George Shirley
View of tenor George Shirley at recording session of Stravinsky's opera, "Oedipus Rex" for Columbia Records. Label on back: "Recording Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex' for Columbia Records in January, 1962, under the composer's direction. This document in sound is one of a series to be released soon in connection with the observance of Stravinsky's eightieth birthday. Mr. Shirley first sang this demanding role at Wayne University in 1955; he is scheduled to repeat it several times this summer during the Santa Fe Opera's Stravinsky Festival. The Jocasta of the recording is Shirley Verrett-Carter who will be the Carmen to Mr. Shirley's Don Jose at Spoleto in the early part of this summer." Typed on back: "George Shirley at recording session of Oedipus Rex for Columbia Records under Stravinsky's direction, January, 1962."
- Resource ID:
- hk001633
- Subject:
- Shirley, George
- African American singers
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1962-01
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 9 x 7 in.
- Department:
- E. Azalia Hackley Collection
- Location:
- Biography--Shirley, George
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.