Joseph Urban Papers
1893-1998

BIOGRAPHY

       Joseph Urban (1872-1933) studied architecture at the Akademie der bildenden Künst in his native Vienna. He established himself as an architect as well as a book illustrator, exhibit designer interior decorator and set designer often in collaboration with the painter Heinrich Lefler. Urban and Lefler were co-founders of the Hagenbund an exhibiting society similar to the Secessionists. In 1912 at the age of 40 Urban emigrated to the United States and became the designer for the Boston Opera Company where he introduced the innovations of the New Stagecraft from the european theater. After the Boston Opera Company went bankrupt in 1914 Urban began designing sets in New York. He designed the Ziegfeld Follies as well as all other Ziegfeld productions from 1915 to 1932. In 1917 he began designing for the Metropolitan Opera and continued to do so until his death in 1933. From 1921 to 1925 Urban was also the art director for William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Studios. He had branched out to other artistic endeavors since moving to New York including designing shop windows roof gardens and interior decoration. From 1921 to 1922 he introduced the works of Viennese artists to the United States through his Wiener Werkstätte shop. He received his license to practice architecture in the United States in 1926 after which he designed homes buildings ballrooms and theaters in New York and elsewhere. Notable examples of his extant architecture are the Paramount Theater Building and Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Florida and the New School and the Hearst Magazine Building in New York.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

       Collection contains watercolor renderings, sketches, technical drawings (ground plans, elevations and details), photographs, glass plate and acetate negatives, scrapbooks, set models and some related papers covering Urban's career in Vienna and New York as an architect, set designer, decorator and illustrator. There is a thorough representation of his New York career including his set designs for Florenz Ziegfeld (1915-1932) and the Metropolitan Opera (1917-1933). The collection also contains information on Urban's work for William Randolph Hearst as art director for Cosmopolitan Studios, his exhibitions including his 1921 Wiener Werkstätte store, and his many architectural projects. Biographical information and research gathered by Richard Cole and Randolph Carter including contributions from his daughter,Gretl Urban, and biographical notes and some letters from his widow, Mary Urban, are also present.

1. VIENNA, 1897-1911 Note: This series contains the records of the architecture and design projects from Urban's career in Vienna. It is arranged chronologically divided into five sections: General files-dated, General files-undated, Illustrations, Exhibits and Unidentified. It contains watercolor drawings, rough drawings, technical drawings, photographs, post cards, clippings, playbooks and exhibit catalogs. Of note are the catalogs from the 1902-1908 Hagenbund exhibits and the photographs of the 1908 Kaiserfest.
1.1: General Files
Bicycle tournament, May 26, 1897 : Note: Urban built a canopy for the tournament festival and made contributions to the program
1	1		Program & description
Kaiser Jubilee Bridge, 1898 : Note: Urban won a competition to design this bridge between the Musikverein and the Künstlerhaus for the celebration of the emperor's 50th year of rule.
			3 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
B1	1		--Brucke 1, 29x22 cm., sig.
1	2		--Brucke 2 & 3, 29x22 cm., sig.
1	2		2 photographs
Bosnian Pavilion, 1898 : Note: Also built for the Kaiserfest, the celebration of the emperor's 50th year of rule. See also postcard at Avery Library
1	3		4 post cards
Rathauskeller, 1899 : Note: With Heinrich Lefler.
			4 drawings, watercolor/ink on board:
1	4		--Large dining room, 25x18 cm.
1	4		--Staircase, 30x20 cm.
1	4		--Die Sage vom Kussdenpfennig
B1	2		--Strauss table, 28x22 cm.
1	4		2 pencil sketches of murals
A	1		Lamps
1	5		Clipping, Councilmen's room
1	5 & 6		48 photographs, various views
A1	1		4 photographs, various views
1	7		51 prints, various views
Esterházy Estates, 1899, 1903 : Note: Count Karl Esterházy saw Urban and Lefler's Lady's Room in the Winter Exhibit of 1897/98 at the Austrian museum and commissioned them to design an addition for his country chateau in St. Abraham in Hungary. In 1903 Urban designed a fountain for another Esterházy estate.
			8 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
1	8		--2. decorative detail, 16x17 cm., sig.
1	8		--II: Fireplace, 25x16 cm.
B1	3		--III: Bedroom, 22x23 cm., sig.
B1	4		--IV: Room with daybed, 26x21 cm., sig.
B1	5		--V: Corner of hall, 27x24 cm.
B1	6		--VI: Dining room, 27x24 cm., sig.
B1	7		--VII: Reception room, 28x24 cm., sig.
1	8		--Bedroom, 16.5x24 cm.
1	8		Wall Fountain, magazine print
C1	1		Wall Fountain, ink drawing, 42x30 cm.
Memorial Chapel for Empress Elizabeth, 1901 : Note: Kaiserin-Elizabeth-Kapelle at Baden bei Wien
			4 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
1	9		--Memorial, view from gate, 17x14 cm.
B1	8		--Memorial, front elevation, 24x23 cm.
B1	9		--Memorial, view from gate, 25x17 (20x14) cm.
B1	10		--Memorial w/ front walkway, 25x17 (20x14) cm.
Wähner House, 1900 : Note: Theodor Wähner was the Commissioner in charge of the Rathauskeller renovation and the editor of Deutschen Zeitung.
1	10		2 photographs of building
1	10		Easter note
1	10		Clock, watercolor on board, 27x14 (20x9) cm.
Goltz House, Alexander, 1902 : Note: Urban built and furnished an addition to the house of artist and Hagenbund member, Alexander Goltz on Granzinger Street 87.
			2 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink on board, sig.:
1	11		--Room, corner & plan, 29x21 (24x19) cm.
1	11		--Room, table in foreground, 29x21 (24x20) cm.
Von Wiener House and Office, 1902-1903 : Note: Baron Ritter von Wiener was Minister of Art, director of the Museum for Culture and Teaching and director of the Museum of Arts and Crafts. Von Wiener was a major patron of Urban and Lefler who provided them with government projects. Baron von Wiener took Urban as a delegate to represent Austria at the 1900 Paris World's Fair.
			3 drawings, watercolor and ink on board:
1	12		--Dining Room elevation, 18x30 cm.
C1	2		--Study- floor and elevation, 30x15 cm.
C1	2		--Study corner, 30x15 cm.
D1	1		--North side elevation, 40x40 cm.
1	12		--Office of the Sectionschef von Stadler, 27x18 cm.
C1	3		5 plans
Spiesejaal Hotel Restaurant, 1905 : Note: Katowice, Poland (formerly, Kattowitz, Prussia)
1	13		5 photographs of dining room
Zwischenspiel, 1905 Note: Burgtheater comedy in 3 acts by Arthur Schnitzler
1	14
B1	11		Set sketch
Hopfner Restaurant, Paul, 1906
			4 drawings, watercolor:
1	15		--Doorknob detail, (16x11) cm.
1	15		--Mantle detail, 20x28 cm.
B1	12		--Entrance elevation, 27x26 cm
B1	12		--Fireplace wall elevation, 26x29 cm.
C1	4		--Wall with mural elevation, 29x48 cm
1	15		4 photographs of restaurant
Hölle Cabaret, 1906 : Note: With Heinrich Lefler. Cabaret in the cellar of the Theater an der Wien
1	16		3 elevations, Theater
			4 drawings, watercolor on board:
B1	13		--Elevation, mask wall, 7/30/06, 25x29 cm., sig.
B1	13		--Elevation, devil waltz, 24x29 cm.
B1	13		--Elevation, mask wall, 34x24 cm.
B1	13		--Curtain elevation, 7/30/06, 26x27 cm., sig.
1	16		Photographs of theater and cabaret
1	16		Program
Urban Home, Nibelungengasse 8, 1906 : Note: Donated by Robert Cole in 1995
1	17		Corner of dining room elevation, 30x20 cm.
A1	2		Salon ground plan, 34x23 cm.
A1	2		Children's room wall elevation, 26x35 cm.
Landau Villa, Dr. Max, 1906 : Note: Villa am Semmering, Südbahnstr. 83
1	18		5 plans, detail drawing
C1	5		5 detail drawings
1	18		7 photographs of house and model
Redlich Villa, Carl, 1906-1907 : Note: Country house of the owner of the construction contracting firm Redlich and Berger
2	1		Sketch of house exterior wall, pencil and ink
			4 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
2	1		2 elevations, Else Redlich's room, 20.5x28.5 cm.
C1	6		--elevation of chair and divan, 23.5x34 cm.
C1	6		--elevation of hall, 22x44 cm.
2	1		--Garden lamp detail, 18x29 cm.
C1	6		Ground plan, ink, 26x24 cm.
C1	6		Ground plan, watercolor and pencil, 41x29 cm.
14-9-1	A.1		2 ground plans, 59x50 cm.
2	1		5 photographs
Faust I, II, 1906-07 : Note: Directed by Paul Schlenther with Josef Kainz at the Burgtheater
2	2		Playbook, German
2	2		Set notes, 2 p.
			2 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
2	2		--Prologue, Vienna, 1907, 17x21 cm.
2	2		--Gretchen's Room, 15x28 cm.
2	2		17 set sketches
2	2		3 postcards of actors in costume
Aschenbrödel (Cinderella), Vienna Hofoper, 1907 :
2	3		4 technical drawings
Kaiser Jubilee Festzug, June 12, 1908 : Note: Celebrating the 60th year of rule of the Emperor Franz Josef.
2	4 & 5		103 photographs of festival
B1	14		Wiener Zeitung leaflet, 4 p.
2	5		Program, 12 p.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1908, Vienna Hofoper :
2	6		--I: Church, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
B1	15		--I: Church B, 34x22 cm.
2	6		--II: Street, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
2	6		--III.1: workshop, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
2	6		--IV: Meadow, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
2	6		2 p. libretto cover
2	6		15 set elevations
C1	7		4 set elevations
Suburbs, 1909 :
2	7		7 plans
Tombstones and Chapels, 1909 :
2	8		5 sketches
2	8		18 photographs
B1	16 & 17		19 drawings and sketches
14-9-1	A3		Rough sketch
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), 1909, Leipzig Opernhaus :
2	9		Libretto
2	9		5 p. notes
2	9		12 plans and drawings
Der Fliegende Holländer, 1909, Vienna Volksoper, and Budapest :
2	10		Libretto
2	10		Volksoper program, 1909
2	10		2 plans
2	10		4 plans, Budapest
Tannhäuser, 1909 :
2	11		Libretto
2	11		9 set drawings
2	11		Program, Volksoper, 1909
Faust, 1909-11, Gounod, Brunswick :
			2 watercolor drawings:
2	12		--am Brunnen, 19x30 cm.
2	12		--Street, 20x26 cm.
2	12		Osterspaziergang set sketch
Quo Vadis?, 1909-11, Budapest, written by J. Nougués :
2	13		6 set drawings
Oberon, 1909-11, Charlottenburg :
2	14		Ground plan, island
A1	3		8 set drawings
C1	8		4 drawings & plans
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1909-11, Budapest :
2	6		6 plans
Die Fledermaus, 1909-11, Cologne Opernhaus, written by Johann Strauss :
3	1		4 set drawings
Der Rosenkavalier, 1909-11, Cologne Opernhaus, written by Richard Strauss :
3	2		Libretto
C1	9		3 set elevations
3	2		Article, 2 p.
Salome, 1909-11, Stuttgart Hofoper, written by Richard Strauss :
3	3		Set sketch
Der Ring Des Nibelungen, 1909-11, Budapest :
3	4		Essay on Wagner, 17 p.
3	4		Set notes & inventories, 25 p.
Das Rheingold, Budapest, Brunswick :
3	4		libretto
3	4		2 ground plans, Budapest
3	4		Clipping of set
3	4		10 plans and sketches
D1	2		4 plans
Die Walküre, Budapest, Mannheim National Theater, 1911 :
3	5		Libretto
C1	10		5 technical drawings
3	5		5 sketches and notes
3	5		3 ground plans
3	5		2 ground plans, Budapest
Siegfried :
3	6		2 librettos
3	6		Clipping of Act III
3	6		4 sketches and plans
A1	4		2 drawings
3	6		2 ground plans
Tristan und Isolde, 1909-11 :
3	7		2 librettos
A1	5		Footwear, watercolor and ink, 32x26 cm.
3	7		5 technical drawings
Lohengrin, 1909-11, Stuttgart Hofoper :
			2 drawings, watercolor :
3	8		--I: River bank scene, 9x11 (6x10) cm.
B1	18		--Costume drawing, 26x24 cm.
3	8		4 set drawings, pencil
B1	19		Set drawing, pencil
Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron), 1910 : Note: By Johan Strauss conducted at the Hofoper by Felix Weingartner.
3	9		5 set drawings
Der Junge Medardus, 1910 :
3	10		4 set sketches
Mair House, Dr. Bartl, 1910 : Note: Dr. Mair was the local doctor for Scheiblingkirchen in lower Austria.
3	11		Ground plan and rear elevation
3	11		4 ground plans
3	11		3 photographs of house
Eisenstein House, Viktor, 1910 : Note: Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 6. Eisenstein was the Vienna representative for the New York Life Insurance Company.
3	12
			2 drawings, watercolor, sig. :
B2	1		--Front elevation and ground plan, 29x24 (23x15) cm.
B2	1		--ground plan w/ landscaping, 29x24 (24x17) cm.
Benvenuto Cellini, 1911, Hofoper :
3	13		3 detail drawings
Götterdämmerung, 1911, Mannheim Nationaltheater :
3	14		5 Roller set & costumes designs
3	14		12 set drawings
B2	2		2 set drawings
Lanval, 1911 : Note: Play by Eduard Stucken, Burgtheater
			1 drawing, watercolor:
3	15		--bedroom w/ ground plan
3	15		Set drawing of bedroom
14-9-1	A.2		2 technical drawings
Gudrun, 1912 : Note: Opera by Ernst Hardt, Burgtheater
3	16		4 set drawings
1.2: General Files-Undated
Freytag Library and Salon :
3	17
A1	6		Salon, 2 ladies at piano, 28x24 cm.
1.3: Theater
Blaue Vogel (The Blue Bird) by Maurice Maeterlink :
3	18		12 set sketches
Czar und Zimmermann, by Albert Lortzing, comic opera :
3	19		3 plans
Eisenhammer, Der, music by Benito Bersa, book by A. M. Willner :
3	20		Set sketch
Erasmus Montanus, Ludwig Holberg, play :
3	21		5 sketches and notes
Förster-Christel (The Girl and the Kaiser), operetta by Bernhard Buchbinder :
3	22		4 set sketches
Frau ohne Schatten, by Richard Strauss :
3	23		Libretto
Freischütz, Der, see also Met 1923 :
3	24		4 ground plans
Garde Officier :
3	25		Set sketch
Graf von Luxemburg (The Count of Luxemburg), Franz Lehar :
3	26		Set sketch
Iphigenie auf Tauris, by Christoph Gluck :
3	27		Libretto
3	27		2 set drawings
Jongleur de Notre Dame, (Der Gaukler unserer lieben frauen), by Massenet :
3	28		Libretto, German
			3 drawings and plans, watercolor:
3	28		--I: outside abbey
3	28		--Act II: inside cloister
3	28		--Act III: Chapel
Königskinder, by Engelbert Humperdinck :
3	29		Technical drawing
Landschaft :
3	30		2 landscape drawings
Love's Labor Lost :
4	1		Playbook, German
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Opera by Otto Nikolai :
4	2		Libretto
Nozze de Figaro (Marriage of Figaro) :
4	3		Libretto, German
Pariser Leben, by Jacques Offenbach :
4	4		3 set drawings
Puppenmädel, operetta by Leo Fall, Leo Stein and Alfred Maria Willner :
4	5		4 set drawings
Rienzi, by Richard Wagner :
4	6		Libretto
4	6		Set notes & sketches, 14 p.
Roméo et Juliette :
4	7		Set sketch
Rose vom Liebesgarten, opera by Hans Pfitzner :
4	8
B2	3		2 set sketches
Schneemann, Der, Erich Wolfgang Korngold :
4	9		Set sketch
Sirene, Die, by Leo Fall, Leo Stein and Alfred Maria Willner :
4	10		2 set sketches
Sister Beatrice and Sumurün :
4	11		Clipping and 2 postcards
Tiefland, opera by Eugen d'Albert :
4	12		Ground plan
C1	11		Elevation drawing
Die Tote Stadt, Erich Wolfgang Korngold :
4	13		Libretto
Verborgte Schloss :
4	14		Set sketch
Waffenschmied, Der, comic opera by Albert Lortzing :
4	15		3 ground plans
Wallenstein's Lager, play by Friedrich Schiller :
4	16		Ground plan
Xantho, operetta by Jacques Richepin and Xavier Leroux :
4	17		2 set sketches
Zerbrochene Krug (The Broken Jug), comedy by Heinrich von Kleist :
4	18		4 sketches and notes
Zigeunerliebe, (Gypsy Love), music by Franz Lehar, book by A. M. Willner and Robert Bodanzky :
4	19		1 set drawing
1.4: Illustrations
Chronika der drei Schwestern, 1899 :
4	20		--3 illustrations, 23x39 cm.
B2	4		--Medieval street scene, p.8, 24x28 cm.
B2	5		--p. 34, 29x24 (28x23) cm.
4	20		Bookbinding, 1899, watercolor, 21x30 cm., sig.
Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1904 :
4	20		--4 illustrations
A1	7		--Der Froschkönig, 24x25 cm.
B2	6		--Rapunzel, 24x21 cm.
4	20		8 p. Marienkind, 1905
Kling Klang Gloria, 1906 :
4	20		--cover, 24x21 cm.
A1	8		--cover, 23x23 cm.
4	20		Kaiser Calendar, 1898, 24x16 cm.
4	20		Bookcover, 1910 Unsere Freiland Stauden, 29x20 cm.
4	20		Andersen Calendar, 1911
Undated :
4	21		16 miscellaneous drawings
C1	12		Wienermännergesang verein poster, 48x25 cm.
B2	7		Imperial Border, 40x27 cm.
B2	8		Wilhelm II of Germany tribute, 39x20 cm.
4	21		23 borders and ornaments
D1	3		8 borders and ornaments
1.5: Exhibits
Jubiläums-kunst exhibit 1898 :
B3	1		catalog
4	22		3 photographs of furniture, 1898
4	22		Hevesi article, 4 p.
Hagenbund Exhibition Hall, 1901-1902 :
			5 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B2	9		--Entrance, 37x26 (36x25) cm.
4	22		--Perspective of Hall, 28x17 cm.
4	22		--Side elevation, 18x28 cm.
4	22		--Front elevation and ground plan, 29x18 cm.
4	22		--Ceiling, 19x22 cm.
4	22		4 magazine clippings
Art show catalogs :
B3	2		Watercolor club,1899
B3	3		Secession 14th exhibit
B3	4		Vienna Art Show, 1908
Hagenbund Exhibits :
B3	5-36		32 Hagenbund exhibit catalogs, 1902-1906
4	23-26		4 Hagenbund catalogs, 1905, 1908, 1910
4	22		1902 exhibit, Playroom, sig.
5	1 & 2		56 photographs of exhibits (2 sets of 28)
5	5		14 St. Louis World's Fair photograph and copies
5	5		1905, 14 photographs of exhibit
C2	1		1905-06, exhibit #19, Wall elevation, 38x40 cm.
C2	2		1906, 2 plans for 20th Exhibit
5	5		1906, 4 photographs of 20th Oct-Nov exhibit
5	5		15 photographs of exhibits, unidentified
5	5		1908, 19 exhibit photographs
5	5		1906 London announcement, 16x11 cm.
D1	4		1910, elevation of Redlich exhibit room, 58x41 cm.
1.6: Unidentified
5	3		Playbooks, Moliere
5	6		17 watercolor drawings
5	6		22 drawings and plans
5	6		9 photographs
A1	9-10		9 drawings
B2	10		Clock elevation, 21x29 cm., sig.
C2	3		3 elevations
D1	5		Vorraum elevations
14-9-1	A.4		Plans for home and office
II. BOSTON OPERA, 1910-1914 Note: Joseph Urban was made artistic director of the Boston Opera Company beginning with the 1912-1913 season. The previous season, he had designed four operas for the Boston Opera while working in Vienna with Heinrich Lefler. This series contains files on all the productions from the repertory in chronological order. Each production is listed by title, opening date and production information. The production information is based on contemporary reviews taken from microfilm readings of the Boston Transcript and the Boston Herald. Those sets that Urban redesigned or retouched are so noted in parentheses after the title information. In addition to the drawings, plans, and photographs, the files contain production records--light plots, cast lists, set lists, line drops, etc
La Scala invoice for operas Mefistofele, Faust, Lakmé, Manon and Roméo et Juliette :
5	7		Costume Invoice September 1910, 4 p.
14-9-1	A5		Ground Plan, Mefistofele
Pelléas et Mélisande, January 10, 1912 (New) Note: Opera in 5 acts by Claude Debussy, adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, conducted by André Caplet with Vanni Marcoux as Golaud, Georgette LeBlanc as Mélisande and Jean Riddez as Pelléas.
5	4		Maeterlinck playbook incl. Pelléas et Mélisande
5	8		1 drawing of dungeon, pencil
C2	4		10 technical drawings
5	8		10 technical drawings
C2	4		2 drawings of furniture, watercolor
5	8		Production notes, 25 p.
5	8		7 photographs of sets
Hänsel und Gretel, January 27,1912 (New) Note: Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, libretto by Adelheid Wette, after a fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers, conducted by Wallace Goodrich with Bernice Fisher as Gretel, Jeska Swartz as Hänsel, Maria Claessens as the Witch, Otto Goritz as Peter and Florence De Courcy as the Sandman.
			6 drawings, watercolor & ink:
5	9		--5 details of shoes and head pieces
B2	11		--Details of wigs and head pieces
Tristan und Isolde, February 12, 1912 (New) Note: Opera in 3 acts by Richard Wagner, conducted by Felix Weingartner, with Johanna Gadski as Isolde, Jacques Urlus as Tristan, Pasquale Amato as Kurvenal and Edward Lankow as King Marke
5	10		Libretto
5	10		Set notes in German
			Set drawing, watercolor and pencil:
5	10		--Act I: boat scene
5	10		2 elevations of Act I and II
D1	6		2 technical drawings
5	10		Electrical plot
5	10		5 photographs of sets
Werther, March 1, 1912 Note: Opera by Jules Massenet, conducted by André Caplet
5	11		Production notes, 3 p.
Germania, March 9, 1912 Note: Opera by Alberto Franchetti, conducted by Arnaldo Conti with Bernice Fisher as Jane, Ramon Blanchart as Crisogono, Madeleine D'Olige as Jebbel, Pasquale Amato as Carlo Worms, Carmen Melis as Ricke and Giovanni Zenatello as Loewe.
5	12		Production notes, 2 p.
Le Martyre de Sebastien, March 30, 1912 Note: Music by Claude Debussy, conducted by André Caplet with Evelyn Scotney and Jeska Swartz.
5	13		2 set notes
5	13		2 set sketches
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, November 25, 1912 (New) Note: Opera by Jacques Offenbach, libretto & book by Jules Barbier, after a play by Barbier & Michel Carré based on the stories of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, conducted by André Caplet with Edmond Clément as Hoffmann, Vanni Marcoux as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto and Dr. Miracle, Elvira Leveroni as Niklausse, Bernice Fisher as Olympia and Louise Edvina as Antonia.
6	1		Libretto
6	1		Clipping from German magazine
6	1		3 set sketches, Opéra Comique production
6	1		Set notes, 31 p.
6	1		Production notes, 11 p.
			17 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
6	1		--7 costume drawings
B2	12 & 13		--2 costume drawings, Giulietta
6	1		--6 set details
B2	14		--2 set details
6	1		1/2 detail of elevation, photostat
B2	14		5 ground plans
6	1		6 photographs of costume drawings
6	2		26 photographs of sets
6	2		Note to Deems Taylor, 1934, ts.
La Bohême, November 27,1912 (retouched) Note: Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Signori Giocosa and Illica, adapted from a novel by Henri Murger, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Lucrezia Bori as Mimì, Léon Laffitte as Rodolfo, Giovanni Polese as Marcello and Fely Dereyne as Musetta.
6	3		2 librettos
6	3		1 p. from Met program, 1913-14
6	3		2 costume drawings, watercolor and pencil
6	3		3 ground plans
6	3		1 cast list from December 6 performance
6	3		5 production notes, 6 p.
6	3		2 photographs of sets
Madama Butterfly, November 29, 1912 (New) Note: Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after a play by David Belasco, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Riccardo Martin as Pinkerton, Emmy Destinn as Cio-Cio-San and Giovanni Polese as Sharpless.
6	4		Libretto, German
6	4		Set notes in German, 8 p.
B2	15		Act II, watercolor
6	4		5 ground plans
B2	16		2 ground plans
6	4		Production notes, 10 p.
6	4		6 photographs of set
Il Trovatore, November 30, 1912 Note: Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Gertrude Rennyson as Leonora, Léon Laffitte as Manrico, Ramon Blanchart as Di Luna and Maria Claessens as Azucena.
6	5		Libretto
6	5		Production notes, 21 p.
6	5		4 ground plans
B4	1		3 ground plans
6	5		1 set photograph of III.1
Tosca, December 2, 1912 (retouched) Note: Opera by Giacomo Puccini, book by V. Sardou, L. Illica and G. Giacosa, after Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Mary Garden as Tosca, Vanni Marcoux as Scarpia, Charles Dalmorès as Cavaradossi, and Aristodemo Sillich as Angelotti.
6	6		Libretto in German
6	6		2 clippings from program
6	6		Watercolor drawing of Act III: Castle Terrace
6	6		Set notes, 8 p.
6	6		2 ground plans
6	6		Production notes, 16 p.
6	6		3 photographs of set
Thaïs, December 7, 1912 (retouched) Note: Opera by Jules Massenet, libretto by Louis Gallet, after a novel by Anatole France, conducted by André Caplet with Mary Garden as Thaïs, Vanni Marcoux as Athanael and Charles Dalmorés as Nicias.
6	7		Set notes, 7 p.
6	7		Production notes,18 p.
6	7		2 photographs of set
Lucia di Lammermoor, December 14, 1912 Note: Opera by Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Ralph Lyford with Evelyn Scotney as Lucia, Umberto Sacchetti as Edgardo, Rodolfo Fornari as Enrico and Ernesto Giaccone as Arturo.
6	8		Production notes, 20 p.
6	8		Photograph of set
Louise, December 18,1912 (New) Note: Opera by Gustave Charpentier, conducted by André Caplet with Louise Edvina as Louise, Edmond Clément as Julien, Maria Gay as La Mère and Vanni Marcoux as Le Père.
6	9		2 references clippings
			3 set renderings, watercolor:
6	9		--Act I & IV: Garret
6	9		--Act II: At the foot of Montmartre
6	9		--Act III: Garden
6	9		2 ground plans
14-9-1	A6		1 ground plan, Act II
6	9		Production notes, 12 p.
6	9		5 photographs of set drawing and sets
La Traviata, December 21, 1912 Note: Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on the story by Alexandre Dumas La Dame Aux Camelias, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Evelyn Scotney as Violetta, Alfredo Ramella as Alfredo, Ramon Blanchart as Germont and Attilio Pulcini as Baron Douphol.
6	10		3 ground plans
6	10		Production notes, 11 p.
6	10		Photograph of set
Aïda, December 27, 1912 (Retouched) Note: Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, after a scenario by Auguste Mariette, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Giovanni Zenatello as Radames, Anafesto Rossi as Amonasro, Maria Gay as Amneris and Carmen Melis as Aïda.
7	1		2 librettos
7	1		Set notes in German, 4 p.
B4	2		4 ground plans
B25	7		3 costume sketches
7	1		Production notes, 19 p.
7	1		3 photographs of sets
Coppélia, December 28, 1912 Note: Ballet by Léo Delibes, conducted by Charles Strony with Dolores Galli as Swanilda. Attilio Pulcini as Burgomaster and Cronan as Frantz.
B4	3		Ground plan
7	2		Production notes, 5 items
7	2		2 photographs of sets
Cavalleria Rusticana, December 30, 1912 Note: Opera by Pietro Mascagni, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Maria Gay as Santuzza, Umberto Sacchetti as Turiddu, Anafesto Rossi as Alfio.
7	3		Libretto
7	3		Production notes, 3 p.
7	3		Photograph of set
Curtain and Concerts, 1912-13
7	4
B4	4		2 ground plans, 1912
B4	5		2 drawings of drapery ornament, watercolor, Feb 1913
I Pagliacci, January 4, 1913 Note: Opera by Leoncavallo, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edith Barnes as Nedda, Ramon Blanchart as Tonio, Giuseppe Gaudenzi as Canio and George Everett as Silvio.
7	5		Libretto
7	5		Village, watercolor, sig.
7	5		Ground plan
7	5		5 p. production notes
7	5		Photograph of set
Carmen, January 15, 1913 (retouched) Note: Opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after a novel by Prosper Mérimée, conducted by Charles Strony with Giovanni Zenatello as Don Jose, Maria Gay as Carmen and José Mardones as Escamillo.
7	6		Libretto
7	6		Clipping of Met stage sets
7	6		8 ground plans
B4	6		4 ground plans
7	6		28 production notes
7	6		2 photographs of set
I Gioielli della Madonna, January 17, 1913 (New) Note: Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, libretto by Carlo Zangarini & Enrico Golisciani, with Giovanni Zenatello as Gennaro, Maria Gay as Carmela, Louise Edvina as Maliella and Vanni Marcoux as Raffaele.
7	7		Synopsis in German, 24 p.
7	7		Article in German, 1 p.
B4	7		3 prints of Charlottenburg sets by von Plessen
			3 renderings, watercolor:
7	7		--2 costume renderings, Madonna, 24x14 cm.
7	7		--Procession scene, 17x31 cm.
7	7		2 rough sketches
7	7		3 ground plans, Berlin opera house
B4	7		1 ground plan
7	7		1 cast list
7	7		9 photographs of sets
Rigoletto, January 25, 1913 Note: Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play by Victor Hugo Le roi s'amuse, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Evelyn Scotney as Gilda, Michele Sampieri as Monterone, Rodolfo Fornari as Rigoletto and Alfredo Ramella as the Duke.
7	8		1 cast list
7	8		1 set of production notes, 17 p.
7	8		1 set photo
Don Giovanni, February 7, 1913 (New) Note: Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Vanni Marcoux as Don Giovanni, Adamo Didur as Leporello, John McCormack as Don Ottavio, Emmy Destinn as Donna Anna and Elizabet Amsden as Donna Elvira.
7	9		Cast list
7	9		Libretto
			1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
7	9		--Act I: Garden scene, signed by Errol
7	9		3 ground plans
B4	8		3 technical drawings
7	9		Production notes, 6 p.
7	9		13 retouched photos of sets
7	10		22 photographs of sets and set drawings
La Fanciulla del West, February 21, 1913 Note: Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Guelfo Civinini & Carlo Zangorini, based on the play by David Belasco The Girl of the Golden West, with Carmen Melis as Minnie, Giovanni Polese as Jack Rance and Giovanni Zenatello as Dick Johnson.
7	11		Ground plan
14-9-1	A7		3 ground plans
7	11		Production notes, 9 p.
7	11		2 photographs of set
Djamileh, February 24, 1913 (New) Note: American premiere of opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Louis Gallet, after the story by Alfred de Musset Namouna, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Lucille Marcel as Djamileh, Léon Laffitte as Haroun and Ernesto Giaccone as Spendiano.
7	12		Libretto
7	12		Set notes in German, 34 p.
7	12		3 rough set sketches:
			1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
B4	9		--wall elevation, 22x29 (22x23) cm., sig.
7	12		Production notes, 2 p.
7	12		3 photographs of set
Faust, February 26,1913 (redesigned costumes, retouched) Note: Opera by Charles Gounod, libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, adapted from the dramatic poem by Goethe, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Giovanni Zenatello as Faust, Lucille Marcel as Marguerite and Vanni Marcoux as Méphistophélès.
7	13		2 librettos
7	13		1 costume drawing, watercolor
B4	10		4 ground plans
7	13		Production notes, 18 p.
7	13		12 photographs of costume and set drawings
La Forêt Bleue, March 8, 1913 (American premiere) (New) Note: Opera by Louis Aubert, conducted by André Caplet with Fernand De Potter as Prince Charming, Jean Riddez as the Orge, Carmen Melis as the Princess, Jeska Swartz as Tom Thumb and Bernice Fisher as Little Red Riding -Hood.
7	14		Libretto
7	14		Synopsis, 5 p.
7	14		Production notes, 9 p.
7	14		4 photographs of sets
Samson et Dalila, March 12, 1913 (retouched) Note: Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire, conducted by André Caplet with Maria Gay as Dalila, Giovanni Zenatello as Samson and Jean Riddez as the High Priest.
7	15		Libretto
7	15		Postcard of set
7	15		Set rendering, watercolor
7	15		Production notes, 11 p.
7	15		2 photographs of costume and set
Il Segreto di Susanna, March 17,1913 (New) Note: Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, libretto by Max Kalbeck, adapted from a book by Enrico Golisciani, conducted by André Caplet with Antonio Scotti as Count Gil, Alice Nielsen as Countess Gil and Luigi Tavecchia as Sante.
8	1		Libretto
8	1		1 p. of sample fabrics, costume
B4	11		Drawing of back wall, watercolor
8	1		2 watercolor drawings, side wall and detail
8	1		10 plans and sketches
D1	7		3 ground plans
8	1		Production notes, 8 p.
8	1		6 photographs of set
Martha, March 24, 1913 Note: Opera by Friedrich von Flotow, libretto W. Friedrich, after an idea by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Alice Nielsen as Lady Harriet, Maria Gay as Nancy, Max Lipmann as Lionel and Edward Lankow as Plunkett.
D1	8		1 ground plan, Act III & V
8	2		2 set notes and plan
8	2		Production notes, 8 p.
			Photograph of set
Monna Vanna, December 5, 1913 (New) Note: Opera by Henri Février, based on a play by Maurice Maeterlinck, conducted by André Caplet with Vanni Marcoux as Guido, Mary Garden as Monna Vanna and Lucien Muratore as Prinzivalle.
8	3		Libretto, German
8	3		Production notes, 31 p.
8	3		3 working photographs
			3 set renderings, watercolor on board:
8	3		--Act I: Interior
8	3		--Act II: Tent (painted photo)
8	3		--Act III: Terrace
8	3		2 watercolor sketches with plan
8	3		2 detail drawings, watercolor, 1 sig.
14-9-2	1		5 technical drawings
8	3		11 photographs of sets and scenes
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), December 13, 1913 Note: Opera by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini, adapted from the play by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais, conducted by Arnaldo Schiavoni with Hazel Sanborn as Rosina, Rodolfo Fornari as Figaro, Luigi Tavecchia as Dr. Bartolo and Alfredo Ramella as Il Conte D'Almaviva.
8	4		2 ground plans
B4	12		Ground plan, Act I
8	4		Production notes, 6 p.
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