A. Didur as Boris Godounow – Antique 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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Step back in time with A. Didur as Boris Godounow, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A. Didur as Boris Godounow
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Here the bass Adamo Didur appears in costume as Boris Godunov, the title role of Modest Mussorgsky's opera about the Russian tsar. Didur, a Polish-born singer, spent many seasons with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the brooding, guilt-ridden tsar suited his deep voice and commanding stage presence. The photograph comes from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency whose glass negatives documented theater and opera performers in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, and the identification rests on caption information from the agency, so the exact production remains uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,159 × 5,792 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-13044 |
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