"Rigoletto" curtain call with Ray Gagan, Enrico Porta and Natalie Garrotto, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Item Overview

Title

"Rigoletto" curtain call with Ray Gagan, Enrico Porta and Natalie Garrotto, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

November 26, 1949-December 4, 1949

Date

1949-11-26/1949-12-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

The Santa Monica Civic Opera performed “Rigoletto” at the John Adams Auditorium November 26-27, and December 3-4. This is either the November 26th or December 4th performance, with Natalie Garrotto in the role of Gilda. The role alternated between Natalie Garrotto, Kay Marshall and Diana Guadagno.
Opera singers (L to R) Ray Gagan, Enrico Porta, and Natalie Garrotto on stage at curtain call after a Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Rigoletto.” Garrotto, as Gilda, wears a long, off-the-shoulder gown with a satin trimmed neckline and puff sleeves. Porta, as Rigoletto, wears a doublet-inspired stripped tunic, a small ruff collar, full, short breeches (called slops), stockings and a cape; Gagan wears an embellished satin tunic. Musicians can be seen from the orchestra pit at foreground.

Caption

Handwritten on edge of negative: 148

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

John Adams Auditorium (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Garrotto, Natalie, 1930-
Porta, Enrico
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto
Gagan, Ray
Santa Monica Civic Opera Association

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.013574

Latitude

-118.470625

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Operas & operettas--California--Santa Monica
Opera singers