Research Catalog

Title

Teresa Stratas papers, 1938-2016.

Author

Stratas, Teresa.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

41.56 linear feet (86 boxes, 6 volumes, 2 tubes), 217.5 kb (9 computer files)

Summary

Teresa Stratas (born 1938) is a Canadian-born American soprano regarded as one of the greatest and most expressive opera actresses of all time. Her papers, dating from 1938 to 2016, document her life and career through letters, photographs, annotated scores, subject files, posters, programs, clippings, datebooks, costume and set designs, awards, and art.

Subjects

• Levine, James, 1943-2021
• Opera > 20th century
• Photographs
• Programs (documents)
• Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
• Musicians
• Posters
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Scale models
• Contracts
• Harrison, Tony, 1937-
• Opera singers
• Librettos (documents for music)
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Elias, Rosalind
• Costume design drawings
• Opera > Production and direction
• Appointment books
• Mehta, Zubin
• Scripts (documents)
• Singers > United States
• Letters (correspondence)
• Scores

Genre/Form

• Appointment books.
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Contracts.
• Costume design drawings.
• Letters (correspondence)
• Librettos (documents for music)
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Programs (documents)
• Scale models.
• Scores.
• Scripts (documents)

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Audio and moving image items are unavailable pending preservation transfer.

Terms of Use (note)

• For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source (note)

• Donated by Teresa Stratas, 2016.

Provenance (note)

• The collection was created and maintained by Teresa Stratas.

Call Number

JPB 16-20

OCLC

979994475

Author

Stratas, Teresa.

Title

Teresa Stratas papers, 1938-2016.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Audio and moving image items are unavailable pending preservation transfer.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Provenance

The collection was created and maintained by Teresa Stratas.

Source

Donated by Teresa Stratas, 2016.

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Occupation

Musicians.

Opera singers.

Research Call Number

JPB 16-20