Performances + Events
NEC Opera
These records document opera performances put on by NEC from 1926-2018, most being from 1942-2005.
NEC Opera Archives
This collection consists of four manuscript boxes containing photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, a little correspondence, and a few CDs (containing photographs) from productions given by the NEC Opera department from the 1920s-2018, the bulk being from 1941-2004.
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 Marketing department which had been collecting them over the years.
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.
For copyright permissions, consult the Archivist. This collection should be cited as: NECA 20.5. NEC Opera Records, New England Conservatory Archives, Boston, MA.
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).
- Box 1 – Folder 1
- Madame Butterfly, Hansel and Gretel, 1920s
- Box 1 – Folder 2
- Excerpts from: 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 (Excerpts from: Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Rape of Lucretia, La Boheme, Anthony and Cleopatra, Don Carlo), April 28, 1967
- Box 1 – Folder 28
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, May 1967
- Box 1 – Folder 29
- Castle Hill, Coronation of Poppea, 1967 (Summer)
- Box 1 – Folder 30
- (Excerpts from: 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, 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
