Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1934-1976 (Accumulation)
- 1893-1966 (Publication)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
92 scores + 4 cm of textual records and other material
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Herman Geiger-Torel, opera director and teacher was born in Frankfurt-am-Main in 1907. He began his career as a stage director in Czechoslovakia and Germany, and after 1934, in South America. From 1948 until his death in 1976 he was based in Toronto, working with the University of Toronto Opera Division and as general director of the Canadian Opera Company.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Lori Geiger-Torel, 1977
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of Herman Geiger-Torel's library of piano-vocal scores, including his markings and notes for various opera productions, including performances that he directed in Troppau, Czechoslovakia; Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; Montevideo, Uruguay; Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janiero; Canadian Opera Company; and the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Opera scores are listed alphabetically by last name of the composer. Additional materials found inside the scores, including altered libretti, lighting notes, photographs, and stage designs, are stored separately.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Languages of the opera libretto are indicated at the item level.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
The publisher, publication date, and plate numbers (if indicated) for each piano-vocal score are recorded in this field at the item level.
Notes area
Note
Previously titled "Archives Collection 05 : Herman Geiger-Torel." Reference code (05) removed from the title of the collection July 30, 2019.