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Published by San Francisco, CA San Francisco Book Company 1972.,, 1972
ISBN 10: 0913374008ISBN 13: 9780913374009
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Octavo, hardcover, VG in somewhat rubbed and edgeworn red and gold pictorial dj. Carefully researched, readable chronicle of the SF opera's rise from 1923 beginnings to its Golden Anniversary. 450 pp. Illustrated. Appendices with casts, repertoire by season. On Sept. 26, 1923, 5, 000 persons attended the first San Francisco Opera in the Civic Auditorium on Grove Street. The performance of La Boheme starred Giovanni Martinelli and Queena Mario. Top price was $4. On the conductor's podium was Gaetano Merola. 450pp.