Original Art Deco sheet music for the song “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’” from the 1935 African-American-themed opera Porgy and Bess. The opera’s music was..... Read More about I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’. The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess
Scarce libretto printed in New York City for Johann Strauss II’s operetta Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War). The libretto was likely printed for its..... Read More about Libretto for Johann Strauss II’s Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War); New York Imprint
C.1892 French chromolithographic poster for Le Pays de l’Or [The Golden or Promised Land], a comic operetta and spectacle set in America including the Western..... Read More about Le Pays de L’Or. Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 3 actes et 14 tableaux
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Poster advertising the world premiere of African American composer Ulysses Kay’s three-act opera, Frederick Douglass. Composed in 1979–1985 in collaboration with white librettist Donald Dorr..... Read More about Frederick Douglass, Music by Ulysses Kay…World Premiere, New Jersey State Opera… [poster
