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LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

26 November 1959

Grand Opera, Philadelphia

Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Antony Stivanello

Scene and costumes: Vn Horn, Inc. Louis Valentino
Properties: Zafero Studios
Ballet master and choreographer: William Sena

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta CESARE VALETTI tenor

Giorgio Germont his father FRANCESCO VALENTINO baritone

Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town n/a tenor

Dr. Grenvil n/a bass

Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo GIUSEPPE LOMBARDO baritone

Marchese d’Obigny n/a bass

Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor

Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano

Flora Bervoix her friend SCHILLING mezzo-soprano

Annina Violetta’s confident and maid DORIS OKERAN soprano

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

OPERA MAGAZINE

1959 March

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1959.04.19

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1959.09.13

OPERA NEWS

1959.10.03

LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

28 November 1958

Grand Opera, Philadelphia

Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Antony Stivanello

Scene and costumes: Vn Horn, Inc. Louis Valentino
Properties: Zafero Studios
Ballet master and choreographer: William Sena

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta EUGENE CONLEY tenor

Giorgio Germont his father CORNELL MACNEIL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town ANDREA VELIS tenor
Dr. Grenvil EDWARD DOE bass
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo ROBERT GREGORI baritone
Marchese d’Obigny WALTER KNETLAR bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend VERONICA PETRUSKY mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid DORIS OKERAN soprano
Spanish dancers NANCY KING, BRUCE MARKS

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

Photos © MARK HAGMANN, Philadelphia

A LETTER FROM MAESTRO BAMBOSCHEK

UNKNOWN DATE

TRAVALER MAGAZINE

1958.11.11

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1958.11.23

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1958.11.23

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1958.11.23

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
1958.11.28

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1958.11.29

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

1958.11.29

MUSICAL AMERICA

1958.12.15

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after a Spanish drama by Duke of Rivas Don Alvaro o La Fuerza de Sino
Premièr at Bolshoi Kamenny, St. Petersburg – 10 November 1862

17, 19, 22 March 1969

DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM [17 & 22]

MIAMI BEACH AUDITORIUM [19]

Opera Guild of Greater Miami

Conductor: Emerson Buckley
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Anthony Stivanello
Scene and costumes: n/a

Donna Leonora di Vargas LEYLA GENCER soprano
Preziosilla a gypsy JANE BARBIE mezzo-soprano
Don Alvaro BRUNO PREVEDI tenor
Don Carlo di Vargas Leonora’s Brother MANUEL AUSENSI baritone
Padre Guardiano a Franciscan monk RUGGERO RAIMONDI bass
Marchese di Calatrava Leonora’s father ANDREW FOLDI bass
Fra Malitone a Franciscan monk ARNOLD VOKETAITIS baritone
Curra Leonora’s maid n/a mezzo-soprano
The Mayor of Hornachuelos n/a bass
Trabuco a muleteer n/a tenor
A Surgeon n/a tenor

Time: Middle of Eighteenth Century
Place: Spain and Italy

C A N C E L L E D

Gencer cancelled the performances because the halls have no prompter.

CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES

1967.08.25