Item consists of a program for the production of the opera Madame Butterfly by the Fujiwara Opera Company, held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre September 17th - 19th 1956.
Item consists of a program for the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri by the De La Salle Oaklands Light Opera Society at the College Auditorium from April 26th - 28th, 1956.
Item consists of a program for a Toronto Symphony Orchestra performance held at Massey Hall on Friday January 27th, 1956. Conductor was Sir Ernest MacMillan and Assistant Conductor was Paul Scherman. The guest artist was soprano Renata Tebaldi.
Item consists of a program for a performance by the North Scarborough Choral Society of the Opera The Gondoliers, held at the North Scarborough Community Centre from April 20th - April 23rd, 1955.
Item consists of a program for a Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Opera School production of The Telephone (or l'Amour a Trois) at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto, from April 15th - 16th, 1955.
Item consists of a program for a series of operas held by the Opera Festival Company of Toronto in their 6th Annual Season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre between February 5th and March 12th, 1955. Operas included Die Fledermaus, the Marriage of Figaro, and La Triviata.
Item consists of a program for the Tornoto Symphony Orchestra POP performance held at Massey Hall on Friday, October 29th, 1954. The conductor was Paul Scherman and the guest artist soprano Irmgard Seefried.
Item consists of a program for the Verdi opera Il Trovatore (presented in English), held at the Royal Conservatory Concert Hall on Wednesday October 27th, 1954, as a fundraiser for the Ontario Hurricane Relief Fund.
Item consists of a program for a Grand Operatic Concert by Principals and Chorus of National Opera Company of Canada, held at the Northern Vocational School Auditorium.
Item consists of a program for the the Metropolitan Opera's presentation of Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom at the Eaton Auditorium on October 22nd, 1953.
This collection consists of programs from theatre, opera, and symphony performances that the collector attended from 1952-2020. Most programs have the ticket stub tipped in, and some include newspaper reviews and clippings for the performances.
Item is a publicity portrait of Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic singer who sang for many Italian opera companies and debuted for the Metropolitan Opera in 1920. He is shown in profile, with one foot resting upon a chair. Black ink inscription on surface of photograph reads, 'Bgigli Montreal 1925'