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Les sylphes : impromptu-valse / G. Bachmann

File consists of an excerpted piece from a larger volume, and a manuscript copy of the same piece. Also includes "Columbine" by Delahaye (G. Schirmer, 1879) in published sheet music, but no manuscript part, and the first page of "Chant sans paroles = Song without words" by Tchaikovsky (G. Schirmer, 1889)

Loreley / Alfredo Catalani

File consists of an annotated score for a production directed by Herman Geiger-Torel at Teatro Colón in 1934 with Giacomo Vaghi, bass as Rudolfo; Carlos Tagliabue, baritone as Hermann; Claudio Muzio as Loreley; Sara Menkes as Anna di Rehberg; and Pedro Mirassou as Walter.

Lucia di Lammermoor / Gaetano Donizetti

File consists of an annotated score. The cast list is annotated with two sets of performers for productions directed by Herman Geiger-Torel.

Cast A [likely at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires]: Carlo Tagliabue, baritone as Lord Enrico Asthon ; Lily Pons, soprano as Miss. Lucia di lui sorella ; Koloman von Pataky, tenor as Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood ; Alessio De Paolis, tenor as Lord Arturo Bucklaw ; Giacomo Vaghi, bass as Raimondo Bidebent ; Gabrielle Ritter, soprano as Alisa ; Gilbert, tenor as Normanno.

Cast B [names illegible].

Hansel and Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck

Item is an annotated copy of the piano-vocal score by R. Kleinmichel for the English version of the opera, translated and adapted by Constance Bache. The score is autographed by Andrew MacMillan and annotated for a performance with Trudy Carlyle as the Mother. Some of the Italian libretto has been handwritten into the score.

Carmen / Georges Bizet

Item is an annotated copy of the piano-vocal score for the English version of the opera by Dr. Thomas Baker. The score is autographed by Andrew MacMillan and annotated for a performance with Edwin Unrau as Don José, Leo Skirko as Escamillo, Jennifer MacF. as Carmen, Mary Lawson as Micaela, Caroline Lawson as Frasquita, Joyce Rilett as Mercedes, Dave Jones as El Dancaïro, and Eugene Combo as El Remendado.

Tosca / Gioacomo Puccini

Item is an annotated copy of the piano-vocal score for the English version of the opera, translated and adapted by W. Beatty-Kingston and arranged for voice and pianoforte by Carlo Carignani. The score is autographed by Andrew MacMillan and annotated for a performance with Connie as Floria Tosca, Clarke Alkins as Mario Cavaradossi, Ross as Cesare Angelotti, [Russell] Braun as A Sacristan, Robb as Spoletta, Boon as Sciarrone, Calandrillo as A Gaoler, and Blahewan as A Shepherd-Boy.

Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gioachino Rossini

Item is a copy of the annotated score for the English version of the opera by Natalia MacFarren. The score is annotated for a production with Cesare Valletti as Count Almaviva, Alexander Gray as Figaro, Barbara Strathdee as Rosina, Andrew MacMillan as Dr. Bartolo, Jan Rubes as Dom Basilio, Ernest Adams as Fiorello, and Patricia Rideout as Berta. Macmillan also did the staging for the production.

Die vier Grobiane = I Quattro rusteghi / Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

File consists of an annotated score with a handwritten English libretto and photographs of the actors on stage with the set from a February-March 1954 Canadian Opera Company (COC) production that Herman Geiger-Torel directed with Ernesto Barbini, conductor; Hans Berends, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer.

Performers: Evelyn Gould, Joanne Ivey, Andrew MacMillan, Bernard Turgeon, Sylvia Grant, Patricia Rideout, Phyllis Mailing, Jon Vickers, Glenn Gardiner, Mary Morrison, James Milligan, Ernest Adams, Lesia Zubrack, Alexander Gray, William Copeland, Robert Goulet, Dolores Huck.

La bell au bois dormant / Claude Debussy

File consists of vocal sheet music, stamped "Bell Piano Warerooms, Toronto." Ida (Fernley) Culley demonstrated pianos in the warerooms of local piano retailers and manufacturers as a child. It is possible that this is one of the pieces that she played for customers.

The Merry Widow = Die lustige Witwe / Franz Lehár

File consists of an annotated score for two productions (October 1957 and September-October 1971) by the Canadian Opera Company (COC). The 1957 production was directed by Herman Geiger-Torel with Ernesto Barbini, conductor; John Engel, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer. The 1971 production was directed by Leon Major with Victor Feldbrill, conductor; Murray Laufer, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer.

1957 Cast: Alan Crofoot, Andrew MacMillan, Marie Gauley, Karl Norman, Alexander Gray, Don McManus, Joanne Ivey, Harold Mossfield, Constance FIsher, Patricia Snell, Bernard Turgeon, Sylvia Grant, Elizabeth Mawson, Ernest Adams, Lesia Zubrack, Lillian Bozinoff, Joyce Hill, Igor Gavon, James Whicher.

1971 Cast: Alan Crofoot, Jan Rubes, Gwenlynn Little, John Arab, Alexander Gray, Don McManus, Sheila Piercey, Peter Milne, Sonia Rohozynsky, Allen Coates, Lynne Cantlon, John Reardon, Judith Lebane, Kathleen Ruddell,Herman Rombouts, Richard Braun, Clare Bewley.

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