"Rigoletto" production dance scene, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1951

Title: "Rigoletto" production dance scene, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1951
Photographer: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Date Created: [September 22, 1951 or October 27, 1951]
Date: 1951-09-22/1951-10-27
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description: “Rigoletto” was performed twice at John Adams Auditorium during the company’s 8th season: September 22 and October 27, 1951
Ballet dancers and opera singers on stage in Act 1, Scene 1 of “Rigoletto.” Here, ballet dancers in 16th century dress perform as Santa Monica Civic Opera singers amass in groups and watch. The stage set represents a room in the Duke’s palace complete with a throne (an ornate wooden chair covered with a canopy, placed on an elevated platform). The walls are built with faux columns and crests mounted on them. Additionally, cast members dressed as guards stand holding halberds (battle axes). A chandelier hangs above the stage at center. Musicians are viewed in the orchestra pit at foreground. Opera performed at John Adams Auditorium.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: SM Civic Opera, Pagliacci, Elixir, Cavalleria.
Handwritten on edge of negative: 41 Varlova

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: John Adams Auditorium (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto
Santa Monica Civic Opera Association
Location: California--Santa Monica
Longitude: 34.013574
Latitude: -118.470625
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Ballet dancers--California--Santa Monica
Operas & operettas--California--Santa Monica

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1300_4839
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d6wn4
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.