- Bishop, Cardell. San Carlo Opera Company of America. Santa Monica, Calif.:
Author, 1980–1981. 2v.
Not seen. Described by Kaufmanas “crammed with dates and casts, especially
for performances in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.” The com-
pany performed across the U.S. and Canada, with such artists as Tito Schipa
and Titta Ruffo.
Singers
- Davis, Peter G. The American Opera Singer: The Lives and Adventures of
America’s Great Singers in Opera and Concert from 1825 to the Present.New
York: Doubleday, 1997. 626p. ISBN 0-385-47495-4. ML400 .D33.
Facts about the stars, told in a popular style. The vapid jargon of journalistic
criticism is pervasive: Aprile Millo “lacked inner conviction,” and Jennie
Tourel’s voice had an “intriguing tang and pungency.” Backnotes, bibliogra-
phy of about 150 titles, index.
Cities and Regions
The only works cited are those devoted to opera, but some information on opera will
be found in the more generalized city and regional histories identified in IOMv.2.
Treatises on the stage history of particular cities are often useful for operatic studies;
citations are given in IOMand in GRB.
Boston
Boston had an unsteady operatic history until the foundation in 1958 of the Opera
Company of Boston, under Sarah Caldwell.
2766.Eaton, Quaintance. The Boston Opera Company.New York: Appleton-Century-
Crofts, 1965. xiv, 338p. ML1711.8 .B7 E14.
A popular, undocumented story, with 55 illustrations. Gives complete casts for
all performances, material on the singers, and a chapter on the Boston critics.
Expansive index of names and titles.- Bishop, Cardell. Boston National Opera Company and Boston Theatre Opera
Company. Santa Monica, Calif.: Author, 1981. vii, 41 leaves. ML1711.8 .B7.
A history of the companies, 1914–1918, with chronologies and casts. Index.
Chautauqua
- Cowden, Robert H. The Chautauqua Opera Association, 1929–1958: An
Interpretative History.[University, Miss.]: National Opera Association, 1974.
iv, 85p. ML1711.8 .C45.
The Chautauqua Institute was founded in 1874; its music program was initi-
ated in 1878. This useful survey includes a list of 72 operas (titles only) pre-
sented from 1929 to 1958 with the dates on which they were given. The
research literature on Chautauqua is covered by 173 backnotes.
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