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The Metropolitan Opera on tour : Northrop Auditorium (PA 40), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The collection is organized into four series: Xeroxed programs (box 1), Photographs of singers and conductors (box 2), Production photographs (box 3), Production slides (box 4).
The Metropolitan Opera was formed when, in 1873, the Italian opera at the Academy of Music moved into the Metropolitan Opera House. The old theatre was too small, with too few box seats. In 1966, the Met joined with other New York performing groups to develop the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Each year, the Metropolitan Opera performs over 200 operas in New York City.
The collection consists of 8 x 10 inch black and white publicity photos of singers, conductors and productions and 35mm color publicity slides of productions. Photos include Martina Arroyo, Simon Estes, Tito Gobbi, Jerome Hines, Marilyn Horne, Evelyn Lear, Cornell MacNeil, James McCracken, Morley Meredith, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes, Birgit Nilsson, Beverly Sills, Tatiana Troyanos, and Shirley Varrett. Production slides date from 1975(?) through the 1980s.
The collection also includes one box of xeroxed programs, noting the cast credits of performances (1960-1966, 1968-1970, 1975, 1977-1980). There is also one folder that has a copy of all of the operas performed at Northrop from 1945-1980.
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
See also materials regarding the Metropolitan Opera held in the Minnesota Orchestra Archives, PA 12, Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis. Series 6.5 of the Minnesota Orchestra Archives contains office files, programs and publicity and series 11.5 contains photographs of the Metropolitan Opera.
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