Teatro alla Scala business letters and contracts, 1917-1973.

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Teatro alla Scala business letters and contracts, 1917-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612830178

Approximately 380 documents and letters concerning the engagement of singers (primarily) as well as conductors and repetiteurs for the Teatro alla Scala [La Scala, Milan]. Also includes some materials concerning other personnel. Materials include: contracts that specify the terms of the engagement and are signed by the artists; extensions or modifications of contracts; 'regolamenti del teatro' or printed regulations of the theatre, also signed by the artists; letters sent to La Scala from the artists (only two artists' files include letters from La Scala); and some miscellaneous items including receipts for music borrowed from the Scala library. Includes the names: Franco Alfano, Gina Cigna, Toti Dal Monte, Manuel de Falla, Giuseppe De Luca, Victor De Sabata, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Gobbi, Vittorio Gui, Italo Montemezzi, Luigi Nono, Ettore Panizza, Tullio Serafin, Siegfried Wagner, Bruno Walter, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, among many others.

2 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library

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Cigna, Gina

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Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x00034e ...

Panizza, Ettore.

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Gui, Vittorio, 1885-1975

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Italian conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 28 August 1927, to [Guido M.] Gatti, 1927 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578432 ...

Serafin, Tullio

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x000099 ...

Teatro alla Scala, 1961

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The Teatro alla Scala was founded under the auspices of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, to replace the Royal Ducal Theatre which was destroyed by fire on 26 February 1776 and had, until then, been the home of opera in Milan. La Scala, the more common name, opened on 3 August 1778 with Antonio Salieri's opera L'Europa riconosciuta, to a libretto by Mattia Verazi. La Scala today continues as one of the world's most famous opera houses. Source: http://www.teatroallascala.org From ...

Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, 1876-1948

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Gobbi, Tito

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Epithet: Italian singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000287 ...

Gigli, Beniamino

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Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954

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Italian composer. From the description of [Das Meer hat seine Perlen]. 3 giugno 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561482 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 22 March 1920, to a lawyer, 1920, 22 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680503 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Novara, [1904 or later], to an unidentified friend, [1904?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873120 Franco Alfa...

De Sabata, Victor, 1892-1967

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Italian conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Milan?, answered 15 April 1912], to a named but unidentified recipient, 1912 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565785 De Sabata was conductor and then artistic director at Teatro alla Scala in Milan from 1929 to 1957. From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel, n. d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863127 ...

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962

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Elsa Walter (née Wirthschaft, previous married name Korneck) was an opera singer and Bruno's wife; they were married from around 1900 until Elsa's death, which was apparently in 1945. Delia Reinhardt, an opera singer whom Walter had mentored, was a close friend of Walter. McLane was a friend of Alma Mahler who communicated with Alma upon Walter's death; she lived in Calif. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler, and Franz Werfel, 1911-1960. (Universit...

De Luca, Giuseppe, 1876-1950

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Wagner, Siegfried, 1869-1930

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Wagner was the son of Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and Cosima von Bülow (née Liszt), who later married Richard. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, ca. 1922-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864725 German composer and conductor. From the description of Partially printed document, dated : Lucerne, 13 October 1892, 1892 Oct. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270678940 From the description of Autograph le...

Montemezzi, Italo, 1875-1952

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milan, [n.d., ca. 1913?], to Sig. [Giuseppe?] Albinati, [n.d., ca. 1913?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582597 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 14 April 1931, to [Bruno] Zirato, 1931 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270900762 Montemezzi emigrated to California in 1939. He was apparently a friend of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel from at least 1942, when they ...

John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)

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De Falla, Manuel

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Manuel de Falla was a Spanish classical composer. Ricardo Vinès was a Spanish pianist. From the description of [Postcard, 1921 avril 4 to] Ricardo Vinès / Manuel de Falla. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100808 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : Granada, 30 December 1922, to O.M. Kling [at J. & W. Chester], 1922 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576695 From the description of Autograph note...

Nono, Luigi, 1924-1990

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Dal Monte, Toti, 1898-1975

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