Photographs, correspondence, and other materials documenting the life and work of opera translators and librettists Ruth and Thomas Martin.
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Poster for a Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall
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A poster for the 16th Grand Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on March 26, 1966.
Soloists included Jerome Hines, Waldemar Link, Gerhard Pechner, and the winners of the
Liederkranz Foundation Scholarship Awards: Batyah Godfrey, Mayda Testa, Alicia Garza, Leo Goeke,
Franklin Summers, and Josef Gustern. The concert was conducted by Thomas P.
Martin.
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Poster for a Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall
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A poster for the 16th Grand Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on March 26, 1966.
Soloists included Jerome Hines, Waldemar Link, Gerhard Pechner, and the winners of the
Liederkranz Foundation Scholarship Awards: Batyah Godfrey, Mayda Testa, Alicia Garza, Leo Goeke,
Franklin Summers, and Josef Gustern. The concert was conducted by Thomas P.
Martin.
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Posters outside the Metropolitan Opera
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Posters for the first revival of the Ruth and Thomas Martin version of "Così fan
tutte" at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Joseph Rosenstock and staged by Carl Ebert, with
sets and costumes designed by Rolf Gerard. The cast included Teresa Stich Randall (Fiordiligi),
Rosalind Elias (Dorabella), Roberta Peters (Despina), George Shirley (Ferrando), Theodor Uppman
(Guglielmo), and Frank Guarrera (Don Alfonso). Ruth Martin wrote on the back, of the photograph,
"Metropolitan Opera, October 24, 1955, First revival."
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Raoul Jobin
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A signed headshot of Raoul Jobin. Ruth Martin wrote on the back, "Raoul Jobin,
tenor, Metropolitan Opera. Tosca - Union City [Hudson Grand Opera Association] in
1944."
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