Kurt Herbert Adler and the San Francisco Opera
By: with introductions by Beverly Sills, Roger L. Stevens and Lotfi Mansouri. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Pfaff, Timothy.; Crawford, Caroline; Price, George.; Price, Leontyne.; Nilsson, Birgit.; Rysanek, Leonie.; Evans, Geraint, Sir.; Wixell, Ingvar.; Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre, 1932-1988.; Thomas, Jess.; Vaness, Carol.; Freedman, Gerald.; Skalicki, Wolfram.; Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.; Pavarotti, Luciano.; Farruggio, Matthew.; Priest, John, 1931-; Rodzinski, Richard.; Felt, Ruth.; Bradshaw, Richard.; Crockett, Evelyn.; Pantages, George.; Cooper, Betty Folger Miller.; Follis, R. Gwin.; Hale, Prentis Cobb.; Baird, Walter, 1915-; Spain, Jerry.; Diedrich, William.; Powell, Eddie.; Tayer, Don.; Matheson, James, 1932-; Bloomfield, Arthur, 1931-; Schwabacher, James.; Fromm, Alfred, 1905-1998.; Meyer, Otto E. 1903-; Adler, Nancy Miller.; Krueger, Kristin Adler.; Strauss, Walter, 1902-; Magner, Martin.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California
Published: 1994
Language: eng
Subjects: Adler, Kurt Herbert; San Francisco Opera; Opera producers and directors -- Interviews; Singers -- Interviews; Opera -- California -- San Francisco
Genres: Interviews.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The life and career of Kurt Herbert Adler / interviews with Kurt Herbert Adler conducted by Timothy Pfaff in 1985.; title: v. 2. Artists and staff of the San Francisco Opera / interviews conducted by Caroline Crawford, Tim Pfaff, and General George Price, 1985-1988. Interviews with: Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Sir Geraint Evans, Ingvar Wixell, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jess Thomas, Carol Vaness, Gerald Freedman, Wolfram Skalicki, Dorothy Kirsten, Luciano Pavarotti, Matthew Farruggio, John Priest, Richard Rodzinski, Ruth Felt, Richard Bradshaw, Evelyn Crockett, George Pantages.; title: v. 3. Community and union leaders, family and friends / interviews conducted by Caroline Crawford, 1986-1989. Interviews with: R. Gwin Pollis, Betty Folger Miller Cooper, Prentis Cobb Hale, Walter Baird, Jerry Spain, William Diedrich, Eddie Powell, Don Tayer, James Matheson, Arthur Bloomfield, James Schwabacher, Alfred Fromm, Otto Meyer, Nancy Miller Adler, Kristin Adler Krueger, Dr. Walter Strauss, Martin Magner.