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Type: Black-and-white photographs
Title: Atlanta opera
Date: 1915
Description: Photograph of Enrico Caruso performing the role of Samson in a 1915 Metropolitan Opera production of Samson and Delilah in Atlanta, Georgia. An actress and another actor in costume stand on the stage near him. A headline reading "Samson et Delila opens brilliant opera program" appears above the image. Each spring from 1910 until 1986, the Metropolitan Opera, based in New York City, collaborated with the Atlanta Music Club to produce Opera Week in Atlanta.
Subjects: Opera--Georgia--Atlanta | Actors--Georgia--Atlanta | Actresses--Georgia--Atlanta | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) | Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) | Costume--Georgia--Atlanta | Tenors (Singers)--Georgia--Atlanta | Singers--Georgia--Atlanta | Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta | Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.)
Contributors: New Georgia Encyclopedia | Atlanta History Center
Original Material: Roth, Darlene R. and Andy Ambrose. Metropolitan Frontiers: A Short History of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1996. | Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center Archives.
Rights and Usage: Courtesy of Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center Archives
Related Materials: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2702 | Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Related Institutions: New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
Collection Information: New Georgia Encyclopedia