Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)  performed by the New Orleans Opera Association 4/20/1950 and 4/22/1950 at the Municipal Auditorium. 

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Conductor: Herbert, Walter

Performers: 
Samuele (Count de Horn): Norman Treigle
Tomaso (Count Warting): Jack Dabdoub
Oscar, a page: Audrey Schuh
Ricardo (King Gustavus III of Sweden): Jussi Bjoerling
Renato (Count Anckerström, the King's secretary): Marko Rothmiller
Ulrica, An Astrologer: Martha Larrimore
Silvano, a Sailor: Henri Feux
Amelia (Countess Anckerström): Suzy Morris
The Judge/Amelia's Servant: George Berger

Program available at http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll95/id/1384

From the New Orleans Opera Association Archives at Special Collections & Archives, Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans (http://library.loyno.edu/research/speccoll/). Digitized from the original reel-to-reels by the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Contact archives@loyno.edu for more information.


New Orleans Opera Association 1950 Un ballo in maschera (excerpt)

Elektra performed by the New Orleans Opera Association 12/1/1955 and 12/3/1955 at the Municipal Auditorium.

Composer: Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
Conductor: Cellini, Renato

Performers:
Klytemnestra: Lorna Sydney
Elektra: Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis: Frances Yeend
Aegisthus: Eddy Ruhl
Orestes: Alexander Welitsch
The Foster-father of Orestes: Giorgio Tozzi
The Confidant: Helen Henkie
The Train-bearer: Muriel Somers
Two Servants: Harry Theard, Peter Engelhard
The Housekeeper: Gloria Aliani
Five Servants: Betty Monette, Karen Kalin, Loretta Branch, Rosemary Rotolo, Audrey Schuh Redmann

Program available at http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll95/id/2610

From the New Orleans Opera Association Archives at Special Collections & Archives, Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans (library.loyno.edu/research/speccoll/). Digitized from the original reel-to-reels by the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Contact archives@loyno.edu for more information.


New Orleans Opera Association 1955 Elektra (excerpt)

Madama Butterfly performed by the New Orleans Opera Association 10/19/1967 and 10/21/1967 at the Municipal Auditorium.

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo, 1712-1781
Conductor: Andersson, Knud

Performers:
Goro, a Nakodo, or Marriage Broker: Bernard Fitch
Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton: Nicholas Di Virgilio 
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's Maid: Betty Monette
Sharpless, American Consul at Nagasaki: Benjamin Rayson
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly: Virginia Zeani 
The Imperial Commissioner: Harold Crane
The Bonzo, A Buddhist Priest, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle/Prince Yamadori, A Suitor of Cio-Cio-San: Donald Bernard
Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's Child: Liz Allen, Gina Marie Federico
Kate Pinkerton, Wife of Lieutenant Pinkerton: Phyllis Nansen 

From the New Orleans Opera Association Archives at Special Collections & Archives, Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans (library.loyno.edu/research/speccoll/). Digitized from the original reel-to-reels by the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Contact archives@loyno.edu for more information.


New Orleans Opera Association 1967 Madama Butterfly, Act I

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