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Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Opera Committee Presents Gloria Davy, Irene Dalis, Sandor Konya, Robert Merrill, William Wildermann, Jan Rubes, Robert McGrath, Margot Blum in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida : Opera in Four Acts, Italian Libretto by A. Ghislanzoni

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Title	Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Opera Committee Presents Gloria Davy, Irene Dalis, Sandor Konya, Robert Merrill, William Wildermann, Jan Rubes, Robert McGrath, Margot Blum in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida : Opera in Four Acts, Italian Libretto by A. Ghislanzoni
Identifier	spl_c21_2819057
Description	Program of Aida, performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in the Opera House at the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The performance, which opened June 7, 1962, was the Seattle Symphony's opera debut. "Conductor Milton Katims (1909-2006) state[d] that Verdi’s classic was selected because Aida is the 'grandest of grand operas' and note[d] that it was the piece that had been featured at the Grand Opening of more opera houses around the world than any other...The production of Aida in June required the talents of 333 performers including, as historian Esther W. Campbell put it, 'an orchestra of 75 musicians, six principals, a dance corps of 28 and a contingent of 160 extras, soldiers, slaves, handmaidens and others on a scale worthy of the Pharaohs.' Even though the June 7th, 9th, and 11th concert dates all sold out, the opera’s $185,000 production costs exceeded the ticket revenue and the orchestra was left with a sizable deficit. It was in response to this circumstance that Seattle’s long-standing fund-raising organization, PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations) originally came into being." (Peter Blecha, "Seattle Symphony debuts opera with Verdi's Aida on June 7, 1962." HistoryLink.org Essay 3881, http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3881 )
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Seattle Center Opera House Seattle Symphony Orchestra Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 Music Festival Programs--Washington (State)--Seattle Opera Programs--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle
Author	Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Opera Committee Katims, Milton, 1909-2006 Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893 Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda
Date	1962-06
Period	During the Fair
Original Publisher	Seattle? - The Orchestra
Digitization Specifications	Cover images scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, and saved as TIFF files. Inside pages scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, black and white, and saved as TIFF files. Adobe Photoshop used to resize images to 300 ppi and convert color images to JPEG format. Master file size: 243,541,401 bytes (19 files).
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Type (DCMI)	text
Item Type	Publications
Source	http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2819057030
Date created	2012-07-25

Title	Front Cover
Identifier	spl_c21_
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Type (DCMI)	text
Transcript	OPERA COMMITTEE WORLD'S FAIR FESTIVAL PRESENTS A ID A by Giuseppe Verdi OPERA HOUSE JUNE 7-9-11, 1962 J
Date created	2012-07-25

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