Carmen Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association and the Federal Music Project : – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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This vintage poster of Carmen Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association and the Federal Music Project : brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This poster announces a 1939 production of Bizet's *Carmen* by the Cuyahoga County Opera Association, the Ohio group based around Cleveland, with the Federal Music Project as sponsor. The Federal Music Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, paid musicians and singers during the Depression and brought low-cost concerts and opera to communities across the country. The opera itself comes from Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novella about a seductive Romani cigarette worker and the soldier who falls under her spell, and the poster's silkscreen color and bold bullfighter imagery show the WPA artists' visual style of the period. A date stamp on the back, March 27, 1939, helps place the poster in its season.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Mérimée Prosper 1803-1870. Carmen.Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--Ohio--1930-1940. Bullfighters--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,679 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 287_Carmen_Presented_by_Cuy_1939 |
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