WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdis grand opera Il trovatore Cast of 75 – Antique Poster Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdis grand opera Il trovatore Cast of 75 comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdis grand opera Il trovatore Cast of 75
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This poster advertises a staging of Giuseppe Verdi's *Il trovatore* by a cast of 75, a large company for a community production. The Federal Music Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, put on low-cost concerts and operas across the country during the Depression, often using local singers and musicians who had lost steady work. Verdi's opera, first performed in 1853, is known for its tangled plot of mistaken identity and for the stirring "Anvil Chorus." The silkscreen color design reflects the WPA's poster workshops, which turned out thousands of announcements for public events.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Verdi Giuseppe 1813-1901. Trovatore.Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--Ohio--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,670 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 773_WPA_in_Ohio_Federal_Mus_1936 |
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