Arena di Verona - first opera performance in arena
Les Troyens, closing
Joseph Ellicott
Performance of The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore by the New York City Ballet
Performance of The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore by the New York City Ballet
Performance of The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore by the New York City Ballet
Licia Albanese as Liu with Eugene Tobin as Calaf
La Traviata, Act I
Walter Berry as Lescaut
Anna Maria Canali as Meg Page in Falstaff
Curtain call for Bolshoi Ballet performance of Polonaise and cracovienne
Maria Tallchief and André Eglevsky in Pas de Dix
Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch in Giselle
Tullio Serafin (left), Renata Tebaldi, and Tito Gobbi in rehearsal of Falstaff
Charles Townsend
Prokofiev's ballet, Romeo e Giulietta
Brian Shaw the Blue Skater in Les Patineurs
Nicola Rossi Lemeni as Enrico VIII
Tito Gobbi as Sheriff Jack Rance
Les Troyens, Act III, scene 1
La perichole, Act II
Boris Christoff as Boris Godunov
Dialogues des Carmelites, Act I, scene 4a
Grant Park Band Shell with Chicago skyline
Der Ring des Nibelungen. Das Rheingold
Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion in The Firebird
Odeon of Herodes Atticus, with Parthenon in background
Don Carlos, Act IV, Elisabetta's prayer
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Rolando Panerai in Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel
Macbeth
Macbeth
Postcard of Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina: exterior
Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes in La Péri
Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes in La Péri
Eleanor Steber as Vanessa
Inge Borkh as Lady Macbeth
Col. William A. Bird
Nicholas Magallanes as Orpheus and Maria Tallchief as Eurydice in Orpheus
Adriana Lecouvreur, Act II
Rigoletto
Lohengrin, Act I
Alicia Alonso as the Black Swan (Odile) in Swan Lake
Boris Christoff as Boris Godunov
Annette Page as Odette and Ronald Hynd as Siegfried in Le Lac des Cygnes
Annette Page as Odette and Ronald Hynd as Siegfried in Le Lac des Cygnes
Luigi Alva as Count Almaviva
Tosca, Act I, Te Deum
Andrea Chenier
Orfeo ed Euridice ballet
Madama Butterfly
La perichole, Act III, scene 1
Cavalleria rusticana
Fedora Barbieri in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
Rev. William H. Randall
Sherman S. Rogers
Der Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried, Act III
Aida, curtain call
Lucia di Lammermoor
Aida
Aerial view of Cleveland with Cleveland Public Auditorium
Oliver Smith's sketch for set of Martha, Act II, scene 1
Oliver Smith's sketch for Martha, Act I, scene 1
Oliver Smith's sketch for set of Martha, Act II, scene 2
Elisha Smith, M.D.
Galina Ulanova as Giselle
Der Ring des Nibelungen. Die Walküre, Act III
Tristan und Isolde
Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes in the Birthday Offering
Renata Tebaldi as Leonora di Varga in La forza del destino
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Eugene Onegin
Ernani
Description of Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Description of Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Description of Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Motley's (Elizabeth Montgomery) sketch for Plunkett's costume in Martha, Act I, scene 3
Der Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried, Act III
Nora Kaye and Erik Bruhn in Giselle
Renata Tebaldi as Tosca with Tito Gobbi as Baron Scarpia
Michael Somes as Ivan Tsarevitch in The Firebird
Martha, Act 1, scene 1
Lupe Serrano and John Kriza in Designs with Strings
Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Vanessa
Tosca, Act I
Giulietta Simionato as Cenerentola
Ernani
Leonard Warren as Simon Boccanegra
La perichole, Act III, scene 2
Anna Maria Canali as Meg Page in Falstaff
Madama Butterfly, Act I
Iphigenie en Tauride
Il Trovatore, convent scene
Giuseppe Di Stefano as Nemorino
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan conductor, Royal Festival Hall, London
Michael Somes as Prince Siegfried and Rowena Jackson as Odette in Le Lac des Cygnes
Patricia Wilde and Herbert Bliss in Symphony in C
Patricia Wilde and Herbert Bliss in Symphony in C
Postcard of Arena di Verona
