BISHOP, CARDELL

The San Carlo Opera Company 1913-1955: Grand Opera for Profit

Cudahy: The Author, 1978. Item #014070

A documentation of the San Carlo Opera Company, founded in 1913 by Fortune Gallo and a steady touring company that provided the only exposure to grand opera for millions of americans in small towns and cities in the South and West, while also appearing in New York City and other eastern cities. Each season documented with personnel, repertoire, recordings, anecdotes, and performance locations. First edition. 28 cm; illustrated from photographs. 259 typewritten pp. printed offset and bound in printed wrappers. Stray marginal marks to about 8 pp.; else a good copy or better in wrappers. INSCRIBED by Cardell.

Price: $145.00