"Lucia di Lammermoor" production, Barnum Hall Theater, Santa Monica, 1949

Item Overview

Title

"Lucia di Lammermoor" production, Barnum Hall Theater, Santa Monica, 1949

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1949

Date

1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Santa Monica Civic Opera with about 25 cast members onstage, in costume, and about 16 orchestra members in orchestra pit, conducted by Mario Lanza, in tailcoat, photographed from balcony. The first rows of the audience are visible in foreground. The stage has straight edge with steps and decorative urns on each side.

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
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata
Santa Monica Civic Opera Association
Barnum Hall Theatre (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Operas & operettas--California
Arts
Entertainment