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Performance contracts and correspondence

 Series — Box: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Memorabilia, programs, publicity materials, contracts, reviews, recordings, interviews, biographies, business and personal correspondence and documents, scrapbooks, degrees, honors, awards, and photographs collected and curated by coloratura soprano Anna Moffo (Voice '54) throughout her lifetime. Her operatic roles included:

  • Adina (L'elisir d'amore)
  • Amina (La Sonnambula)
  • Aida (Aida)
  • Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly)
  • Clara (Porgy and Bess)
  • Desdemona (Otello)
  • Elvira (I Puritani)
  • Gilda (Rigoletto)
  • Hélène (La belle Hélène)
  • Juliette (Roméo et Juliette)
  • Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi)
  • Leonora (Il Travatore)
  • Liù (Turandot)
  • Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor)
  • Luisa (Luisa Miller)
  • Magda (La Rondine)
  • Manon (Manon Lescaut)
  • Marguerite (Faust)
  • Marie (La fille du régiment)
  • Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande)
  • Mimi (La boheme) (American debut, 1957)
  • Nannetta (Falstaff) (La Scala debut, 1957)
  • Norina (Don Pasquale) (Spoleto debut, 1955)
  • Pamina (Die Zauberflöte)
  • Périchole (La Périchole)
  • Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus)
  • Susanna (La nozze di Figaro)
  • Thaïs (Thaïs)
  • Tosca (Tosca)
  • Violetta (La Traviata) (Met debut, 1959)
  • Zerlina (Don Giovanni)
  • Dates

    • Creation: 1932 - circa 2005

    Creator

    Extent

    From the Collection: 5.43 Linear feet

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    From the Collection: Italian

    From the Collection: German

    From the Collection: French

    Arrangement

    Contracts and any accompanying correspondence are organized chronologically by performance date

    Repository Details

    Part of the Curtis Institute of Music Archives Repository

    Contact:
    1720 Locust St
    Philadelphia PA 19103 United States