NEC Opera

4 manuscript boxes containing photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and a little correspondence, and a few CDs containing photographs.

Organizational description:

This collection covers opera performances put on by NEC from 1926-2018, most being from 1942-2005.

Provenance:

This collection comes from three sources. Some of the photos had been stored in the NEC archives for an indefinite period of time; other materials, mainly from the 1960s, had belonged to Chester Williams (former Dean and President of NEC). These were given to NEC in 2001. Finally, other photographs were given to the archives by NEC’s Public Relations department which had been collected over the years.

Access:

Access to the NEC Opera Collection is granted by the NEC Archivist.  Appointments must be scheduled in advance.  There are no restrictions pertaining to this collection.

Copyright:

For copyright permissions, consult the Archivist or Director of Libraries. This collection should be cited as: NEC Opera Collection, New England Conservatory Archives, Boston, MA.

Scope & Content

This collection contains materials relating to NEC Opera productions from 1920s-2018. These materials include primarily photographs, newspaper clippings, and press releases. There is also correspondence dealing with a few of the productions. The collection is organized chronologically with the unidentified photos at the end. There is also one folder dedicated to Opera Boston, an organization which cast many NEC performers. Finally, this collection contains CDs with photographs from the casts of The Magic Flute (2010), Ariadne auf Naxos(2011) and Dido and Aeneas (2011).

Container List

Box 1 – Folder 1
Madame Butterfly, Hansel and Gretel, 1920s
Box 1 – Folder 2
Il Pagliacci, Der Rosenkavalier, Samson and Delilah, The Marriage of Figaro, May 1941.
Box 1 – Folder 3
Suor Angelica, April 1942
Box 1 – Folder 4
Aida, Marriage by the Lantern, February 1943
Box 1 – Folder 5
Hansel and Gretel, 1944?
Box 1 – Folder 6
Falstaff (scene), May 1949
Box 1 – Folder 7
Il Tabarro, Esther? WGBH, May 1958
Box 1 - Folder 8
Falstaff, 1959
Box 1 – Folder 9
Susannah, May 1959
Box 1 – Folder 10
Trouble in Tahiti, WGBH,1959
Box 1 – Folder 11
The Spanish Hour, May 1960
Box 1 - Folder 12
Santa Fe Opera, Summer 1960
Box 1 – Folder 13
Dido and Aeneas, April 1961
Box 1 – Folder 14
King Theodore in Venice, March 1962
Box 1 – Folder 15
The Cloak/The Medium, November 1962
Box 1 – Folder 16
The Bartered Bride, May 1963
Box 1 – Folder 17
L’Enfant Prodigue/The Old Maid and the Thief, October 1963
Box 1 – Folder 18
Amahl and the Night Visitors, December 1963
Box 1 – Folder 19
Dialogues of the Carmelites, February 1964
Box 1 – Folder 20
Cosi fan tutte, May 1964
Box 1 – Folder 21
Comedy on the Bridge/Acis and Galatea, May 1965
Box 1 – Folder 22
The Saint of Bleeker Street, November 1965
Box 1 – Folder 23
Hansel and Gretel, December 1965
Box 1 – Folder 24
The Marriage of Figaro, February 1966
Box 1 - Folder 25
The Incomplete Education/Gianni Schicchi, May 1966
Box 1 – Folder 26
Falstaff, February 1967
Box 1– Folder 27
Opera Gala (Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Rape of Lucretia, La Boheme, Anthony and
Cleopatra, Don Carlo, April 28, 1967
Box 1 – Folder 28
Midsummer Night’s Dream, May 1967
Box 1 – Folder 29
Castle Hill, Coronation of Poppea, 1967 (Summer)
Box 1 – Folder 30
NEC Opera Theater (Rigoletto, Werther, Orfeo), November 1967

Box 2 – Folder 1
Ba Ta Clan/Il Signor Bruschino, May 1969
Box 2 - Folder 2
Stravinsky's The Nightingale
Box 2 – Folder 3
The Magic Flute, February 13-17, 1972
Box 2 - Folder 4
Dido and Aeneas, February 1974 (photo in 1976 Neume)
Box 2 – Folder 5
The Spanish Hour, February 1974
Box 2 - Folder 6
Albert Herring, March 1975
Box 2 - Folder 7
Don Pasquale, March 1976
Box 2 - Folder 8
The Turn of the Screw, March 1977
Box 2 - Folder 9
Media, May 1979
Box 2 - Folder 10
A Midsummer Night's Dream, March 1980
Box 2 - Folder 11
NEC/Boston Conservatory Joint Opera Program
Box 2 - Folder 12
A Month in the Country, January 1981
Box 2 - Folder 13
The Ballad of Baby Doe, April 1981
Box 2 - Folder14
The Tell-Tale Heart; Sancta Susanna; Angelique, January 1982
Box 2 - Folder 15
L'Egisto, April 1982
Box 2 - Folder 16
The Isle of Tuliptan and The Scarf, January 1983
Box 2 – Folder 17
Die Fledermaus, April 1983
Box 2 – Folder 18
Doctor Miracle / L’Enfant et les Sortileges, January 1984
Box 2 - Folder 19
Cosi fan tutte, April 1984
Box 2 - Folder 20
The Spanish Hour/The Medium, January 1985
Box 2 – Folder 21
Falstaff, April 1985
Box 2 – Folder 22
Il Signor Bruschino/Viva la Mamma, January 1986
Box 2 - Folder 23
The Magic Flute, April 1986
Box 2 – Folder 24
Suor Angelica, October 1986
Box 2 – Folder 25
Gianni Schicci/Riders to the Sea, January 1987
Box 2 - Folder 26
A Midsummer Night's Dream, April 1987
Box 2 – Folder 27
Marriage by the Lanternlight (Offenbach) / Angelique (Ibert) – January 1988
Box 2 – Folder 28
L’Etoile, January 1989

Box 3– Folder 1
Movement class, Melinda Sullivan, 1990
Box 3 - Folder 2
Staging with John Moriarty, 1990
Box 3 - Folder 3
Die Fledermaus, February 1990
Box 3 – Folder 4
Albert Herring, April 1990
Box 3 - Folder 5
La Boheme, February 1991
Box 3 – Folder 6
Susannah, April 1991
Box 3 - Folder 7
The Rake’s Progress, January/February, 1992The Rake’s Progress, January/February, 1992
Box 3 - Folder 8
Dialogues of the Carmelites, April 1992
Box 3 - Folder 9
Le Convinienze Teatrali (Viva la mamma), January 1993
Box 4 - Folder 10
Il Signor Bruschino, January 1993
Box 3 - Folder 11
The Barber of Seville, April 1993


Box 4 - Folder 1
Angelique / Doctor Miracle, February, 1994
Box 4 - Folder 2
Cosi fan tutte, March/April 1994
Box 4 - Folder 3
The Automobile Graveyard, February 1995
Box 4  - Folder 4
The Scarf / The Medium, February 1995
Box 4 - Folder 5
The Magic Flute, April 1995
Box 4- Folder 6
Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi, February 1996
Box 4 - Folder 7
The Italian Straw Hat, March 1996
Box 4- Folder 8
Don Pasquale, February 1997
Box 4 - Folder 9
The Marriage Contract / The Padrone, April 1997
Box 4 - Folder 10
An Incomplete Education / The Bosom of Tiresias, January/February 1998
Box 4 - Folder 11
A Midsummer Night's Dream, January 1999
Box 4 – Folder 12
The Threepenny Opera, April 1999
Box 4 - Folder 13
The Rape of Lucretia, January 2000
Box 4 - Folder 14
La Perichole, April 2000
Box 4 - Folder 15
Viva la mamma / Rita, January 2001
Box 4 - Folder 16
Romeo and Juliet scene, Shakespeare Festival, March 2001
Box 4 - Folder 17
The Marriage of Figaro, April 2001
Box 4 - Folder 18
Albert Herring, January 2002
Box 4 - Folder 19
Hansel and Gretel, April 2002
Box 4 - Folder 20
The Tenderland, January 2003
Box 4 – Folder 21
Candide, April 2003
Box 4 - Folder 22
La Calisto, January 2004
Box 4 - Folder 23
The Magic Flute, November 2010
Box 4 - Folder 24
Candide, February 2011
Box 4 - Folder 25
Into the Woods, December 2011
Box 4 - Folder 26
Paul Bunyan, April 2012
Box 4 - Folder 27
La Gazetta, April 2013
Box 4 – Folder 28
Later the Same Evening, 2018
Box 4 - Folder 29
Opera Scenes
Box 4 - Folder 30
Opera, Other
Box 4 - Folder 31
Unidentified