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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Polish opera singer Ganna Walska adorned in operatic costume holding a lyre. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCorm... |
| Date: | 03 28 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the entire cast of the "Mikado" operetta on stage at West High School. |
| Date: | 03 05 1936 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the East High School operetta "Prince of Peddlers" cast on stage. |
| Date: | 03 05 1936 |
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| Description: | Ten principal characters on stage in costume for operetta "Prince of Peddlers" at East High School. |
| Date: | 04 11 1935 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of singers in costumes standing on risers on stage for the operetta "Tune In" presented by the East High A Capella Choir and Treble Clef Clu... |
| Date: | 04 11 1935 |
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| Description: | Two scenes from the East High School operetta "Tune In," a modern musical comedy, presented by the East High A Capella Choir and Treble Clef Club. |
| Date: | 04 11 1935 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the entire costumed cast of the operetta "Tune In" on stage at East High School. The operetta was presented by the East High A Capella Ch... |
| Date: | 03 07 1931 |
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| Description: | East high school cast and orchestra for the operetta "The Mikado." |
| Date: | 03 02 1928 |
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| Description: | East High School operetta cast sitting and standing on a stage. |
| Date: | 12 17 1982 |
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| Description: | Operetta Scene - The Hansberry-Sands Theater Company performed a scene from "Black Nativity" at St. Agnes Church, 4055 N. 25th St. |
| Date: | 03 20 1947 |
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| Description: | A scene from "The Forest Princ,e, an operetta set in 16th century Russia, which was presented by the East High School a cappella choir and the concert orch... |
| Date: | 01 13 1949 |
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| Description: | Some of the Central High School Operetta cast members rehearsing. Left to right, Ruth Doris, Jo Raimond, Tom Coynes, Dick Peterson and Betty Figler. The op... |
| Date: | 02 02 1949 |
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| Description: | East High School students Beverly Sime, playing the piano, and Frank Hanson, rehearsing for the "Pirates of Penzance" operetta. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A man stands near an opera house sign, smoking a pipe and looking at his theater ticket. A poster advertises a show by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin. |
| Date: | 09 12 1949 |
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| Description: | One of the greatest names in opera, soprano Kirsten Flagstad, seated, is pictured with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur W. (Else) Dusenberry, 4327 Regent Street. ... |
| Date: | 10 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu... |
| Date: | 11 29 1949 |
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| Description: | The Chinese Student Association of the University of Wisconsin presents an historical opera called "The Song of Ch'u." The costumed leading actors, from l... |
| Date: | 02 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Billie Burke raises a glass posed as the servant girl in the operetta The Dutchess of Dantzic which premiered in October 1903 at the Lyric Theatre i... |
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