{"product_id":"21640-italian-opera-callas-maria-etc-archive-of-letters-telegrams-and-ephemera-from-the-teatro-opera-roma-1945-1980s","title":"[Italian Opera] [Callas, Maria. (1923-1977)], (Barbieri, Fedora. (1920-2003) etc. Archive of Letters, Telegrams, and Ephemera from the Teatro Opera Roma, 1945-1980s","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn intriguing large collection of materials from the archives of Teatro Opera Roma, the majority consisting of correspondence (letters, many of them autograph, and copies of sent telegrams) between the theater management and contracted artists, most documents dated from between 1945 and 1952, smaller part, including self-promotional material from singers applying for a contract, from the 1960s. There are also a few letters from the 1970s and 1980s. Except for printed promotional materials, which come in a variety of languages, all documents are in Italian. Included in the well over a hundred page archive, of particular interest are the following items:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTwo letters from Maria Callas's husband and manager Giovanni Battista Meneghini (1896-1981), both dated 1952, one of them autograph and signed. Both letters discuss Callas's contracts and schedule.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTypescript letter signed by mezzo soprano Fedora Barbieri (1920-2004), dated 1952.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter by soprano Giuseppina Arnaldi (1921-1983), dated 1949.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter by composer Umberto Berrettoni (1890-1953), dated 1952.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eContract with soprano Maria Caniglia (1905-1979).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCorrespondence and contract with soprano Antonietta Stella (1929-2022).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCorrespondence and contract with mezzo soprano Lucia Danieli (1927-2005).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCorrespondence with composer Lodovico Rocca (1895-1986) about his opera \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eUragan \u003c\/i\u003e(1950), then unperformed.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTwo telegrams (no dates) to conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe Teatro dell'Opera di Roma originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCostanzi Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e, and has since undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The present house seats 1,600 and is widely celebrated for its extraordinary acoustics. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093788315807,"sku":"21640","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Callas_Archive_of_Letters_2C_Telegrams_2C_and_Ephemera_from_the_Teatro_Opera_Roma_2C_1945-1980s_21640a.jpg?v=1722190365","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21640-italian-opera-callas-maria-etc-archive-of-letters-telegrams-and-ephemera-from-the-teatro-opera-roma-1945-1980s","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}