Francisco Camacho Vega, Gene Curtsinger, Nelda Scarsella and Enrico Porta, cast members and conductor for a performance of “La Traviata,” Los Angeles, 1951

Item Overview

Title

Francisco Camacho Vega, Gene Curtsinger, Nelda Scarsella and Enrico Porta, cast members and conductor for a performance of “La Traviata,” Los Angeles, 1951

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

September 15, 1951

Date

1951-09-15

Language

English

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Verdi’s “La Traviata,” produced by Francesco (Frank) Pace, was performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, September 15, 1951. Several notices were published in the Los Angeles Times. A critique appeared in the article, “’La Traviata’ Staged on Verdi Anniversary,” 17 Sep. 1951: B8.
Related article: Nelda Scarsella writes about her life with multiple sclerosis in "I Live To Sing," The American Weekly (Herald-Advertiser) 15 Feb. 1959.
Photograph of cast members with conductor, Francisco Camacho Vega (far left in coattails), followed by Gene Curtsinger, Nelda Scarsella and Enrico Porta - in costume as Violetta and Giorgio Germont. A portrait with caption, “in memory of…Giuseppe Verdi” hangs behind them. Photographed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles.

Caption

Handwritten on edge of negative: 23
Text from negative sleeve: Frank Pace. Opera Traviata, 9/15/51.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Curtsinger, Gene B., 1910-2001
Camacho Vega, Francisco
Los Angeles Civic Grand Opera
Wilshire Ebell Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata
Scarsella, Nelda, b. 1925 or 26
Porta, Enrico

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.060908

Latitude

-118.325073

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Operas & operettas--California--Los Angeles
Opera singers