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Cast of the "Mikado"

Date: 03 28 1936
Description: Elevated view of the entire cast of the "Mikado" operetta on stage at West High School.
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East High School Operetta Scenes

Date: 04 11 1935
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.
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Fuller Opera House

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view across Mifflin Street towards the Fuller Opera House, which later became the Parkway Theater and was razed in 1954. The City Hall is next doo...
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University of Wisconsin Players Opera Finalists

Date: 02 06 1950
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...
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Cast for Operetta "H.M.S.Pinafore" at Wisconsin High School

Date: 01 17 1952
Description: Faculty advisor Ernest Justice posing with members of the cast of the operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore" which students of Wisconsin High school will present at th...
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Lake Edge Congregational Community Church Group

Date: 10 29 1953
Description: Four costumed operetta actors rehearse at Lake Edge Congregational Community Church (now Lake Edge UCC Church), 4200 Buckeye Road. Left to right, they are:...
Poster

Poster for Morris Brothers' Opera House Minstrels

Date: 1857
Description: Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto...
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A.J. Schneider Music Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the A.J. Schneider Music Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, dealers in "pianos, victrolas, records, etc.," with a lineup of well-known opera sing...
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Band in front of Opera House

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Description: Brass band with eight musicians posed standing on the street in front of the Opera House. At the far right is Carl Pope. Signs advertise "John T. Hinds in ...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"

Date: 02 06 1965
Description: In the Madison Civic Opera's production of "Falstaff". Sir John ends up in a hamper filled with dirty laundry. At right, Paul Balshaw, one Falstaff in the ...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff

Date: 02 06 1965
Description: Jerry Hjert, director and John Custer, technical director of the Madison Theater Guild, foreground, survey the ruins of the Madison Civic Opera's scenery a...
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"King and I" Opens

Date: 04 06 1958
Description: A full stage view of Madison Theater Guild's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I", at East High School.

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