Author: Albanese, Licia. (1909-2014). Italian-born American operatic soprano.
Title: Program for Ceremony Honoring Italian-Born Operatic Soprano Licia Albanese Signed by Her. Additionally Signed by Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera Star Elizabeth Carter.
Description: Newark, NJ: The Jersey State Opera, circa [1990s]. [1990s]. - Four-page 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide program printed on blue paper. Signed on the title page "Licia Albanese". Additionally signed "Elizabeth Carter". The top corners of the program are bumped & the bottom corners are lightly creased. There is a light crease to the lower half of the program near the spine with a white smudge affecting the first word of the titling. Very good. Program for "A Holiday Musicale and House-Warming" organized by Opera Music Theatre International and The Jersey State Opera. The two organizations are joined by Leroy Neiman and Celeste Holme "in honoring the world renowned opera diva Lucia Albanese and in celebrating a New Beginning for Grand Opera in New Jersey". The ceremony takes place at The Leroy Neiman Opera/Lab Theatre in Newark Symphony Hall and features "a dedication of the Neiman Wall of Fame, displaying performing arts-oriented works of America's foremost artist." Soprano Elizabeth Carter of the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera takes part in the Musicale. Licia Albanese [1909-2014] was an Italian-born American operatic soprano, especially noted for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini. She was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. Very good .

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERA SINGERS; PROGRAM FOR CEREMONY HONORING ITALIAN-BORN OPERATIC SOPRANO LICIA ALBANESE SIGNED BY HER. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY METROPOLITAN OPERA AND VIENNA STATE OPERA STAR ELIZABETH CARTER; SIGNED PROGRAM; SIGNATURES; AUTOGRAPHS; JERSEY STATE OP


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