Gagan and Enrico Porta, Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium, Ocean Park, 1949-1951

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[circa 1949-1951]

Date

1949/1951

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "Rigolleto." Ray Gagan performs at foreground with about 20 additional cast members in costume, including Enrico Porta (seen at left under the parapet). Roughly 12 orchestra members and conductor Mario Lanza, in tailcoat, are viewed at ground level. Photographed from balcony with a view of the first row of the audience in left foreground. The stage has a curved edge with attached footlights.
Date range derived from photographed performances of "Rigolleto" represented in the collection.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Opera, 'Traviata,' 1949, 1.25 Spec $1.25

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Lanza, Mario G., b. 1904 or 05
Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Operas & operettas--California--Santa Monica
Arts
Entertainment