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Opera in Philadelphia · Performance Chronology ... - Frank Hamilton

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2/19/42: Il trovatore: <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Academy of Music (<strong>Philadelphia</strong> La Scala <strong>Opera</strong> Company), hour: 2015:<br />

director Benjam<strong>in</strong> Altieri; ballet master William Sena<br />

stage<br />

Il conte di Luna Stefano Ballar<strong>in</strong>i<br />

Leonora Anita Amon<br />

Azucena Maria Crescent<strong>in</strong>i<br />

Manrico Bernardo de Muro<br />

Ferrando John Lawler<br />

Ines Elena Craig<br />

Ruiz Costanzo Sorv<strong>in</strong>o<br />

Un vecchio z<strong>in</strong>garo Theodore Czerw<strong>in</strong>ski<br />

Un messaggero Pier<strong>in</strong>o Salvucci<br />

maestro direttore Herbert Fiss<br />

2/24/42:<br />

Ebrico Odierno, New York representive and cast<strong>in</strong>g director for the <strong>Philadelphia</strong> La Scala <strong>Opera</strong> Company died<br />

backstage at the Academy of Music as the curta<strong>in</strong> was ris<strong>in</strong>g on the first act of Il trovatore... Present when he<br />

died was this stepson, Banjam<strong>in</strong> Altieri, stage manager... who a short time earlier had escorted Mr. Odierno’s<br />

wife, Emilia Vergeri... to the hotel. Mr. Odierno had been identified with the opera for 35 years, and was<br />

associated with the <strong>Philadelphia</strong> La Scala <strong>Opera</strong> Co. s<strong>in</strong>ce its organization five years ago, as well as with its<br />

predsecessor, the second Civic <strong>Opera</strong> Co. His home was <strong>in</strong> New York.<br />

Così fan tutte (English): <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Academy of Music (<strong>Philadelphia</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Company), hour: 2030: stage<br />

director Hans Wohlmuth; set design John Harvey; assistant stage director and stage manager John<br />

Harvey; artistic director Sylvan Lev<strong>in</strong>; assistant to artistic director Ezra Rachl<strong>in</strong>; coach Cornelia<br />

L<strong>in</strong>field; costume design Helen Stevenson West; make-up <strong>Frank</strong> X. Michl; sett<strong>in</strong>gs pa<strong>in</strong>ted by Zafran<br />

& Jar<strong>in</strong> Scenery Studios, <strong>Philadelphia</strong>; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., <strong>Philadelphia</strong><br />

Fiordiligi Emma Beldan<br />

Dorabella Brenda Lewis<br />

Guglielmo Howard Vanderburg<br />

Ferrando William Hess<br />

Desp<strong>in</strong>a Hilda Morse<br />

Don Alfonso Leonard Treash<br />

maestro direttore Sylvan Lev<strong>in</strong><br />

3/02/42: Pa gliacci: <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Plays and Players (Students’ <strong>Opera</strong> Company): stage director Diana Irv<strong>in</strong>e<br />

Mary Thunder<br />

Sherwood Angelson<br />

Joseph Kotz<strong>in</strong><br />

Edmund Dolen<br />

John Bertrand<br />

Stanley Zeman<br />

maestro direttore Konrad Neuger<br />

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