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Civic Opera Guild Soiree
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An unusual photograph of four Madison women working on decorations for the soiree of the Civic Opera Guild, taken through a glass-topped table. They are: Lorna Holmes, Arlene Houseman, Esther Suckle, and Katherine Maurer.
February 1964
Sroda, Richard
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Civic Opera Guild Black Tie Soiree
January 28, 1964
Former Chief Justice Timothy Brown and his wife Louise Brown (left) and Charles and Viola Fenske (right) will serve as co-chairmen for the "black tie soiree" which the Civic Opera Guild is sponsoring.
Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"
February 6, 1965
Singing in the Madison Civic Opera's chorus in the production of "Falstaff" are, left to right: Charlotte Newton, Ann Crow, Mrs. Thomas Chalfant, Sandra Kwiecinski, Alice Hansen and Grace Schumpert.
Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff
February 6, 1965
Jerry Hjert, director and John Custer, technical director of the Madison Theater Guild, foreground, survey the ruins of the Madison Civic Opera's scenery after a water main burst at the Guild's wor...
Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"
January 27, 1965
Eight members of the Wisconsin Ballet, including Mrs. David Johnson who is facing the camera, dance in the final scene of Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" which is being presented by the Madison Civi...
Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"
February 6, 1965
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 production's two casts, is being pushed do...
Rehearsal for David Peteson's Folk Operetta Hodag
March 26, 1964
Rehearsing a scene from "Hodag," a folk operetta by David Peterson, are (left to right) Rogers Keene, Director Leonard Schach, and Pat Brown. Leonard Schach, director in a South African theater, i...
