You are bidding on a souvenir program for
The Metropolitan Opera Club’s
1977 Ball in the Opera House
honoring
The Musical Heritage
of the Spanish Speaking World
for the benefit of
The Metropolitan Opera Assoc.
This is an oversized program measuring 9” x 12”, unpaginated, but 36 pages incl. covers, printed on glossy paper. The text is in both English and Spanish as follows:
· “Opera in the Spanish-Speaking World” in English. With photos of Il Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona, and El Palacio de Belles Artes in Mexico; this history mentions Placido Domingo’s connection with the zarzuela art form.
· “Opera en Los Paises de Habla Hispana” with a 1916 Met photo of “Goyescas”, one of Lucrezia Bori at the Met, and a sketch for Don Giovanni by Peter Berman
· “Operatic Architecture – An International Language” in English, with four photos of sets for La Forza Del Destino.
Also included is the Met Opera Club roster and contributor list. There is a one leaf/4 page folded color insert (see photo inset) with the menu in Spanish. There are a few ads. The back cover is an ad showing Boehm’s tribute to Beverly Sills as “Manon” in Porcelain (see photo inset). The front cover has a scuff at the top right and is bumped throughout at that corner. Otherwise, good condition. We combine shipping on media rate items.
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