Series 1: Performance records/Programs
Box 1
Box 1 - Folder 1
Programs, New England Opera Theater, 1946-1949
Box 1 – Folder 2
Concert Programs, New England Opera Theater, 1950-1955
Box 1 – Folder 3
Concert Programs, New England Opera Theater, 1956-1958
Box 1 – Folder 4
Concert Programs, New England Opera Theater, 1960-1962
Box 1 – Folder 5
Concert Programs, Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater
Box 1 – Folder 6
Programs, Other
Box 1 – Folder 7
Repertoire/casts, New England Opera Theater, 1946-1962
Box 1 – Folder 8
Souvenir book & libretto, New England Opera Theater, The Barber of Seville
Box 1 – Folder 9
Souvenir book and libretto, New England Opera Theater, Don Pasquale
Box 1 – Folder 10
Souvenir book & libretto, New England Opera Theater, The Secret Marriage
Box 1 – Folder 11
Souvenir book, New England Opera Theater, The First Fifteen Years
Box 1 – Folder 12
Souvenir book, Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater, La Boheme
Series 2: Administrative Records
Box 1 – Folder 14
New England Opera Theater, Articles of Incorporation/By-Laws
Box 1 – Folder 15
New England Opera Theater, Contracts
Box 1 – Folder 16
New England Opera Theater, Meeting Minutes, 1962
Box 1 – Folder 17
New England Opera Theater, Meeting Minutes, 1963
Box 1 – Folder 18
Goldovsky Opera Institute, By-Laws
Box 1 – Folder 19
Goldovsky Opera Institute, Contracts
Box 1 – Folder 20
Goldovsky Opera Institute, Correspondence/Memoranda
Box 1 – Folder 21
Goldovsky Opera Institute, Financial statements
Box 1 – Folder 22
Goldovsky Opera Institute, Meeting minutes, 1963
Box 1 – Folder 23
Goldovsky Opera Institute, Meeting minutes, 1964-
Box 1 – Folder 24
Goldovsky Opera Institute, Reports
Series 3: Press/Publicity Records
Box 1 – Folder 25
Newspaper/Magazine Articles, 1935-1962
Box 1 – Folder 26
Newspaper/Magazine Articles, 1963-1979
Box 1 – Folder 27
Newspaper articles, 1980-
Box 1 – Folder 28
Posters/Flyers
Series 4: Correspondence
Box 2 – Folder 1
Biographical materials
Series 5: Libretti/Writings
Goldovsky Libretti:
Box 2 – Folder 2
The Bartered Bride
Box 2 – Folder 3
Carmen
Box 2 – Folder 4
Idomeneo/Mozart (2 copies)
Box 2 – Folder 5
La Traviata
Box 2 – Folder 6
The Turk in Italy/Rossini (2 copies)
Other Libretti:
Box 2 – Folder 7
The Death of a Fascist by Wallace Dace (libretto to Puccini’s Tosca)
Box 2 – Folder 8
Verdi’s Falstaff – translation from the vocal score. Ricordi & Co. (1893). Reprinting 1944. With handwritten annotations
Memoir: My Road to Opera:
Box 2 – Folder 9
Chapter 1: Childhood in Russia, draft
Box 2 – Folder 10
Chpt 1: Childhood in Russia, draft, excerpt
Box 2 – Folder 11
Chapter 2: From Moscow to Berlin
Box 2 – Folder 12
Chapter 2: From Moscow to Berlin, draft, excerpt
Box 2 – Folder 13
Chapter 3: With Dohnayi in Budapest
Box 2 – Folder 14
Chapter 3: With Dohnayi in Budapest, draft, revisions
Box 2 – Folder 15
Chapter 4: Josef Hofmann and the Curtis Institute of Music
Box 2 – Folder 16
Chapter 4: Josef Hofmann and the Curtis Institute of Music, draft, excerpt
Box 2 – Folder 17
Chapter 5: Fritz Reiner’s Great Opera Season
Box 2 – Folder 18
Chapter 6: My First Years with Rodzinski
Box 2 – Folder 19
Chapter 7: A Three Ring Opera
Box 2 - Folder 20
Chapter 8: From Tanglewood to Koussevitzky
Box 2 – Folder 21
Chapter 9: Two Mozart Triumphs, excerpts, drafts
Box 2 – Folder 22
Chapter 10: Farewell to Uncle Sergei
Shorter Writings:
Box 2 – Folder 23
The Story of the Goldovsky Opera Institute
Box 2 - Folder 24
The Riddle of Musical Tempo
Box 2 - Folder 25
History in Opera, a Verdi Trilogy; Note on Rigoletto
Box 2 – Folder 26
Other Writings
Box 3
- Typed, edited manuscript of My Road to Opera
- Proof copy of My Road to Opera
- Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen: Intermission Scripts from the Met Broadcasts. Draft and related materials
- Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen: Intermission Scripts from the Met Broadcasts. Master Copy
Series 6: Photographs
Photos with Goldovsky:
Box 4
Box 4 – Folder 1
Goldovsky Press Photos/headshots
Box 4 – Folder 2
Goldovsky Press Photos/headshots
Box 4 – Folder 3
Goldovsky at the piano
Box 4 – Folder 4
Goldovsky candids
Box 4 – Folder 5
Groups/Rehearsal photos
Box 4 – Folder 6
Groups/Rehearsal photos
Box 4 – Folder 6
Groups/Cast/Tours
Box 4 – Folder 7
Professional/Social events
Box 4 – Folder 8
Family/personal photos
Box 4 – Folder 9
Miscellaneous photos
Individual Press Photos/Headshots:
Box 5
Box 5 – Folder 1
Photographs ‘A’ (Mildred Allen; Edward Alley, conductor (2 photos – 2 copies of one); John Arab, tenor
Box 5 – Folder 2
Photographs ‘B’ (Marcia Baldwin, mezzo-soprano; Francis Barnard; Jacqueline Bazinet (2 copies); William Beck, baritone (2 copies); Anne Marie Belier, soprano (2 copies); Ara Berberian, bass; Carol Bergey (2 copies); Richard Best; Naomi Blake (2 copies)
Box 5 – Folder 3
Photographs ‘C’ (Thomas Clerke, tenor; Carol Courtman, soprano)
Box 5 – Folder 4
Photographs ‘D’ (Eric Davis, tenor (2 copies); J. B Davis, bass; Luisa De Sett (2 photos – 2 copies each); Enrico di Giuseppe)
Box 5 – Folder 5
Photographs ‘E’ (Rosalind Elias, mezzo-soprano; Lucille Englebright, lyric soprano)
Box 5 – Folder 6
Photographs ‘F’ (Naomi Farr, soprano; Maria Ferriero, dramatic soprano (2 copies); Constance Fisher, soprano; Norman T. Foster
Box 5 – Folder 7
Photographs ‘G’ (Lila Gage, soprano; Marguerite Gignac, soprano (2 copies); David Giosso; Frank Guarrera, baritone; Norma Guisti, soprano (2 copies)
Box 5 – Folder 8
Photographs ‘H’ (Donna Maria Hankla, soprano; Ewan Harbrecht, soprano; Lansing Hatfield, baritone; Paul Hickfang, bass; Ronald Holgate, tenor (4 photos- 2 copies of one)
Box 5 – Folder 9
Photographs ‘L’ (James Lawrence, Jr. President of NE Opera Theater Inc., portrait by Patricia Tate; Gwen Little; David Lloyd, tenor, 9 photos
Box 5 – Folder 10
Photographs ‘Mc- Mi’ (Marjorie McCleary; John McCollum, tenor (2 photos); Evelyn Mekelatos; Sherrill Milnes, bass-baritone (2 copies)
Box 5 – Folder 11
Photographs ‘Mo-Mu’ (Marquita Moll (2 copies); Mac Morgan, baritone, 2 photos (one a photo of a painting by Norman Rockwell (Duplicates of each); Mildred Mueller (2 photos – one in duplicate- postcards)
Box 5 – Folder 12
Photographs ‘O-P’ (Lucien Olivier, baritone; Eugenia Patryk, autographed; Robert Paul; Thomas Paul, bass/baritone; Mary Beth Peil, soprano)
Box 5 – Folder 13
Photographs ‘R’ (Benjamin Rayson, baritone (2 copies); Francesca Roberto, soprano (2 copies); Martin Rudel, bass
Box 5 – Folder 14
Photographs ‘S’ (George Shirley, autographed; Nancy Stokes, soprano)
Box 5 – Folder 15
Photographs ‘ U’ (Paul Ukena (2 copies)
Box 5 – Folder 16
Photographs ‘W’ (James Wainner, tenor (2 copies); Marguerite Willauer, soprano, 2 photos in duplicate; Nancy Williams, mezzo-soprano, 2 photos in duplicate; Shirley Winston.
Box 5 – Folder 17
Photographs, Individuals, Unidentified
Photographs – Opera Productions - Identified:
Box 6
Box 6 – Folder 1
Opera Productions - Identified:
Angelique/Ibert, Tanglewood?
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1951, Tanglewood
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Jerry Sien)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Eugene Green as Bartolo)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Justino Diaz as Basilio)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Vera Scemmon as Rosina)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (James Wainner as the Count)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Alexander Gray as Figaro)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962 (Anne Marie Belier as Marcellina)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Paul Hickfang as Basilio)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Paul Hickfang as Dr. Bartolo), 2 photos
The Barber of Seville ( 2 copies) (Rosina, Count Almaviva, Figaro)
The Barber of Seville (2 copies) (Rosina, Marcellina, Count Almaviva, Don Basilio)
The Barber of Seville (2 copies), Rosina and Dr. Bartolo
The Barber of Seville (2 copies) (Figaro, Count Almaviva, Rosina)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Jeannette Scovotti as Rosina; James Wainner as Count)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina)
The Barber of Seville, February 1962? (Crowd scene), 2 copies
Box 6 – Folder 2
Opera Productions - Identified:
La Boheme, 1964?, Crowd Scene (2 copies)
La Boheme, 1964?, Crowd Scene (2 copies)
La Boheme, Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater
Cosi fan tutte, 4 characters, Tanglewood?
Don Giovanni, 1961 Tour (Spiro Malas as Leporello)
Don Giovanni, 1961 Tour (Marguerite Willauer as Donna Anna; James Wainner as Don Ottavio)
Don Pasquale, 1965?, (Therman Bailey as Don Pasquale)
Don Pasquale, 1965? (Mac Morgan as Dr. Malatesto; Robert Gay as Don Pasquale)
Don Pasquale, 1965?, (Earl Williams as Ernesto)
Don Pasquale, 1965?, (Jacqueline Bazinet as Norina)
Don Pasquale (Norina, Ernesto, and Don Pasquale)
Don Pasquale, Group scene with cake (2 copies)
Box 6 – Folder 3
Opera Productions: Identified:
L’enfant Prodigue (Debussy), 1953, Tanglewood
An Incomplete Education, 1953, Tanglewood
L’Incoronazione di Poppea, NEC, 1950?
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, 1961 (2 copies) (Tommy Roll as the Juggler; Spiro Malas as Boniface; Justino Diaz as the Prior)
King Theodore in Venice, Act I, Scene 2
King Theodore in Venice, Act II, Scene 5
King Theodore in Venice, 1961, Tanglewood? (Theodore, Lisetta, Taddeo), Act II, Scene
Box 6 – Folder 4
Opera Productions - Identified:
Marriage of Figaro, November 1946 (Nancy Trickey as Susanna; Mildred Miller (Mueller) as Cherubino)
Marriage of Figaro, November 1947 (Robert Gay; Phyllis Curtin; Margaret Goldovsky; Francis Barnard)
Old Maid and the Thief, January 1947, (Norman T. Foster, Margaret Goldovsky) (2 copies)
Old Maid and the Thief, January 1947, (Evelyn Mekelatos as Miss Pinkerton)
Pelleas et Melisande (2)
Pique Dame (Queen of Spades), Tanglewood, July, 1951, 3 photos, crowd scenes
The Princess and the Pea, July 1954, Tanglewood
Box 6 – Folder 5
Opera Productions - Identified:
Rigoletto, Fall 1966 (William McDonald as Duke, Laura Nilsen as Countess Ceprano)
Rigoletto, Fall 1966 (Alexander Gray as Rigoletto; Lucille Perret as Gilda)
Rigoletto, Fall 1966 (Seymour Schwartman as Rigoletto; Lucille Perret)
Rigoletto (Adele Addison as Gilda)
La Rondine, couple scene, November 1958
La Rondine, November 1958 (2 copies)
La Rondine, November 1958 (2)
La Rondine, curtain call
Le Roi d’Yvetot, 1950, American premiere
Romeo and Juliet, 1955, Tanglewood
The Secret Marriage, Dec 1956 (Adrianna Knowles as Fidalme)
The Secret Marriage, Dec. 1956?
Box 6 – Folder 6
Opera Productions - Identified
The Telephone, (Tanglewood?)
Tosca, Act II
La Traviata, crowd scene, 2 copies
La Traviata, Nov. 1958, 2 characters, 2 copies
La Traviata, November 1958 (2 copies)
La Traviata, 1962? (Eric Davis as Alfredo; Maria Ferreiro as Violetta; Benjamin Rayson as the elder Germont)
La Traviata, 1962? (Violetta surrounded by her friends)
La Traviata, 1962? (Mary Beth Peil as Violetta, surrounded by her friends), 2 copies
La Traviata, 1962? (Norma Giusti as Violetta)
La Traviata, 1962? (Norma Giusti as Violetta)
La Traviata, 1962? (Norma Giusti as Violetta)
La Traviata, 1962? (Norma Giusti as Violetta with ?)
La Traviata, Violetta and Alfredo, 1962 tour?
La Traviata, party scene, 1962 tour?
Box 6 – Folder 7
Opera Productions - Identified:
The Trojans, March 1955, Crowd scene, 2 copies
The Trojans, March 1955, Crowd Scene, 12 different photos
The Trojans, March 1955, Ship
The Trojans, March 1955, One female (3 copies)
The Trojans, March 1955, Dido and her sister Anna(played by Marquita Moll and Judith Kelly)
The Trojans, March 1955, 3 soldiers
The Turk in Italy, 1962?
The Turk in Italy, November 1948?, (David Lloyd as Narciso)
The Turk in Italy, November 1948? (Arthur Schoep; Marshall Heinbaugh; June Garden, David Lloyd)
The Turk in Italy, November 1948?, Adele Addison; Marshall Heinbaugh; Francis Barnard; June Garden; David Lloyd
The Turk in Italy, 1961 (Arthur Schoep)
Zaide, 1955, Tanglewood
Box 6 – Folder 8
Opera Productions - Possible Identifications:
Albert Herring, group of children, August 1949, Tanglewood
Albert Herring, August 1949, Tanglewood
Albert Herring, August 1949, Tanglewood
The Barber of Seville, 1954-1955 tour
La Boheme, 1964 (Richard Allen as Marcello; Carol Courtman as Mimi)
La Boheme, Tanglewood?
Box 6 – Folder 9
Opera Productions: Possible Identifications:
Carmen
Cosi fan tutte, January 1960
Cosi fan tutte (3)
Count Ory, August 1958, Tanglewood, full cast
Count Ory, August 1958, Nuns, 2 copies
Count Ory, August 1958 (scene w/ all women), 2 copies
Box 6 – Folder 10
Opera Productions - Possible Identifications
Don Giovanni, crowd, 5 x 7
Don Giovanni, 3 x 5 (2)
Don Giovanni, partial cast photo
Don Pasquale (2)
Esther/Meyerowitz, May 1958 (NEC), 4 characters
Esther/Meyerowitz, May 1958 (NEC), 2 characters
Griffelkin, Tanglewood, 1956 (2)
Box 6 – Folder 11
Opera Productions - Possible Identifications
Idomeneo, August 1947, Tanglewood
Idomeneo, crowd scene
The Marriage of Figaro, 1946-1947 (Mildred Miller as Cherubino)
(2)
Pelleas et Melisande, Dec. 1950 (2)
Box 6 – Folder 12
Opera Productions - Possible Identifications
Queen of Spades, Tanglewood
Riders to the Sea
Rigoletto, 1960?
Rigoletto, 1966, 5 x 7 (3)
Rigoletto?
Box 6 – Folder 13
Opera Productions - Possible Identifications
Tosca, 1963?, (Francesca Roberto as Floria with negative)
Tosca, 1963? (Francesca Roberto as Floria; Dean Wilder as Mario
Tosca, 1963? (Dean Wilder as Mario)
The Turk in Italy, 1961-1962
The Turk in Italy, 1961-1962, individual cast members, 5 photos
Box 6 – Folder 14
Opera Productions - Unidentified photos (1)
Box 6 – Folder 15
Opera Productions - Unidentified photos (2)
Box 6 – Folder 16
Opera Productions - Unidentified photos, Tanglewood?
Box 6 – Folder 17
Opera Production - Scene Sketches
Box 6 - Folder 18
Opera Productions - Sets
Box 6 – Folder 19
Opera Productions - Set construction
Box 6 – Folder 20
Historic opera character sketches
Agnes Schebest als Romeo
Signora Bariti (Patti); Mutter der Abelina Patti als Romeo
Miss Poole in the Opera of Fidelio
Albanese Butterfly by Abshire
Scene from Don Giovanni (catalog aria?)
Costume design from Rigoletto
Box 6 – Folder 21
Historic opera singer photographs - Identified:
Emma Calve – 4 ¼ x 7
Sig. Del Puente – 2 ½ x 3 ¾
Emma Eames – 4 ¼ x 6 ½
Mme. Minnie Hauck – 2 ½ x 4 ½
Die Kammersangerinnen Viorica Ursuleac and Gertrud Runger in Cosi fan tutte – Clipping
Box 6 – Folder 22
Historic opera singer photographs - Unidentified
Box 6 – Folder 23
Image reproductions of famous composers
Gustav Mahler; Richard Strauss; G.F. Handel; Cesar Franck; Carl Maria von Weber; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Franz Liszt; J.S. Bach; Robert Schumann; Ludwig van Beethoven; Franz Schubert; Richard Wagner; Joseph Haydn; Manuel de Falla(autographed); Claude Debussy; Frederic Chopin (from: Lamina correspondiente al libro. Historia Grafica Universal de la Musica por Kurt Pahlen. Individual plates)
Series 7: Subject Files
Box 7 - Folder 1
Biographical materials
Box 7 - Folder 2
Goldovsky Opera Library - Correspondence
Box 7 - Folder 3
Goldovsky Opera Library - Agreements
Box 7 - Folder 4
Goldovsky Opera Library - Additions
Box 7 - Folder 5
Goldovsky Opera Library - Inventories
Box 7 - Folder 6
Pierre Luboshutz Will
Series 8: Recordings
Box 7 - Recordings