Descriptive Summary
Special Collections University of Houston
Libraries
Kaplan, H. David
H. David Kaplan
Performing Arts Collection
1940-1996
13.00 Boxes
The H. David Kaplan
Performing Arts Collection contains correspondence, publicity photographs,
snapshots, slides, programs, various arts publications, autographs, ticket
stubs, clippings, posters, showcards, and artwork. The collection is derived
from the personal collection of H. David Kaplan.
1986-001
Biographical Note
H. David Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 13, 1934.
In 1956, he received a B.A. in journalism from The University of Michigan.
Kaplan has worked for newspapers, magazines, and corporate communications while
also functioning as a patron of and volunteer to the arts throughout the United
States.
Kaplan's longstanding interest in the performing/fine arts was
established by his parents, and was further entrenched when he lived in New
York City. Another influence on his interest in the arts was his uncle, Al
Kaplan, who performed in vaudeville throughout the world from 1920-1947.
Kaplan has provided many years of service to the arts through his
involvement with the Houston Grand Opera, in his former role as Associate
Publisher for Houston's Performing Arts Magazine, and in his ongoing role as an
instructor in Enjoying Opera and American Opera courses for continuing
education classes in Federal Way, Washington. He has also enhanced the arts
collections of several libraries, donating this collection as well as portions
of the Hoblitzelle Theatre Collection to the University of Texas, Austin, and a
48-volume collection of New York City theatre playbills and programs to the
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. He continues his
enthusiastic patronage of the arts, and routinely donates New York theater
programs to libraries and archives.
Scope and Contents
The H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection contains
correspondence, publicity photographs, photographs taken by Kaplan, programs,
various arts publications, autographs and miscellaneous items such as ticket
stubs and clippings. There are more than 1,000 color 35 mm. slides taken by
Kaplan of opera performances and rehearsals by Houston Grand Opera. Additional
oversized collages, posters, showcards, and artwork, along with several framed
items, are housed separately. A large part of the collection is signed and many
items are personally inscribed to H. David Kaplan. The materials are dated from
ca. 1950 to ca. 1996, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1975-1985.
The collection has been retained in the order in which it was received
from Mr. Kaplan and, with some modifications; it has been divided into several
series. The series are arranged in the different areas of the arts in which Mr.
Kaplan was involved or interested and an oversize/framed series which includes
every aspect of the arts. Each series may be subdivided into 1-5 subsections
including: correspondence, photographs, programs/publications, autographs, and
miscellaneous. For ease of storage, the oversize and framed portions of this
collection have been placed together in a series and shelved separately.
Correspondence has been separated and is organized alphabetically by
the last name of the correspondent. Copies of H. David Kaplan's letters to
individual correspondents are filed with their replies. In publicity
photographs, the production, if known, has been noted on the reverse side in
pencil.
Bound volumes of Performing Arts Magazine, Houston Arts Magazine,
Tonight and Houston on Stage donated by Mr. Kaplan have been incorporated into
the library's holdings. These may be found by searching the UH Libraries'
catalog by journal title or by author, using the phrase "H. David Kaplan
Performing Arts Collection."
Index Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access
subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Ballet
programs
Memorabilia
Newsletters
Pamphlets
Postcards
Scrapbooks
Slides
Theater
programs
Topical Term:
Art patrons
Pictorial works.
Playbills
Souvenirs
(Keepsakes)
Symphony
orchestras
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use Restrictions
Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but
copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The
researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating
copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or
displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form.
For more information, consult the appropriate librarian.
Preferred Citation
H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection, Courtesy of Special
Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Processed By
Processed by K. Fox, April 1999, Edward Lukasek, 2005, LaTasha N.
Cormier, 2005-2006 and Rebecca Russell, 2007.
Detailed Description
Correspondence 1974-1987
Organized alphabetically by last name of correspondent; includes
Christmas cards, personal notes, opera companies in Texas, U.S., invitations
and magazine submissions.
1
1
Incoming Correspondence, A-M
1
2
Incoming Correspondence, M-Z
1
3
Outgoing Correspondence
Opera
1970s-1980s
The largest concentration in Kaplan's collection is devoted to
Opera. The bulk of this series are autographed memorabilia, posters, articles,
and performances related to Houston Grand Opera. Smaller sub-series include
fliers, scripts, programs and schedules for Houston Grand Opera and other Texas
and national opera companies. There are several folders with 35 mm. slides from
Houston Grand Opera rehearsals and performances.
1
4
Autographed Memorabilia
1971-1980, undated
1
5
Autographed Memorabilia, undated
1
6
Autographed Memorabilia, undated
1
7
Autographed Memorabilia, undated
1
Fliers
1
8
Dallas Civic Opera
1
9
Fort Worth Opera
1
10
Houston Grand Opera
1
11
Houston Grand Opera
1
12
Houston Opera Studio
1
13
Lyric Opera
1
14
Metropolitan Opera
1983
1
15
New Orleans
1972-1981
1
16
San Antonio
1
17
San Francisco
1973-81, undated
1
18
Tacoma Pierce County Opera
1
19
Texas Opera Theater
1
20
Tulsa Performing Arts
1980-83
1
21
Miscellaneous
1970s
1
22
Miscellaneous
1980s
1
23
Miscellaneous, undated
1
Invitations
1
24
Invitations
1976-1986
1
25
Invitations, undated
1
Librettos
1
26
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The
Montagues)
1
27
A Quiet Place/Pique Dame/ Curlew River
1
28
Tancredi
1
News clippings
1
29
News clippings
1
30
News clippings
1
31
News clippings
1
32
News clippings
2
News clippings
2
1
News clippings, undated
2
2
News clippings, undated
2
3
News clippings, undated
2
4
News clippings, undated
2
5
News clippings, undated
2
6
News clippings, undated
2
7
News clippings, undated
2
8
News clippings: New Orleans
2
9
News clippings: Tulsa Opera
2
Periodicals
2
10
Miscellaneous
2
11
Miscellaneous
2
12
Miscellaneous
1971-82
2
13
Seattle Opera
1982
2
Photographs
2
14
Photographic Materials, undated
2
15
Photographic Materials, undated
2
16
Photographic Materials, undated
2
17
Photographic Materials, undated
2
Postcards
2
18
Singers of the Metropolitan Opera House
2
Posters
2
19
Posters, undated
2
20
Posters, undated
2
Press Materials
2
21
Dallas Opera
1982
2
22
Miscellaneous
1980s
2
Programs
2
23
Dallas Civic Opera
1967-75
2
24
Dallas Civic Opera
1973-77
2
25
Houston Grand Opera
1956-62
2
26
Houston Grand Opera
1963-1969
3
Programs
3
1
Houston Grand Opera
1966-67
3
2
Houston Grand Opera
1968-69
3
3
Houston Grand Opera
1970-71
3
4
Houston Grand Opera
1972-79
3
5
Houston Grand Opera
1980-86
3
6
Houston On Stage
October 1984-April 1985
3
7
Jones Hall
1966-71
3
8
Lyric at 25
3
9
Lyric Opera of Chicago
1972-80
3
10
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
1977 and 1982
3
11
Metropolitan Grand Opera Dallas
1946-56
3
12
Metropolitan Opera Dallas
1970-72
3
13
Metropolitan Opera House
1953 and 1976
3
14
New Orleans Opera Association
1968-82
3
15
Opera Cues
1972-75
3
16
Opera Cues
1976-77
3
17
Opera Cues
1977-82
3
18
Performing Arts
1987
3
19
Playbill: Music Hall Dallas
3
20
San Antonio Grand Opera
1945-76
3
21
San Francisco Opera
1977-85
4
Programs
4
1
Shreveport Civic Opera
1969-70
4
2
Society for the Performing Arts
4
3
Society for the Performing Arts
4
4
Texas Opera Theater
1974-84
4
5
Tulsa
1974-78
4
6
Virginia Opera
1982-83
4
7
Miscellaneous
1929-67
4
8
Miscellaneous
1975-85
4
Public Service Announcement
4
9
Texas Opera Theater
4
Radio Broadcast
4
10
Houston Grand Opera
4
Schedules
4
11
Catherine Malfitano 1994 Itinerary
4
12
Houston Grand Opera
1971-88
4
13
Indiana University
1972-73
4
14
Jones Hall
1966, 1982
4
15
Metropolitan in Dallas
4
16
San Diego Opera
1980-81
4
17
San Francisco Opera
1977
4
18
Seattle Opera
1981-87
4
19
Texas Opera Theater
1977-82
4
Printed Materials
4
20
Houston Grand Opera
1970s
4
21
Houston Grand Opera
1970s
4
22
Texas Opera Theater
1980s
4
23
Miscellaneous
1970s
4
Slides
Photographic slides taken by H. David Kaplan during Houston
Grand Opera and Texas Opera Theater rehearsals and performances.
4
24
Texas Opera Theater and Houston Grand Opera 1980
National Radio Broadcasts
4
25
Houston Grand Opera
4
25
1
Turandot, 1969; The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1970; Aida,
1971; Lucia di Lammermoor, 1971; Boris Godonuv, 1972
4
25
2
Tannhauser
April 1972
4
25
3
The Elixir of Love
May 1972
4
25
4
Susannah, May 1972; Susannah, May 1972;
Floyd/Bachann, May 1972
4
25
5
Madame Butterfly
October 1972
4
25
6
The Daughter of the Regiment
4
25
7
The Daughter of the Regiment
4
25
8
Of Mice and Men, Feb. 1973; L'histoire du Soldat,
June 1973; The Impresario, June 1973; Hugh the Drover, June 1973
4
25
9
La Rondine
June 1973
4
26
Houston Grand Opera
4
26
10
Macbeth
Oct. 1973
4
26
11
The Marriage of Figaro
Nov. 1973
4
26
12
The Marriage of Figaro
Nov. 1973
4
26
13
The Marriage of Figaro, Nov. 1973; La Traviata, Jan.
1974
4
26
14
La Traviata
Jan. 1974
4
26
15
La Traviata, Jan. 1974; The Seagull, March
1974
4
26
16
The Seagull
March 1974
4
26
17
The Seagull
March 1974
4
26
18
La Perichole
March 1974
4
26
19
La Perichole
March 1974
4
27
Houston Grand Opera
4
27
20
Mefistofele
April 1974
4
27
21
Carmen
May 1974
4
27
22
The Abduction from the Seraglio
May 1974
4
27
23
The Abduction from the Seraglio, May 1974;
McDonald/Robinson/Ley; TV-CN.26; Threepenny Opera
4
27
24
The Threepenny Opera, June 1974; The Rise and Fall
of the City of Mahagonny, March 1974
4
27
25
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, March
1974; Calvary, April 1974
4
27
26
Calvary
May 1974
4
27
27
Mefistofele Preview/Manon
Oct. 1974
4
27
28
Manon
Oct. 1974
4
27
29
Il Trovatore
Oct. 1974
4
27
30
Il Trovatore
Oct. 1974
4
28
Houston Grand Opera
4
28
31
La Boheme
4
28
32
La Boheme, Der Rosenkavalier
4
28
33
Der Rosenkavalier
4
28
34
Der Rosenkavalier
4
28
35
Der Rosenkavalier
4
28
36
Der Rosenkavalier, The Play of Herod, Lucrezia
Borgia
4
28
37
Lucrezia Borgia
4
28
38
Lucrezia Borgiz, Lulu
4
28
39
Lulu
4
28
40
Lulu
4
29
Houston Grand Opera
4
29
41
Lulu, Candide, Rinaldo
4
29
42
Rinaldo
4
29
43
Treemonisha
4
29
44
Treemonisha, Lucrezia Borgia
4
29
45
Lucrezia Borgia, Candide
4
29
46
Lucrezia Borgia, El Capitan
4
29
47
El Capitan, Faust
4
29
48
Faust
4
29
49
Faust
4
29
50
Faust, Rinaldo
5
Slides
5
1
5
1
51
Rinaldo, Otello
5
1
52
Otello
5
1
53
Otello
5
1
54
Texas Opera Theater: Turn of the Screw, The Barber
of Seville, Amahl and the Night Visitors
5
1
55
Amahl and the Night Visitors, El Capitan
5
1
56
El Capitan, Don Giovanni
5
1
57
Don Giovanni
5
1
58
Don Giovanni, Bilby's Doll
5
1
59
Bilby's Doll
5
1
60
Bilby's Doll
5
2
5
2
61
La Fanciulla del West
5
2
62
La Fanciulla del West, Don Giovanni
5
2
63
Don Giovanni
5
2
64
Don Giovanni
5
2
65
Don Giovanni, Porgy &
Bess
5
2
66
Porgy & Bess
5
2
67
Porgy & Bess,
Susannah
5
2
68
Susannah
5
2
69
Susannah
5
2
70
Susannah, The Barber of Seville
5
3
5
3
71
The Barber of Seville
5
3
72
The Barber of Seville
5
3
73
The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto
5
3
74
Rigoletto
5
3
75
Rigoletto
5
3
76
Andrea Chenier
5
3
77
Andrea Chenier
5
3
78
Andrea Chenier, Peter Grimes
5
3
79
Peter Grimes
5
3
80
Peter Grimes, The Barber of Seville
5
4
5
4
81
The Coronation of Poppea
5
4
82
The Coronation of Poppea
5
4
83
The Coronation of Poppea, Andrea Chenier
5
4
84
Andrea Chenier
5
4
85
Andrea Chenier, The Daughter of the
Regiment
5
4
86
The Daughter of the Regiment
5
4
87
The Daughter of the Regiment, Salome
5
4
88
Salome
5
4
89
Salome
5
4
90
Salome, Arabella
5
5
5
5
91
Arabella, Tancredi
5
5
92
Tancredi
5
5
93
Tancredi, Of Mice and Men
5
5
94
Of Mice and Men, The Daughter of the
Regiment
5
5
95
The Daughter of the Regiment, Aida
5
5
96
Aida, Robinson Crusoe
5
5
97
Robinson Crusoe
5
5
98
Robinson Crusoe, Arabella
5
5
99
Arabella
5
5
100
Arabella, Tosca
5
6
5
6
101
Tosca
5
6
102
Tosca, The Merry Widow
5
6
103
The Merry Widow
5
6
104
The Merry Widow
5
6
105
The Merry Widow
5
6
106
Hansel & Gretel
5
6
107
Hansel & Gretel, Madame
Butterfly
5
6
108
Madame Butterfly
5
6
109
Madame Butterfly
5
6
110
Madame Butterfly, Tosca
5
7
5
7
111
Tosca, Jenufa
5
7
112
Jenufa
5
7
113
Jenufa, Norma
5
7
114
Norma
5
7
115
Norma, Hansel &
Gretel
5
7
116
Hansel & Gretel,
Werther
5
7
117
Werther
5
7
118
Werther
5
7
119
Werther, Texas Opera Theater: The Marriage of
Figaro
5
7
120
TOT: Figaro, Jenufa
5
7
121
Jenufa
Dance
1970s-1980s
The bulk of this series is made up of printed materials: fliers,
invitations, news clippings, articles, posters and programs, as well as
photographs primarily of Houston Ballet and other national dance companies.
5
8
Autographed Memorabilia
5
9
Fliers: Houston Ballet Newsletter
1979
5
10
Fliers: Houston Ballet
1978-82
5
11
Fliers: Miscellaneous
5
12
Invitations
5
13
News clippings, undated
5
14
News clippings, undated
5
15
News clippings, undated
5
16
Periodicals
5
17
Periodicals
5
18
Photographic Materials
6
1
Posters
6
18
Miscellaneous
6
Press Releases
6
2
Houston Ballet
1982
6
3
Joffrey Ballet
1982
6
Programs
6
4
American Ballet Theatre 35th Anniversary
1974-75
6
5
Houston Ballet
1972-1984
6
6
Houston Ballet Season Repertory Programs
1977-86
6
7
Houston Ballet Academy
1979-82
6
8
Houston Ballet Orchestra
1984-86
6
9
Joffrey Ballet
6
10
Jones Hall
October, 1973, February 1974, December 1983
6
11
New York City Ballet
1964, 1983
6
12
Sadler's Wells/Royal Ballet
1950-69
6
13
Society for the Performing Arts
1970s
6
14
Miscellaneous
1953-1986, undated
6
Schedules
6
15
Schedules
1970s
6
16
Schedules
1980s
6
17
Schedules, undated
Instrumental
1960s-1980s
The bulk of this series is made up of printed materials: fliers,
invitations, news clippings, programs and schedules, as well as photographs
relating to Houston Symphony, regional and national orchestras.
6
18
Autographed Memorabilia
6
19
Fliers
6
20
Invitations
1981-1984, undated
6
21
News clippings, undated
6
22
Photographic Materials
6
Programs
6
23
The Houston Chamber Orchestra Society
September 1967-February 1976
6
24
Houston Civic Music Association
November 1968-April 1974
6
25
Houston Symphony Orechestra
1969-1983
6
26
Los Angeles Philharmonic
6
27
Minnesota Orchestra
1982
6
28
San Francisco Symphony
1975
6
29
San Francisco Symphony: Inaugural Week
1980
6
30
Society for the Performing Arts
1967-1976
6
31
Symphony
May 1978-December 1983
6
32
Texas Chamber Orchestra
1980-1984
6
33
Miscellaneous
Theatre
1960s-1980s
The bulk of this series is made up of printed materials: fliers,
invitations, news clippings, and programs, for Houston (Chocolate Bayou
Theatre, Alley Theatre, University of Houston, etc.) and regional theaters in
the U.S.
6
34
Autographed Memorabilia
6
Fliers
6
35
The Alley Theatre
1975-84
6
36
Miscellaneous
1972-87, undated
6
37
Invitations
1982-84
7
News clippings
7
1
News clippings, undated
7
2
News clippings, undated
7
3
News clippings, undated
7
4
News clippings, undated
7
Newsletters
7
5
The Alley Theatre Marquee
1982-86
7
6
Chocolatier
1984-86
7
Photographic Materials
7
7
7
Postcards
7
8
Folger Shakespeare Library
7
Press Release
7
9
Stages, 1981/82 Season
7
Programs
7
10
The Alley
1967-69
7
11
The Alley
1971-78
7
12
The Alley
1980-82
7
13
Channing Players
1971, undated
7
14
Chocolate Bayou Theatre
1980-84
7
15
College on the Mainland Community Theatre
1979-81
7
16
The Comedy Workshop
1981-82
7
17
The Country Playhouse, undated
7
18
Equinox Theatre
1980-81
7
19
Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1968-1979
7
20
Guthrie Theater
1980
7
21
Holiday Dinner Theatre, undated
7
22
Houston Music Theatre
1968-72
7
23
Main Street Theatre, undated
7
24
Palo Duro Canyon State Park: "Texas"
1975
7
25
Performing Arts
1985-87
7
26
The Proscenium 1975-77 Season
7
27
Southwest Theatre Guild
1971
7
28
Stages
7
29
Starlight Operetta
1948
7
30
Theatre Suburbia
1968
7
31
Theatre under the Stars
8
Programs
8
1
Town and Country Dinner Theatre, undated
8
2
University of Houston
1978-85
8
3
Windmill Dinner Theatre
1973, undated
8
4
Miscellaneous
1980-85, undated
Film
Small series of news clippings, periodicals and programs devoted
to film, American Film Theatre and presentation of "Napoleon" with Houston
Grand Opera orchestra.
8
5
News clippings, undated
8
6
Periodicals: Miscellaneous
1972, 1978, 1983
8
7
Press Release: "Napoleon"
8
8
Fliers
8
9
American Film Theatre Programs
Miscellaneous
1960s-1980s
Printed materials (fliers, news clippings, periodicals, programs
and schedules) for various performing arts venues, sports, community events and
a scrapbook.
8
8
10
1
Brightly colored still life by Herb Mears, inscribed
to David Kaplan by artist
8
10
2
Jim Dine: The Pace Gallery
1986
8
11
Celebrity Autographs
Festival Programs
8
8
12
1
Aspen Music Festival
1981
8
12
2
Carmel Bach Festival
1973
8
12
3
Olympic Arts Festival
1984
8
12
4
Spoleto Festival
1978, 1980
8
12
5
Tanglewood Berkshire Festival
1966
8
13
Ravinia Festival
1930-1979
Houston
8
14
Houston Apollos vs. Tulsa Oilers Souvenir
Program
1967-68
8
15
Houston Arts Calendar
1983-84
8
16
Houston Printed Materials
8
16
1
Houston Honors the Challenger Seven
March 27, 1986
8
16
2
Azalea Trail brochures
8
16
3
Astro Polo
8
17
The Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research: "A Million
Dollar Evening"
1983
Periodicals
8
18
Arts Line
1984-86
8
19
Discover
October 1980
8
20
Melody, June 1935/Popular Songs, June 1936
8
21
SHOW
October 1961
Scrapbook
8
22
"Plays and Players-A Theatre Goer's
Record"
Society for the Performing Arts
1980s
8
23
Newsletters, fliers, season listings
1980s
Oversize Collection
Opera
Large collection of posters promoting Houston Grand Opera, New
York, and other state and city opera productions. Regional posters are in
alphabetical order by city or state then by production.
1
1
Program: Houston Grand Opera-20 Seasons
1
Posters
1
Houston
1
2
The World of Gilbert and Sullivan,
undated
1
3
Candide
1
Houston Grand Opera
1
4
The Merry Widow, undated
1
5
HGO/Texas Opera Theater: Cosi fan
Tutte
1974
1
Regional U.S.
1
6
Associated Artists Opera Co: Bicentennial
Season
1975-76
1
7
Augusta Opera Association: Lucia di Lammermoor,
undated
1
8
Baltimore Opera 1976-77 Season
1
9
Opera Company of Boston 1975 Season
1
10
Boston Lyric Opera
1983-84
1
11
Boston Lyric Opera: The Postman Always Rings
Twice
1994
1
12
Cincinnati: 62nd Season and 10 years at Music
Hall
1981-82
1
13
Colorado: Opera Association
1
14
Delaware: The Last of the Mohicans
1976
1
15
Des Moines: Metro Opera
1982
1
16
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Kansas City),
undated
1
17
The Lyric (Kansas City)
1974
1
18
The Lyric (Kansas City), undated
1
19
Kentucky Opera Association
1971-72
1
20
Kentucky Opera Association
1972-73
1
21
Kentucky Opera Association
1974-75
1
22
The Bartered Bride (Madison Civic Opera),
undated
1
23
Carmen (Madison Civic Opera)
1981
1
24
Turandot (Madison Civic Opera),
undated
1
25
Madison Opera: Shining Brow, undated
1
26
Greater Miami Opera
1982-83
1
27
Chamber Opera Theatre (Milwaukee),
undated
1
28
Florentine Opera of Milwaukee 1992-93
Season
1
29
The Center Opera Company of Minneapolis, The
Mother of Us All, undated
1
30
Minnesota Opera Company, The Voyage of Edgar Allan
Poe, undated
1
31
Diary of an African American
1
33
Aida (Mississippi), undated
1
34
Joan of Arc (Nevada Opera Guild),
undated
1
35
Joan of Arc, 20th Season
1
36
Cosi fan Tutte (Opera New England),
undated
1
37
Voyage to the Moon (Opera New England)
1975
1
38
New Orleans Opera, undated
1
39
New Mexico, 17th Season
1
40
Chamber Opera Theatre of New York: The
Bear
1
41
Chamber Opera Theatre of New York:
Angelique
1
42
Light Opera of Manhattan: The Vagabond King,
undated
1
43
Light Opera of Manhattan: The Student Prince,
undated
1
44
Metropolitan Opera Company: Aida
1
45
Metropolitan Opera Company: Faust
1
46
Metropolitan Opera Company: La
Traviata
1
47
Metropolitan Opera Company: Lucia di
Lammermoor
1
48
Metropolitan Opera Company: Madame
Butterfly
1
49
Metropolitan Opera Company: Rigoletto
1
50
New York City Opera: The Cunning Little Vixen,
undated
1
51
Omaha Opera
1975-76
1
52
Die Fleidermaus (Portland Opera)
1976
1
53
Life of Orestes (Portland Opera)
1975
1
54
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Portland
Opera)
1976
1
55
Salome (Portland Opera)
1975
1
56
La Traviata (Portland Opera)
1975
1
57
Travels (Opera Roanoke)
1995
1
58
Porgy and Bess (Opera Roanoke)
1992
1
59
Sweeney Todd (Opera Roanoke)
1993
1
60
Rigoletto (San Francisco Opera)
1982
1
61
Western Opera Theater
1
62
Seattle Opera: Der Ring des Nibelungen
1984
1
63
The New Opera Memphis (Tennessee)
1983-84
1
64
Tosca (Tulsa)
1975
1
65
A Season of Revelry and Passion (Virginia Opera
Association)
1982-83
1
66
Candide (Wisconsin)
1
Miscellaneous
1
Houston Grand Opera
1
67
The Barber of Seville (sketch)
1
After Dinner Opera
1
68
When This You See, Remember Me,
undated
1
69
A Revolutionary Celebration, undated
2
Autographed Memorabilia
Mounted performance programs of HGO, photographs/autographs of
cast members, identified on reverse
2
1
Houston Grand Opera
Mounted performance programs of HGO, photographs/autographs
of cast members
2
Posters
2
2
Houston Grand Opera Posters
2
3
Opera Singer Posters
2
4
Houston Grand Opera Productions
2
5
Texas Regional Opera Posters
Dance
Posters for performances held at Jones Hall for the Performing
Arts and by Houston Ballet.
3
Posters
3
1
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company,
undated
3
2
An Evening with Dame Margot Fonteyn
1980
3
3
Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo,
undated
3
4
Radio City Music Hall: "5, 6, 7, 8
Dance!"
3
5
(Society for the Performing Arts) Bella Lewitzky
Dance Co.
3
Jones Hall
3
6
Paul Taylor Dance Company, undated
3
7
Feld Ballet, undated
3
8
The Magnificent Mazowsze, undated
3
9
The National Ballet of Canada, undated
3
10
Peer Gynt (Houston Ballet)
5
Miscellaneous
5
9
(Drawing for) cover Performing Arts
Magazine
April 1980
Instrumental
Posters for performances held at Jones Hall for the Performing
Arts and Texas Chamber Orchestra.
4
Posters
4
1
Carnegie Hall: Centennial Season
4
2
P.D.Q. Bach, undated
4
Jones Hall
4
3
The Canadian Brass
4
4
1,000 years of Jazz (New Orleans
Review)
4
5
Itzhak Perlman
4
6
James Galway
4
7
Janina Fialkowska
4
8
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich
4
9
Orchestre de Paris
4
10
The Philadelphia Orchestra
1979-80
4
11
The Philharmonic Orchestra
4
12
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
4
13
Texas Little Symphony, undated
4
Texas Chamber Orchestra
4
14
All Texas-American Program (Conductor: Igor
Buketoff)
4
15
Brittan, Mozart, Dvorak (Conductor: John
DeMain)
4
16
Stravinsky (Conductor: Michael Moores)
4
17
Bach, Mozart, Barber, Hayden (Conductor: Ronal
Braunstein)
4
18
Mozart & Vivaldi (Sergiu Luca)
Theatre
This collection contains posters for Alley Theatre, Main Street
Theater, Stages, Texas Theatre Under the Stars performances, an invitation to
Alley Theatre Gala, and two programs for musical theatre.
4
19
Invitation: Alley Theatre Gala
1986
4
Posters
4
25
Theatre Three Dallas: Second Stage
Festival
1980
4
26
Equinox Theatre: Why Hanna's skirt Won't Stay Down
and Who Killed my Bald Sister Sophie?
1980
4
27
Miller Outdoor Theatre: The Vagabond
King
4
Alley Theatre
4
20
Out at Sea, undated
4
21
Galileo
1968-69
4
22
Ring Round the Bathtub, undated
4
23
Indians
1975
4
24
Repertory Spectacular
1982
4
Main Street Theater
4
28
The Philadephia Story, undated
4
29
Tintypes
1982
4
30
Women and Men, undated
4
31
Travesties, undated
4
32
Caesar and Cleopatra
1983
4
33
Old Times, undated
4
34
"There goes the neighborhood" Main Street
Theatre
4
Stages
4
35
The Importance of Being Earnest
4
36
Texas Playwrights Festival
1983
4
Texas Theatre Under the Stars
4
37
1983-84 Season
4
38
Sugar
1985
4
39
Paint Your Wagon
1984
4
Miscellaneous
4
40
Marsha Norman: reception, opening night
performance of Getting Out
4
41
Show Boat, undated
4
42
Side by Side, undated
4
Programs
4
43
42nd Street
1984
4
44
Starlight Express
1984
Miscellaneous
Posters, periodicals, an architectural drawing for Houston Grand
Opera production and 2 collages are included in this series.
5
Periodical: Performing Arts Magazine
5
1
Cover art samples for Performing Arts
5
2
Cover layouts, Performing Arts
Feb. 1979-July 1980
5
3
October 1977
5
4
November 1977
5
5
February 1979
5
6
December 1979
5
Posters
5
Houston
5
7
Houston Festival
1980
5
8
Houston Festival
1983
5
9
Bayou Show, Houston Festival
1983
5
10
"Houston," Natural Gas Corporation
1976
5
11
"Houston," Natural Gas Corporation
1979
5
12
Sumfest (Cultural Arts Council of
Houston)
1981
5
Exhibitions
5
13
Pauline Howard and Harris Gallery
1981
5
14
Rosemary Mahoney
1981
5
15
Video/Multi-image (Sensory Communications for the
80s)
1981
5
16
Meredith Long and Company: Houston
Ballet
1982
5
17
Artists and the Theatre
1982
5
18
Art and Our City Lecture Series
5
Performances
5
19
The Comedy Workshop: The Two Bit Opera,
undated
5
20
Entertainment Troupe and Traveling Show
(Tennessee), undated
5
21
Marcel Marceau, undated
5
22
Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival,
undated
5
23
Original Silver Cornet Band musical celebration
and band concert (Tennessee)
5
24
Jones Hall: Vienna Boys' Choir
1983
5
25
New York: Moss, undated
5
Radio
5
26
KODA 99FM, undated
5
27
KLEF The New Season, undated
5
Architectural Drawing
5
28
Scene design for Houston Grand Opera production of
Othello
May 1, 1975
5
Collages
5
29
2 collages inscribed to Kaplan from artist Michel
Bezman
1983