National Negro Opera Company collection, 1940-1961.

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National Negro Opera Company collection, 1940-1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81538858

Collection of programs, advertising flyers, photographs and administrative papers describing the activities and productions of the company. Included among the photographs are prints of McHenry Boatwright and Juanita King.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8265649

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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King, Juanita.

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National Negro Opera Company (U.S.)

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The National Negro Opera Company was managed and directed by its founder, Mary Cardwell Dawson (1894-1962). The company was founded in 1941. In the late 1940s, Mrs. Dawson moved to Washington, D.C., which then became the center of company activities. There were active chapters in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh, and Red Bank, New Jersey. In 1950, the National Negro Opera Foundation was incorporated to help raise funds to sustain the company. The company ceased operations with...

Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962

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Opera director, concert singer, teacher, conductor and impresario, Dawson was the founder, president and general manager of the National Negro Opera Company. Formed in 1941 due to Dawson's concern regarding the lack of opportunity for Afro-Americans in opera because of racial discrimination, for over 20 years the Company presented such productions as Verdi's Aida and La Traviata, and C.C. White's Ouanga. Among the featured opera singers were Minto Cato, Lillian Evanti, Muriel Rahn, Edward Boatne...

Boatwright, McHenry, 1928-1994

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