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Description:: Mock-up manuscript page titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” by Adelbert Bartlett. The article describes a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick in the title role. As with the article, most of the accompanying photographs feature Herrick. The article was intended for publication.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Manuscript titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” describing a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick. Attached to the left-hand corner of the document is a photograph of Herrick holding a bouquet of roses during a curtain call. Article written for, “That’s It,” a periodical. Photograph taken in Santa Monica.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The caption either identified Ms. Vartova, or dancers from her school. Vartova students performed in Santa Monica Civic Opera productions in the 1950's.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Program reads: Fastest Growing Opera Company in the West Presents 8th Annual Season of Grand Operas 1951; Rigoletto, By G, Verdi, Saturdays, Sept. 22nd and Oct 2...; Traviata, By G. Verdi, Saturdays, Oct. 6th and Nov. ...; L'Elisir D'Amore, By Donizetti, Saturdays, Oct. 13th and Nov ...; Lucia Di Lammermoor, By Donizetti, Saturdays, Oct. 20th and Nov. 24th. All Performances Start At 8:15 P.M.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera. The collage includes a clipping of “Santa Monica Sees ‘Traviata’,” Los Angeles Examiner, 1 Oct. 1951; photographs from performances of “Rigoletto,” La Traviata,” “Martha,” “Elisir d’Amore,” and “Lucia di Lammermoor; ” and what appears to be program ephemera announcing the schedule of performances.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a collage commemorating the 8th annual season of the Santa Monica Civic Opera. The collage includes a clipping of “Santa Monica Sees ‘Traviata’,” Los Angeles Examiner, 1 Oct. 1951; photographs from performances of “Rigoletto,” La Traviata,” “Martha,” “Elisir d’Amore,” and “Lucia di Lammermoor; ” and what appears to be program ephemera announcing the schedule of performances.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Mock-up manuscript page titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” by Adelbert Bartlett. The article describes a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick in the title role. As with the article, most of the accompanying photographs feature Herrick. The article was intended for publication.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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