Names: Santa Monica Civic Opera Association - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: View from the stage of John Adams Auditorium towards the audience, seated for an opera production with 3 orchestra members visible in the orchestra pit.
Date:: [circa 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a ballerina lifted in the air during the Richmond fair scene in a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "Martha" with the 2 farmers, Lionel and Plunkett, in the center.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera singers, including Natalie Garrotto (third from right), from a production of "The Barber of Seville," John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica.
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera singers portraying Basilio (standing) and Bartolo (seated) in, "The Barber of Seville." The singers wear 18th century Spanish clothing and are surrounded by a stage set recreating a room in an affluent home. The set, painted with decorative paneled walls and a faux fireplace, is also decorated with end tables, chairs, and candelabras. The conductor and pianist are visible from the orchestra pit. Performed at John Adams Junior High School, Santa Monica.
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A notice for this production of The Barber of Seville, performed by the Santa Monica Civic Opera at John Adams Junior High School, appears in the Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1955: E5
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera singer performing as Count Almaviva in "The Barber of Seville." The singer (and those playing musicians in the background) wears 18th century Spanish clothing. Painted backdrops and scenery recreate a public square outside of Bartolo’s home. Here, the Count stands below a balcony and serenades Rosina (not seen). A pianist is visible below in the orchestra pit. Performed at John Adams Junior High School, Santa Monica.
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera singers performing in, "The Barber of Seville." The singers, wearing 18th century Spanish clothing, portray (left to right) Rosina, Berta, Count Almavida (dressed as a soldier), Figaro (behind him), Bartolo and Basilio. A group of soldiers stand in the background. The players are surrounded by a stage set recreating a room in Bartolo’s home. The set, painted with decorative paneled walls and a faux fireplace, is also decorated with end tables, chairs, a curtained window and candelabras. A pianist is visible from the orchestra pit. Performed at John Adams Junior High School, Santa Monica.
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A notice for this production of The Barber of Seville, performed by the Santa Monica Civic Opera at John Adams Junior High School, appears in the Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1955: E5
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera singers performing in "The Barber of Seville." The singers, wearing 18th century Spanish clothing, portray Count Almavida (dressed as a soldier), Bartolo, and Rosina (portrayed by Natalie Garrotto). The players are surrounded by a stage set recreating a room in Bartolo’s home. The set, painted with decorative paneled walls and a faux fireplace, is also decorated with end tables, chairs, a curtained window and candelabras. A pianist is visible from the orchestra pit. Performed at John Adams Junior High School, Santa Monica.
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Ensemble cast of Giacomo Puccini’s, La Bohème. Performed by the Santa Monica Civic Opera at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Browse items