“Cavalleria Rusticana” production with June Moss and Barbara Gholson, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1952

Item Overview

Title

“Cavalleria Rusticana” production with June Moss and Barbara Gholson, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1952

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1952

Date

1952

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Image housed with other negatives from a performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana” at Barnum Hall, May 11, 1952. This is a different performance at the same venue with similar sets. This performance may have been staged the same year.
Opera singers performing the Mass passage from “Cavalleria Rusticana.” Cast members in Italian peasant costumes take up the stage. Several men (including two soldiers) stand behind rows of kneeling women. A priest stands in the doorway of a church as a performer, portraying Lola, sings. The setting is a 19th century Sicilian village. Painted backdrops and sets depict stone and brick architecture surrounding a village square. At opposing ends of the stage are a cantina and a church. Beyond the stage, musicians are viewed in the orchestra pit at foreground. Cast members include Barbara Gholson (kneeling, front, L), and June Moss, (kneeling, second from R). Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: SM Civic Opera, Pagliacci, Elixir, Cavalleria.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. Cavalleria rusticana
Gholson, Barbara
Moss, June Maxine, 1908-1995
Barnum Hall Theatre (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Santa Monica Civic Opera Association

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.012085

Latitude

-118.486213

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Operas & operettas--California--Santa Monica