ORFEO Production at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Materials
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Scope and Content Note
The collection contains correspondence regarding the management of the production, photographs, and audio reel to reel tapes of the performance.
Audiovisual materials digitized by Media Preserve in July 2018 are available to researchers as .mp3 access copies; Special Collections also holds .wav preservation files.
Dates
- 1973-1974
Creator
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Department of Music (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
The Orfeo Production Collection includes photographs, reels of audio and correspondence from the 1973-1974 academic year. The Orfeo production was directed by Blanche Thebom, opera singer Mezzo-soprano who performed at the Metropolitan Opera from 1941-1967 and later became a professor of music and opera director at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR).
The performance of "Orfeo" is a translation of the Italian opera "Orpheus" by D. Von Gluck, translated in 1973 by Blanche Thebom. It is a Greek mythological love story about Orpheus retrieving his love Eurydice from the Underworld. The UALR production ran approximately one hour and forty-one minutes long and included the opera, ballet performances, accompanied by a recorded orchestra.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by topic.
Processing Information
Processed by Morgan Holladay; completed in September 2008.
Finding aid updated by Katrina Windon in September 2019 to add references to digitized access copies of select audiovisual materials that were created by Media Preserve in July 2018.
Creator
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Department of Music (Organization)
Source
- Perez, Louie (Donor, Person)
- Title
- ORFEO Production at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Morgan Holladay
- Date
- September 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu