Genre: black-and-white photographs / Names: Santa Monica Civic Opera Association - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of Santa Monica Civic Opera singer Laurin Malcolm, in costume as Count Monterone from a production of “Rigoletto.” He wears an embellished tunic with ruff collar and cuffs, belt and stockings.
Date:: November 26, 1949-December 4, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera singers performing in "The Barber of Seville." The singers, wearing 18th century Spanish clothing, portray Count Almavida (dressed as a soldier), Bartolo, and Rosina (portrayed by Natalie Garrotto). The players are surrounded by a stage set recreating a room in Bartolo’s home. The set, painted with decorative paneled walls and a faux fireplace, is also decorated with end tables, chairs, a curtained window and candelabras. A pianist is visible from the orchestra pit. Performed at John Adams Junior High School, Santa Monica.
Date:: December 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of Santa Monica Civic Opera singer Laurin Malcolm, in costume as Count Monterone from a production of “Rigoletto.” He wears an embellished tunic with ruff collar and cuffs, belt and stockings.
Date:: November 26, 1949-December 4, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of Santa Monica Civic Opera singer Laurin Malcolm, in costume as Count Monterone from a production of “Rigoletto.” He wears an embellished tunic with ruff collar and cuffs, belt and stockings.
Date:: November 26, 1949-December 4, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Cutout renderings of opera singer Enrico Porta as Rigoletto, and Mario Lanza, Santa Monica Civic Opera conductor. Photographs of performers and performances are on the table on which the cutouts stand.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Negative housed with envelope addressed to Adelbert Bartlett. Handwritten script reads: “New Moon, operetta, de Parker, 1949” (see image ark no. 21198/zz002d6p71).
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: There are two related performance photographs and a third photo featuring Barbara Ludwig and the singer who portrays Hansel and Gretel’s father (dated 1959): 21198/zz002d433v, 21198/zz002d45zr and 21198/zz002d438f.
Date:: 1959?
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Young women in evening gowns photographed below a flight of stairs. Several are holding programs for a Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Carmen.” Photographed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: October 13, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera cast of "La Traviata" with, row 1: conductor Mario Lanza (7th from left), Natalie Garrotto (3rd from R), Kay Marshall (2nd from R), Jean Kortlander (far R); row 2: June Moss (far R); row 3: tenor Giovanni Zavatti (4th from left), Victor Terzo (3rd from R), Enrico Porta (R); row 4: bass Arnet Amos (5th from left).
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Woman in satin gown and gloves, seated, holding feather fan in a hallway at John Adams Auditorium for a Santa Monica Civic Opera of "La Traviata."
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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