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Title
Production of the opera La Traviata, Hollywood or Pomona, 1949
Contributor
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Zavatti, Giovanni, -- 1911-2006 (subject)
Amos, Arnet, -- 1911-1991 (subject)
Verdi, Giuseppe, -- 1813-1901. -- Traviata (subject)
California Opera Theater (subject)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
2nd from left: bass Arnet Amos; near center stage: tenor Giovanni Zavatti
Handwritten at edge of negative: 97
Text from negative sleeve: Opera, 'Traviata,' 1949, 1.25 Spec $1.25
Possibly related to one of the following Los Angeles Times articles: 1. January 23, 1949, ‘La Traviata’ Will Be Sung in Pomona High. The Golden West Opera Company will present “La Traviata” in Pomona High School Auditorium Saturday night under auspices of the Pomona Valley Opera Club. Leading roles will be taken by Harold Reed, Maria de la Vega and Giovanni Zavatti. 2. June 5, 1949, Hollywoodians to Stage Opera. The public affairs section of the Woman’s Club of Hollywood will present the California Opera Theater in “La Traviata” in the clubhouse auditorium, 1749 N La Brea Ave., the night of June 17. The cast includes Maria de la Vega, Florence Timmerhoff, Pauline Farrell, Giovanni Zavatti, Harold Reed, Sidney Forrest, Arnet Amos, Al Bishoff and Orval Robertson. F. Camacho Vega is musical director. …
About 22 cast members onstage, in costume, with about 3 orchestra members partially visible in foreground, below straight edge of stage
Type
image
Format
1 photographic negative
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:2601
uclamss_1300_3497
3497
ark:/21198/zz002d58ph
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Opera singers
Operas & operettas -- California
Place
California
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Pomona
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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