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Von Wymetal Family (1862-1970) Collection, (1909-1970)
Finding aid created by Jennifer McGillan, Arts Information Assistant, 2003
Extent: Fifteen boxes, or about fifteen linear feet.
The William (Wilhelm) von Wymetal Collection is housed in 15 boxes and is arranged in three series.
Series 1: Personal Papers (1890-1970)
The Personal Papers series contains the majority of the archival material within the collection, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, drawings and watercolors.
Series 2: Papers removed from Score Books (1896-1970)
The Papers removed from Score Books series is comprised of archival material found in score books that has been extracted for preservation purposes and placed in acid free folders in Hollinger boxes. There are many types of documents in the collection, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, drawings, photostats, watercolors and a small amount of plant matter.
Series 3: Score Books
The Score Books series is comprised of 135 score books, including some librettos.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the Hunt Library at Carnegie Mellon University in or before 1987 by Charlotte von Wymetal Anderson, daughter and only surviving child of William (Wilhelm) von Wymetal Jr.
Restrictions: None
Separations: Archival material was found in many of the score books, and has been removed and refoldered. The folder number and location is indicated on a strip placed within the book.
Conservation Notes: Papers found to be acidic should be copied onto acid-free paper and discarded. Those that cannot be discarded should be interleaved with acid-free paper. Watercolors should be placed in 4 flap enclosures; pictures should be sleeved. Blueprints and other oversize documents should be removed and stored flat in map folders.
Preservation Actions
Processor: Jennifer McGillan (2003)
Writing a history of the Wymetal family and their role in the history of opera is a complex task, hindered mainly by lack of coherent and cohesive information about their individual movements, probably due to their position as producer/stage directors; there is much more general information available about composers, directors and conductors. That the two main creators have the same name and same role, and worked in a number of the same places - at times together - and also on some of the same operas adds to the confusion.
The story begins in old Vienna, where the Wymetals lived on and off from about 1862 to the early to mid-1920s. At some point the family had moved to Cologne, and it was from there that director Weingartner summoned Wymetal Sr. to the K.k. Hopofer (now the Vienna Staatsoper) in 1909, in the middle of a milestone era in the intellectual life of Vienna, a time of major changes in art and musical culture, and in particular of opera.
The Wymetals seem to have shared friendships with many of Vienna’s leading artistic and musical lights, such as composers Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, artists Alfred Roller (1864-1935) and Joseph Urban (1872-1933) and singer Maria Jeritza. Wymetal Senior in particular was working in opera at the time Mahler and Roller were revolutionizing the way opera looked, clearing the stage of clutter and updating lighting design, and at various times both Wymetals seem to have used Urban and Roller’s designs or discussed design with Roller and/or Urban.
After the end of WWI and the subsequent dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the founding of the Austrian Republic in 1918, the Wymetals left Austria for New York and the Metropolitan Opera. Wymetal Sr. in 1921 and Wymetal Junior in 1927. Only Sr. returned to Vienna to live full-time, and that was in the mid-thirties, after almost a decade in America, shortly before the start of WWII heralded the arrival of the Nazis. The bulk of Junior’s career after his father’s death was in America, although he did make some excursions to Mexico and Sweden. By far his longest gig was the director of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, from 1947-1968.
Biographical Sketch, William (Wilhelm) von Wymetal Senior and Junior
Wilhelm Wymetal Senior, also known as Baron von Wymetal, was born in Austria in 1862. From 1909 to 1921 (est.) he was a producer at the Vienna Opera, where he worked with opera luminaries like conductor Gustav Mahler and set designer Alfred Roller. In the early 1920’s, Wymetal Senior moved to America and to the New York Metropolitan Opera, where between 1922 and 1931 he premiered 49 operas. He also taught a course at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and had previously (?) taught dramatic arts in Vienna and worked as stage manager at opera houses Prague and Leipzig. He died in Austria on Nov. 11, 1937 at the age of 75, after an initially unsuccessful attempt to poison himself.
Wilhelm von Wymetal Junior, also known as William von Wymetal, was born on April 18, 1890 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. After attending military school (probably the Austrian National Defense Academy, in Vienna) and a brief stint in the Austrian army as a major of cavalry during WWI and later as a member of the Austrian General Staff, post-war Wymetal Junior attended the Vienna Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art and joined his father at the Vienna Opera. In the late1920s he came to America where he followed in his father’s footsteps as a stage director, including working at the Met, where between 1930 (33?) and 1935 he premiered 19 operas. While at the Met, Wymetal Jr. worked with his fellow Viennese scene designer Joseph Urban.
Wymetal Junior also served as director of the Philadelphia Lyric Opera, director of the Curtis Institute of Music (1927), Mexico City Opera, the Royal Opera of Stockholm, City Center Opera in New York, San Francisco Opera Company, Chicago Light Opera, Houston Opera and New Orleans Opera and finally as the director of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera from 1947-68.
Furthermore, Jr. had a career in the film industry, and worked for MGM in the 1940s on some of the Janette McDonald-Nelson Eddy musicals (May Time, Rose Marie), and also San Francisco with Clark Gable, I’ll take Romance with Grace Moore and The Phantom of the Opera with Claude Rains. Shortly before his death he was awarded the Grand Cross of Austria, the highest award a civilian can receive. He died of a heart attack in Pennsylvania, on November 7, 1970, at the age of 80.
Sr. also had a second son, Erich von Wymetal (1892-1968), who worked as a director (producer?) at the Vienna Staatsoper starting in 1937 for an as-yet undetermined period of time. Official records for Erich are held at the Music Sammlung in Austria, and include his birth and baptism certificate and marriage certificate. No other information about Erich has yet come to light.
Other Biographical notes: Jnr. had a dueling scar, and wore jodhpurs, riding boots and carried a riding crop at rehearsals. He also spoke seven languages. The “von” in the family name indicates that they were of the noble classes, and documents at the Music Sammlung in Austria suggest that they may have been newcomers to the nobility; knighthood was granted to Franz Wymetal in 1876, when Senior would have been only fourteen years old. Jr. dropped the “von” professionally in Pittsburgh (and possibly elsewhere), except for his social register listing. [From card catalogs from Musik Sammlung and Pittsuburgh Civic Light Opera: How Dreams Came True, by Mary Brignano, Pittsburgh: Civic Light Opera, 1996.]
The Wymetal collection is comprised of the papers of two men, Wilhelm von Wymetal Senior and William (Wilhelm) von Wymetal Junior, and the papers of father and son are commingled in the sense that the son literally wrote on his father’s notes; numerous incidences of both hands on one page. Father’s hand is dense, and almost looks like shorthand; he mostly wrote in German. Son’s hand is slightly bigger, looser, often wrote in English, or typed. Multiple languages on some pages; ample use of 19 th/early 20 th c. ink (heavy and black, or sometimes faded to brown) as well as early 20 th c. office technology (ditto copies). As such it is not really possible to separate one from the other ? both directed many of the same operas; son probably built on his fathers designs as well as developing his own. May also be hand of third Wymetal in papers but this has not been confirmed. The 3 rd Wymetal is Jr.’s brother, Erich, who was a producer at the Vienna Staatsoper from 1937 to 1945 (presumed; 1945 is when opera house was destroyed by Allied bombs).
Other weird connection - did Jr. visit Erich von Stroheim in Hollywood? Mention of “actual Austrian nobleman” visiting Stroheim while he was at MGM in Stroheim biography. Wymetal worked on musicals for MGM from 1935-1947. Is it him? If not who else could it be?
Evidence of communication between Erich in Vienna and Wilhelm in NYC (Address on Envelope in Don Pasquale folder)
Ref. To “how you must be feeling these days” - in letter from Mr. Steve van Horn, 1/21/35. Ref. To ill health of Snr. (not clear if letter is to Jr. or Snr., i.e. if comment refers to personal illness or concern for parental illness) or to major snow storm that crippled NYC for three days, 1/21-23/35?
Ref to “my son”, letter to Edward Siedle, 8/1/23, but doesn’t say which son.
Also: Senior uses “von Wymetal”, Junior often just uses “Wymetal”, and rarely “von Wymetal Jr.”
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F 106 Wymetal Osterreiches Nationalbibliothek Musiksammlung 1-1010 Wien - see folder containing copies of catalog cards for additional details.
Joseph Urban Collection, Columbia Universersity (contains some letters from Wymetal)
Letters to Mahler’s wife, Alma - Penn State (letter from Wymetal Jr. is included.)
Container List
Box 1
FF 1 Aida - Kungholm Theatre, Stockholm
3 ink sketches on graph paper - scene design
“Dekorationes” - 1 page typscript, in German
4 water colors of scene designs, 2 signed “VW 43”, two illegible
5 scene design sketches ink on tracing paper
FF 2 Barber of Seville
Undated, unaddressed note from Wymetal re: scene design,
included Roller sketch
2 ink sketches on graph paper - VW 45
3 ink sketches on graph paper, in German - unsigned, but probably Roller
1 oversize sketch on graph paper - AR ’31 (Roller)
2 watercolors - AR (Roller)
1 ink sketch for prop item, unsigned.
FF 3 Boris Godunov
2 pages pencil/watercolor character sketches, dated 10/31 but
unsigned; some notation in German.
1 page production notes, in German
FF 4 Carmen
CARMEN , PA Kungl Teatrn, I Stockholm, 1922 (in Swedish)
4 large blueprint drawings of sets for Carmen, in English
FF 5 Christopher Columbus - Berlin
Blatter de Staatsoper und der Stadtischen Oper, X Jahrg.,
Heft 29, Mai 1930 (in German)
Magdeburger General Anzeiger, Nummer 105, Jahrgang 54, Mittwoch (Wednesday), 7 Mai 1930; marked up around article “Die Ober Christoph Kolumbus” (in German)
4 additional newspaper clippings in German
1 newspaper clipping in French (Excelsior)
Excerpt from programme book (?) (in German)
“Christopher Columbo” by Paul Claudel. Music by Darius Milhaud (William Wymetal 8.6.1938) 3 p. typescript, in English.
1 page production notes, in German
2 pencil sketches, stage design, unsigned
5 p. typescript script progression (?), in German
3 p. typescript narrative, in English
FF 6 The Consul
1 p. mss props list, in ink
The C.Z. & L. Company, 5 East 57 th Street, Suite 1700, New York, N.Y., “Inventory: The Medium and the Telephone.” 4 p. typscript on typing paper.
“The Telephone” 1 p. pencil sketch on typing paper
“The Telephone” 1p. oversize ink sketch on paper, DGP ‘45
“The Consul”, the Playbill for the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Musical America, March 15, 1950, p. 7 “Menotti’s The Consul Begins New York Run on Broadway”, by Robert Sabin.
The Medium - 2 p. props list, typescript
The Telephone - 1 p. prop list, typescript
7 8x10 b/w prints
2 b/w photographs of scene painting, one of sketch signed H.A. Condell.
FF 7 Die Frau Ohne Schatien
Die Frau Ohne Schatien - 1 st Act, 2 nd scene, stage sketch
FF 8 Don Pasquale
Portion of envelope bearing addresses for William Wymetal ( New Orleans) and Erich Wymetal ( Vienna). Undated.
6 pencil sketches of characters, with character names; unsigned, undated.
Polichinelle , by Pablo Picasso (undated clipping)
Young Man in Masquerade Costume , by Leonardo Da Vinci (undated clipping)
FF 9 Fidelio
1 mss note regarding contents of folder, on verso of photocopy of envelope bearing addresses for Hilde von Wytmetal (LA) and William von Wymetal ( Mexico City)
1 mss note in German
4 watercolor paintaings, untitled, unsigned, undated.
FF 10 La Gioconda New Orleans 1960
1 mss. letter in German
1 typescript letter, New Oreans Opera House to Miss Ella Bouchard, regarding wigs
1 typescript letter, New Oreans Opera House to Mr. Gerhard Weidler, regarding supplemental costumes.
1 typescript letter, Wymetal to Ms. Peter Paul Fuchs.
1 mss. letter Mrs. Peter Paul Fuchs to Wymetal and typescript copy of his return letter to her.
Cavalleria Rusticana , Cast list and run-time notes, typescript
Pagliacci , Cast list and run-time notes, typescript
La Gioconda , costume descriptions, typescript
La Gioconda , character list (with voices), scene synopsis, personnel list, run time notes, costume, wigs, make-up and armor lists, props (incl. musical) list and extended scene summaries, typescript.
Untitled, groundplans and actions, typescript
FF 11 Hansel and Gretal 54 Fort Worth
1 pg. Typescript letter to Western Costume Company; unsigned.
Hansel and Gretal , costume list with mss. annotations, typescript.
Opera News , Dec. 23, 1978 and Dec. 29, 1979
Oversize crayon sketch of forest, unsigned and undated.
Hansel and Gretal , gound plan, Fort Worth Opera, 1954. Signature unreadable.
Hansel and Gretal , drawing of witch’s house, unsigned and undated.
Typescript letter to Mr. Peter Wolf from Wymetal, Nov. 23, 1953, re: set design and scene building.
FF 12 Die Heilige Elizabeth
Die Heilige Elizabeth 8 pg. Booklet set design, sketches and highlighter on paper
FF 13 Jenufa
1 detail for wood carving; Virgin Mother with angels at her feet
30 watercolors on paper, single character and costume sketches
4 watercolors on paper, multiple character and costume sketches
13 watercolors on paper, assorted eggs, rondeles and squares, including costume and props sketches, some unfinished.
FF 14 Lady MacBeth
4 b/w photographs, approx. 8x10
1 b/w photo, approx 5x7
1 booklet set design, in Russian. Paper and graph paper, binding sewn with thread.
Russian Opera, Lady MacBeth of Mzensk, by Dmitri Shostakovich Typescript of lines and stage directions, in English.
Musical cue notes (mss., unsigned, undated)
Notes for electrician (typescript)
Lighting schedule, props and furniture list (typescript)
Character motivation notes, in Russian and English (mss.)
Copy of letter to Mr. Van Horn for Mr. von Wymetal re: costumes for the chorus (1/21/35; typscript)
Letter from Mr. Van Horn to Mr. Wilhelm von Wymetal re: costumes for chorus (1/21/35; typescript with mss. notes on recto and personal mss. letter on verso.)
FF 15 Magic Flute
Envelope fragment, William von Wymetal (Pittsburgh CLO) to Armando Agnini (San Francisco Opera Co.) postmarked 7/27/1950.
Magic Flute -- 10 ground plans, red, blue and regular pencil on tracing paper
Magic Flute -- 16 scene design sketches, pencil and colored pencils, all signed Wymetal and some dated (7/12-25/1950)
Magic Flute - 1 ground plans, red, blue and regular pencil on tracing paper, signed Armando Agnini
Magic Flute - running order, Overture and Act I, two copies, both annotated.
Magic Flute - costumes
Two newspaper clippings, in German
Magic Flute plot summary, in English and German; from Viennese playbill (?)
Magic Flute - General ideas for staging, typscript, in English.
Series of letters from Mr. William von Wymetal ( Pittsburgh) to Armando Agnini ( San Francisco) regarding staging of Magic Flute. (Typscript copies, dates spanning July 13-August 16, 1950)
One letter from Armando Agnini (SF) to William von Wymetal (PGH), regarding staging and costumes of Magic Flute, typed, dated Aug. 9, 1950.
4 clippings from magazine (maybe NY Times magazine?) - pictures of sets and actors, past performances, Magic Flute. Undated.
14 pages assorted mss. notes in English and German on Magic Flute production process.
FF 16 Manon
4 scene sketches on typing paper, in pencil, 3 signed Wymetal, 1 unsigned, all undated.
Manon ? Notes to sketches and plans for scenic artist, 2 pages, typed with mss.notes in margin, in English
4 photographs of scene sketches for Manon, Acts I- IV, dated New York 1928, signed JU (Joseph Urban). Acts I and II have drawing of floor plan for scene pasted to verso.
1 colored pencil drawing of Act II scene, dated New Orleans Opera House, 1945, signed WW (William Wymetal?)
FF 17 Martha
Clipping with plot summary, undated
2 watercolor and pen drawings, scene designs, unsigned, undated
4 pages pen sketches, scene design and ground plans, on graph paper; unsigned and undated.
Scene Matters (folder) Martha (also noted on front: Falstaff, Hoffmann, Masked Ball, Pagliaci, Cav. Rusticana)
Watercolor and pen character sketch (10/23/15), with mss. notes in pen.
1 b/w photo, approx 8x10, of set, incl. one actress.
Office of the Chief Regisseur, Chicago Opera Company, Falstaff, List of Properties (2 p., typscript)
Office of the Stage Director, Martha, List of Properties, 3 p., typescript
Masking for the light towers left and right (1/2 p., typescript)
Martha - Chorus - Special (1 p., typescript)
4 character sketches, in pencil. Undated.
Martha - chorus list ? 2 p. typescript
Falstaff - lights - 1 p. mss.
Masked Ball - properties list - Philadelphia Grand
Opera, 2 p. typescript.
Tales of Hoffmann - costume list - 3 p., typescript
Tales of Hoffmann - props list - 2 p., typescript
3 pages printed sheet music
1 newspaper clipping - undated - review of
Chicago Civic Opera performance of Carmen
Martha (?) scene summary. 1 p. typecript
Directorial notes with stage sketches, 3 p. mss.
FF 18 Mignon
4 p. ground plan, in pencil on graph paper. Mss. notes.
1 p. ground plan, in pencil on paper. Mss. notes.
1 set sketch, in pencil on paper, mss. notes.
Mignon?Notes to the scenic artist from W. Wymetal, undated. 2 p. typescript.
5 set sketches, Acts I (two versions to Act IV, in pencil on tracing paper. Undated; signed “Wymetal”
FF 19 Norma
Memo from William Wymetal to Monte Fassnacht, re: costumes for Norma, 10/19/1954, 2 p., typescript.
Letter from H.M. Crayon ( New York) to WvWymetal (Chicago), 10/5/1954, 2 p. typescript with mss. notes. In German.
4 p. mss notes, in English.
1 pencil sketch of druid stones on paper in pencil, with mss.notes in English. 5/10/54. unsigned.
FF 20 Parsifal
1 clipping; unsourced, undated - photo of rehearsal, including Wymetal.
6 blueprints - set design and ground plan
FF 21 Phantom of the Opera
Conductor’s copy, “Russian Opera Sequence” (on outside of folders)
Piano Vocal, The Phantom of the Opera, Opera Sequence “Martha”, Search the World Over, Act III, French Lyrics by William Wymetal.
Piano Vocal, The Phantom of the Opera, Opera Sequence “Martha”, French Lyrics by William Wymetal.
Piano Vocal, The Phantom of the Opera, French Opera Sequence, Based on themes by F. Chopin, English Lyrics by George Waggener, French Lyrics by William Wymetal, Music by Edward Ward.
FF 22 Salome
Oversize folder, noted on front Salome (in pen) and Walkure (in pencil), then once more in pen, Cast, Ballet and Supers, Properties and Arms, Scenery - Groundplan - Sketches, Costumes and Sketches.
1 piece of Pittsburgh CLO stationary (from 10 th Jubilee year); recto blank, mss. notes on verso.
Salome light plot, from Lyric Opera of Chicago, dated 10/9/1956, William Wymetal. 2 p., typescript.
Scenery sketch in pencil on paper, unsigned and undated, possibly also unfinished.
Salome light plot, from San Francisco Opera Company, dated 10/17/1950, William Wymetal. 1 p., typescript with mss. notes.
2 p. Set design, sketches on tracing paper, unsigned and undated
Envelope fragment, Wm. A. Rodzinski ( Lake Placid, NY) to Mr. William von Wymetal ( Pittsburgh, PA), no postmark.
1 p. photocopy of scene summary. Opera not indicated.
Salome , mss. character and direction notes and props list, in German. Pencil and ink on paper. 4 p.
Salome , mss. character notes, in German. Ink on paper. 1 p.
Salome , picture postcard. Some mss. notes on back, but has never been mailed.
Salome , plot summary. 1 p. newspaper clipping, in English.
Letter, Director of National Library ( Austria) to William von Wymetal, re: Czar crowning ceremony. 3/9/1930. 1 p. typescript in German. 1 p. modern English translation clipped to it.
Ruins of Herod’s Palace in Samaria, picture clipped from magazine. (?)
Photo of set design (?), signed Rudolph Hraby, Coln, 1906, picture clipped from magazine. (?)
Letter, Edward Siedle (Metropolitan Opera Company) to
Otto Weil (Vienna), re: designs for costumes for Mme. Jeritza. 6/28/1923. 1p., typscript with mss. postscript.
Letter, William von Wymetal (Schonau) to Edward Siedle (New York), re: costume designs for Mme. Jeritza. 8/1/23. In English Also includes letter(s) to other people in German and Italian. 2 p. mss. on paper.
Salome, Props List, New Orleans Opera House Association, William Wymetal, 11/17/1953, 1p. typescript.
Salome, Costume List, New Orleans Opera House Association, William Wymetal, 10/19/1953, 3 p. typescript, mss. notes in pencil on recto of p. 3.
Salome, light scheme, William Wymetal, 2/19/1937, 3 p. typescript, with mss. annotations in pencil, pen and red pencil.
Salome , set construction notes, 2 p. typescript. Undated, no location.
The Costume of Salome, instructions and specifications, 2 p. typescript, undated, no location. References sketches which are not present.
Letter, Richard S. Slotas (?) (NYC) to Edward Zeigler, 2/28/1934, re: Streamling of Merry Mount. 2 p. typscript with some mss. annotations.
Salome, “La Scena”, 2 p. typescript. Undated, no location. In Italian.
Salome, Scenery, 4 p. typescript with some mss. annotations. Undated, no location. In English and German. Signed W. Wymetal Jr.
Photo clipping - Salome crowd scene (?) undated/sourced.
Salome Chorus*Extras (list of names; undated, no location)
Salome, list for Supers (Chorus - Ballet - Ballet-Supers & Colored men), 1 p. typescript, undated, no location.
1 5x7 photo of desert landscape
2 8x10 promo photos for Salome
San Francisco Opera Co, Chicago, Wm. Wymetal, 8/29/1950, Salome, Chorus/Ballet/Supers, 1 p. mss.
San Francisco Opera Co, Chicago, Wm. Wymetal, 9/29/1953, Salome, List of Extras, 1 p. typescript.
2 loose clippings (photos), related to Salome.
2 pages clippings of photos relating to Samson Agonistes and Salome.
1 p. mss notes in German on Metropolitan Opera House stationary.
Salome, suggested cuts. 1 p. typescript, undated, no location.
1 p. mss notes in German, on Simpson and Friedlander Exporting agents stationary.
2 p. mss notes in German re: Salome, in pencil and pen, on graph and regular paper.
Costumes der Salome, 1 p. typescript in German, unsigned and undated.
Small photo, b/w w/ yellowing, Staedtische Oper, Koeln, 1906. Mounted on paper. Copy of larger clipping photo, as noted above.
Blueprint for cyclorama, Salome, signed Wymetal Jr.
Salome , light scheme, Mr. Wymetal, 1937. 4 p. typescript
Salome , property list, 1 p. typescript, no date or location, signed Wymetal Jr. in ink.
1 p. blank stationary - Wilhelm von Wymetal, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia PA.
FF 23 Samson II
Set design sketch on tracing paper, in graphite and orange pencil; unsigned and undated.
3 ground plans, pencil sketches on tracing paper
2 set designs, pencil sketches on tracing paper
4 photocopies of b/w photos of finished sets, approx. 8.5x11.
FF 24 Peter Ibbetson
26 photostat negatives from New York Public Library, Fashions of the 19 th century, 1836-1886.
1 heavy paper fragment, inscribed Mr. Von Wymetal, Figurinen Peter Ibbetson.
FF 25 Tiefland
Scene design; Pencil drawing on Bainbridge illustration board, marked Tiefland Act I. Initialed DV; undated. On verso, stamped United Scenic Artists Local 829.
4 b/w performance photos, oversize, from Kiley-Rembrandt Studios, Philadelphia, PA. Unsigned, not labled, undated.
Scene design; pencil sketch on paper, marked Tiefland: Prologe [sic]. Unsigned and undated.
FF 26 La Vestale
3 photocopies (?) on heavy board of scene designs, Acts I-III,
Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1925, Joseph Urban. Mounted on construction paper.
FF 27 Walküre
Newspaper clipping, photo of Mr. and Mrs. Wymetal while he was managing director of the Pittsburgh CLO. Unsourced and undated.
3 scene sketches on tracing paper, in pencil. Unsigned and undated.
1 ground plan on tracing paper. Unsigned and undated.
Opera Nacional de Mexico, Wm. Wymetal, 5/18/46, Walkuere. Ground plan notes in Spanish.1 p. typescript.
Opera Nacional de Mexico, Wm. Wymetal, 5/18/46, Tristan und Isolde. Ground plan notes in Spanish.2 p. typescript.
Scene design and ground plan for Walküre, Act II, in graphite and colored pencil on blue paper. Unsigned and undated.
FF 28 Wozzeck
Promotional brochure with plot summary for Wozzeck, Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. Undated.
Ground plan and scene directions, 2 p. graphite and colored pencils on paper and typed notes.
FF 29 Faust
Faust , Costumes list, Wm. Wymetal, 1/9/1953, 3 p. typescript
Faust, List of Props, Wm. Wymetal, 1/9/1953, 3 p. typescript, w/ pencil sketches/annotations.
FF 30 Rosenkavelier
4 oversize blueprints, scene design and ground plans, unsigned and undated.
Les Pecheurs de Perles , scene design and directorial notes, in pencil on graph paper, 4 p. Unsigned and undated.
Boris Gudunov, III Akt., 1 Bild. Pen sketches. Signed AR (Alfred Roller) [19]30.
Boris Gudunov, III Akt., 1 Bild. Watercolor. Signed AR (Alfred Roller) [19]30.
Envelope with mss. notes in pencil.
FF 31 Gioelli Della Madonna
13 pages mixed photo clippings, sketches and illustrated postcards, mounted on light bond paper. With typed annotations in Italian.
3 p. mss scene notes in Italian.
3 oversize b/w photos of scene designs
3 groundplans in ink and colored pencil, mss. notes in Italian. Signed “Sella Madonna”(?; signature partly cut off, and may be restatement of title.) All stamped “R. Romascalli, Milano” or similar; stamp is faded.
FF 32 Tannhauser, Samson, Lohengrin, Pelleas, Barbiere
Mss. letter, A. Roller (Matsee) to von Wymetal (unknown, but probably New York), 8/18/31. In German.
3 scene sketches on tracing paper, in pencil. Unsigned and undated but resemble Roller’s work.
Pen sketch of groundplan for Lohengrin, Act I. Signed Wymetal, 2/20/45
Oversize scene design drawing, in pencil, crayon and paint, unsigned and undated.
Scene design sketch in pencil and orange crayon; unsigned and undated.
Lohengrin , First Act, drawing in graphite and colored Pencils on paper, signed Wymetal 2/20/45
New Orleans Opera House Association, William Wymetal, 5/27/1953. Description of scenery. 1 p., typscript.
Letter, William Wymetal to Mr. Walter Herbert, New Orleans Opera House Association, Inc., re: mailing of contract, 5/22/1952 1 p. typescript.
Letter, William Wymetal to Miss Roseland Barry, New Orleans Opera House Association, Inc., re: sketches for Barber of Seville, 5/26/1952 1 p. typescript.
1 p. mss. notes in Spanish, on legal paper.
Scene design sketch, charcoal, unsigned/dated.
2 miniature scene drawings, colored pencils, mounted on larger sheet of paper.
1 loose small scene design sketch in colored pencil/watercolors.
Peleas et Melisande , 5 oversize ground plans (graphite and colored pencils) with miniature set designs (in watercolors and colored pencil) mounted on larger piece of paper.
Scene design in graphite and watercolors, unsigned, undated and untitled.
Mss. scene notes, in English.
Opera Nacional De Mexico, Wm. Wymetal, 6/4/1945, Samson et Delilah, 3 p. typescript, in Spanish.
FF 33 Opera Lists, 1951-1953
Letter, Wymetal to Walter Herbert, New Orleans Opera House Assoc., 7/30/53 2 p. typescript.
Gioconda, costume list, Wm. Wymetal, 2/1/1953, 3 p. typescript
Gioconda, list of stage-properties, 3 p. typescript
La Traviata, costume list, 3 p. typescript, 1 p. clipping photos of costumes.
New Orleans Opera House Association, Wm. Wymetal, 1/17/53, Forza del Destino , costume plot. 2 ¼ p. typescript.
Wm. Wymetal, 3/3/1953, Lucia, costume-list, 3 p. typescript
New Orleans Opera House Association, Wm. Wymetal, 3/24/1953, List of stage properties, Lucia, 1 p. typescript.
Mignon, costume - sketches notes (1. p. typescript) and costumes list (4 p. typescript with mss. annotations), 2 ground plan sketches and 2 p. instructions to scenic artist.
Rigoletto, notes to scenic artist, 2 p. typescript.
3 clipped photos from New York Times, 12/30/1951
1 scene design sketch, in graphite and crayon, with mss. annotations
2 scene design sketches, Fidelio Act I and II, unsigned and undated.
San Francisco Opera Company, Season 1951, From William Wymetal, July 18, 1951, Der Rosenkavalier, lists for chorus & ballet (supers), 3 p. typescript.
Der Rosenkavalier, list of properties and costumes, 4 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in ink and pencil.
FF 34 Stadttheater Hamburg
Groundplan for unidentified opera, Stadttheater, Hamburg.
FF 35 Wymetal letters
Envelope fragment, Hilde Wymetal (LA) to William Wymetal (Mexico, D.F.)
Letter, Helene Hooper, Curtis Institute of Music to Wilhelm von Wymetal, 1/9/35
28 th annual season, San Francisco Opera Association, pamphlet.
List of letters, 1 p. mss. in ink (from exhibit?)
1 8x10 glossy b/w photo, Wymetal and unidentified actress
Obituary clipping, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, William Wymetal (Jr.)
List of letters taken from scores for exhibit ( 2 c.)
Photocopy of NY Times obit for Wymetal Jr.
Undated mss. letter from Wymetal to Guirdige (?).
Slotas to Zeiglar, 5/24/1933, copied to Wymetal. 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations.
Grunbaum to “Herr Professor”, 11/28/1920, in German.
Hasselman to “ Cher Monsieur”, 4/6/1928, in French.
Walter Herbert, New Orleans Opera House Assoc. to William Wymetal, 1/16/1952
Performance program for The Marriage of Figaro, San Francisco Opera Company, 10/30/1950.
Letter (copy), Wymetal to Gannon, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 11/18/36, 2 p. typescript.
Letter (copy), Wymetal to Altieri, Stivenville and Co., 11/18/36, 3 p. typescript with mss. notes and drawings.
Letter (copy), Wymetal to Van Horn, Van Horn & Son, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in ink.
Letter, Roller to Wymetal, 10/24/1929. 1 p. typescript.
Letter (copy), Wymetal to Consolidated Theatrical Costume Co., 4/19/1930, 2 p. typescript.
FF 36 “Unidentified” - Assorted opera-related documents not yet reunited with their parent opera.
1 p. from scene descriptions of Wozzeck
1 p. letter from Roller
1 p. scene design and mss. notes, opera unclear.
1 small stage plan with mss. notes (not in Wymetal’s hand)
1 p. mss. props list
1 p. mss. cue list (bad paper)
1 p. mss. props list (bad paper)
2 p. misc. mss. notes, cues and props (?)
La Rondina, ballet list, 1 p. typescript.
La Rondina, chorus notes, 2 p. mss.
Violanta, 7 p. mss., scene notes and dialogue (in German)
Romeo et Juliet, (Season 1934-35), dancers list, 1 p. typescript.
Pique-Dame, costume plot, 2 p. typescript
Madonna Imperia , list for the chorus, 1 p. typescript.
Peter Ibbetson (Season 1934-35) 1 p. typescript
Blueprint, Metropolitan Opera Garden, no performance specified.
Watercolor of scene design, opera not specified.
FF 37 Newspaper clippings in English and German; sources vary.
Envelope fragment marked “Diverse artikel über Musik, Regie Etc.” Postmarked Philadelphia, PA 1930
“Opera Reconsidered: Opera as a form of art”, by Basil Maine, Musical Courier, April 2, 1932, p. 6
“The Metropolitan’s Repertoires in Regular Subscription Series”, 1920-21 to 1934-35, appears to be clipping from NYT (undated, unsourced.)
“The Metropolitan”, by Francis D. Perkins; extended analysis of table noted above. Undated, unsourced, but probably 1935.
“Berliner Opern-Sorgen”, bon (?) Oscar von Bander, in German.
4 p. mss; definition of opera copied from Grove Dictionary, also other notes.
“Die Musik in Reinhardts “Faust” Inszeniernung”, J.K., unsourced, undated.
Das Salzburger Welttheater, unsourced, undated.
“Film producers study grand opera”, by Isabel Morse Jones, possibly clipped from NY Times.
Small clipping “Der junge Film”, unsourced, undated, in German.
“Freie Bahn dem Musikfilm!” von Louis Graveure, unsourced, undated.
“Menichen in der Traumfabrif” unsourced, undated.
Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1937, Part II p. 3-4
Die Ausgabe der dramatischen Kunst von Professor Dr. Max Reinhardt, Wein Sonntag, nr. 23990, 6/28/1931
Vortrag Max Reinhardts über die Schaufpielkunst, unsourced, undated.
Die Ethik des Femtens, von Hans Emonbaumsielb (?), Neue Freie Presse, 12/12/31, p. 3-4
Kunst, Wirtshaft und Gesellshaft bon Dr. Bertold Gprung (?), Wein, June 15, 1930. nr. 23618
Feuilleton, Faust als Fetspiel, bon Felix Galten
Wann hat ein film Grfolg? : Ateliergeheimniffe der filmregie, von Josef (v.) Sternberg, Neue Freie Presse, 1/4/1931, p. 27-28
Das Schubert-fest der Weiner Frauen, Wein Sonntag, 5/5/1928, p. 7-8
Feuilleton, Ulte und neue Bühnenfunst, unsourced, undated.
Feuilleton, Theater, Burgtheater: Gespenster, unsourced, undated.
Feuilleton, Das Nätsel der Untif bon Egon Friedell (1928 ?)
Der Bukunft der Musik, Neue Freie Presse, 5/24/31, p. 33-34, mss. notes in pen in margins.
Literaturblatt. Einiges uber Nietsche bon Professor Johannes Bolheit.
Feuilleton, Vom Wesen der Regie
Gespräth mit Tairow, von Cäsar Gegalow
Feuilleton, Das russische Theater
Feuilleton, Dant an Max Reinhardt
Die Kunst der Inszenierung, von Franz Herterich
Biomechanik der Bühne, von Bseveloh Menerholb
Der Reformater des Theaters, von Gordon Craig
Re-enter the Chorus, by Ashley Dukes, Theater Arts Monthly (no date), p. 335-340
Music Meets the Theatre : A Record of Events (partial, recto) and The Actor as Biographer (verso, partial).
“Opera in Switzerland”, by Edward Cushing, Theater Arts Monthly, p. 272-280
“Speaking of American Opera”, by David Ewen, Theater Arts, p. 51-54
“National Theatre 1940: A Record and a Prophecy”, by Edith J. R. Isaacs, Theater Arts
“Opera and the Theatre”, by Irving Kolodin, Theater Arts Monthly, January 1938, p. 56-66
“Opera Goals”, by Herbert Graf, Theater Arts Monthly, p. 201-208.
FF 38 “The Prodigious Music Maker: World Honors Art of Mozart on 200 th Anniversary of His Birth", Life, undated.
FF 39 Don Giovanni, Opera Magazine, v. 2, no. 10, Sept. 1951
FF 40 Exhibit notes and cards from CMU exhibit. Undated.
Series II: Archival Material Removed from Score Books
Box 2
FF 1 Bizet: Carmen (Peters Edition), Box A-D
Konigl. Deutsches Landestheater, mss. notes in dark ink and pencil, in German. May be character lists?
Mss. notes on Carmen, in German. May be props list?
Carmen , ground plan, Neues Theater in Coln. In ink and colored pencil. 4 p. with mss. notes in German.
Supers and ballet lists (?), mss. notes in black ink, in German. 2 p.
Stage direction notes (?), mss. in ink and pencil, 1 p. in German.
Ground plan, 1 p., in ink and colored pencil, in German.
Supers notes (?), 2 p. mss. in ink and pencil in German & English.
Stage direction notes, 1 p. mss. in pencil. In German.
Carmen , 2 p. mss. notes (supers list?), in pencil. In German.
Assorted Carmen notes, 2 p. mss. in ink and pencil, in German.
K. und K. Direktion des K.K. Hof Operntheaters in Wien. Small packet of stage direction materials, mostly in pencil with some ink annotations, in German. About 5 mss. pages.
FF 2 Bizet’s Carmen, G. Schirmer ed., New York, Box A-D
“Now “Carmen’s” 50 Years Again Makes Paris Gay”, press clipping, unattrib., in English.
Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh, costume list for a Carmen and Il Trovatore. 2 p. typescript in English.
Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh, properties list for a Carmen. 2 p. typescript in English.
Carmen , props list, 1 p. mss. in pencil, in English.
Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, envelope addressed to Mr. W. von Wymetal. Contents missing; some mss. notes on back.
“Gladys Swarthout sings her first New YorkCarmen”, press clipping, unattributed and undated.
New Orleans Opera House Ass’n, costume plot, Carmen, W. Wymetal, 2/11/1949 2 p. typescript on tracing paper.
Carmen, list of properties, with mss. notes in pencil. 3 p. typescript.
Carmen, list of properties, with mss. notes in ink. 3 p. typescript. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is crossed out in upper left hand corner.
FF 3 Fidelio, C. F. Peters Edition, Box A-D
15 character sketches, in graphite and colored pencil. Signature is unclear, but may be “AR” (Alfred Roller). Labeled in German.
3 photo clippings, undated.
Sulzburger Festspiele 1933, Fidelio. Contains scene summaries, in German.
Gtadttheater in Lubeck, Siegfried von Richard Wagner. German advertisement with cast list and photos.
Fidelio , scene summaries, in English. Appears to have been removed from a book, but is unattributed; in English and German.
1 p. mss. notes in German; opera not indicated.
FF 4 Franco Alphano Madonna Imperia (c. 1927), Box A-D
Metropolitan Opera House, Madonna Imperia, ballet notes, other notes and groundplan. 4 p. mss., in pencil and in German.
Die Oper von Heute , nr. 16, Juni 1927
FF 5 Tiefland, ED Bote and G. Bock, Berlin, W. 8, 1838, Box A-D
The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, The Stage Director, Tiefland, light plan. 6 p. typescript, in German.
FF 6 Lês Pecheurs de Peries, March 15 1931, Paris, Chouden, Box A-D
Die Perlenfischer, by Georges Bizet, Berlin, N. Simrock
Pearlfisher, costumes list, 1 p. mss, in pencil. In English. Draft of letter on verso, re: light rehearsal for Tannhauser.
Pearlfisher, 2 p. mss notes in pencil. In French.
Pearlfisher, props list, 3 p. mss, in pencil. In English; starts on verso last page of misc. notes recorded above.
2 p. mss. lightplan in pencil. In English. Opera not indicated.
1 p. mss. notes, in German. Opera not indicated.
5 pages of assorted mss. notes written on recto and verso of calendar pages torn out of Page-A-Day Calendar; five of the six are numbered in lower right hand corner, 3-6. Dates: Monday, Dec. 21, 1931 (3), Tuesday, August 25, 1931 (4), Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1932(5), Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1931 (6) and Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1931 (unnumbered). In English and French.
Pearl Fishers , light plot, 2 p. typescript with some mss. annotations in pencil, including corresponding page numbers. In English.
Letter, Alfred Roller to Herr von Wymetal, 11/8/30, re: Pearlfishers, 2 p. mss., in German.
FF 7 Charpentiere, Louise, Act I and II, Box A-D
Louise, character list with singers names. 1 p. mss, in ink, in English.
Louise , supers list, Act III (?). 1 p. mss notes in pencil. In English.
Groundplan, in pencil. 1 p.
4 p. assorted mss. notes, including ballet notes and ground plan sketches. In pencil.
FF 8 Pelleas et Melisande, c. A. Durand et Fils, 1907, Box A-D
6 b/w photographs, 8x10 of sets. Marked on verso “Pelleas 1938”
Pelleas et Melisande, Metropolitan Opera Company, scene change timetable, 1 p. typescript, in English.
“Music Season’s Final Opera is Now at Hand”, Olin Downer, New York Times, March 15, 1925.
Pelleas et Melisande, by Oscar Thompson, 2 p. review, publication not indicated (may be New Yorker Magazine or New York Sun?)
Pelleas et Melisande, 6 p. misc. mss. notes re: stage direction. In pencil, in French.
Pelleas et Melisande, Metropolitan Opera Company, scene change timetable, 1 p. typescript, in French.
Pelleas et Melisande, 4 p. misc. mss. notes re: stage direction. In pencil, in French.
At the Civic Center, Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco, Light Plan for Pelleas et Melisande, 2 p. mss. in English.
FF 9 Martha, Peters Edition, (Box D-E)
4 p. mss. notes in pencil. Untitled, unsigned and undated.
FF 10 Martha, G. Ricordi & Co., (Box D-E)
Martha, 1 p. ground plan sketches, in pencil.
Martha, 1 p. properties list, in pencil.
Martha, 1 p. Ballet notes, in pencil
Martha, 3 p. ground plan sketches and notes, in pencil
FF 11 Donetti, L’Elisir D’Amore
Ground plans, Acts I-III, NY Metropolitan Opera, Season 1929-30, on verso signed and stamped “J. (Joseph) Novak”
Scenic designs, Acts I-III, NY Metropolitan Opera, Season 1929-30, on verso signed and stamped “J. (Joseph) Novak”
Letter, in Italian, to Wymetal, from W.W. (name unknown), regarding chorus list.
1 p. mss list of names (chorus list?)
2 p. mss. notes in Italian
1 clipping photo of production, unsourced.
FF 12 Leo Delibes, Lakmĕ, Huegels et Fils
Character list, with actor names, Chicago Opera Ballet. 1 p. typescript.
Philadelphia Grand Opera/ Vienna Staatsoper (?), character list with actor names, basic scene synopsis. 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
3 p. mss. notes about supers and ballet.
List of properties, 2 p. mss., in English.
List of properties, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
Draft of letter to Mrs. Harmmer (?), may be later draft of earlier letter found in earlier folder.
Synopsis of scenes, 2 p. mss. in pencil.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, Chorus List, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
Chicago Opera Company, supers list, 1 p. typescript, with mss. notes in pen.
Misc. mss. notes, 2 p.
FF 13 Martha, von Flotow, name on cover: William von Wymetal.
4 p. misc. mss.notes in English
1 p. mss. notes about the chorus, in English.
6 p. lead sheets, mss. in ink, The Phantom of the Opera, opera sequence: Martha, French lyrics by William Wymetal.
3 p. photocopies of score and scene summaries of Bizet’s Carmen. Unsourced but probably from Grove Dictionary of Music.
FF 14 Donetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
3 p. misc. mss. notes, including loose sketch of scene design, in English
4 p. stage plans in pencil with mss. annotations in ink; in German.
Opera Nacional Asociacion Civil, Mexico, D.F., Ano 1, 1943,
Sesion IX, Lucia, performance programme for April 15, 1943.
FF 15 Flotow: Stradella, K.K. Hofoper Archiv No. 99
Stradella, character/chorus plan (?), 2 p. mss in German, in pencil.
Stradella, K.k. Hof-Operntheater (Vienna Staatsoper), Beschgäftigungs-Nachweis, 4/2/1918, ballet cast listing. 1 p. pre- printed page, with mss. notes in pencil and crayon.
4 p. misc. mss. notes on graph paper, in German.
1 p. misc. mss. notes on ruled paper, in German.
FF 16 Giordano: Fedora (v. 2, large green book.)
Season 1923-24, Ordination of costumes, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil, in English.
2 p. mss. notes, in Italian. May be props list.
Notes on “Fedora”, 10/10/23, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pen. In English.
Cast lists for Die Meistersinger and Fedora, 2 p. mss. in pencil.
2 p. mss. notes in German.
1 p. ground plan, in pencil with mss. annotations in ink.
Groundplans for acts I-III of Fedora, in pencil.
Chorus list with costume notes, 2 p. mss. in ink, in English.
Letter, content mostly obliterated by water damage.
FF 17 Romeo und Juliet , CH. Gounod (Wymetal E-J)
“Romeo et Juliette is Season’s First Revival”, unsourced news clipping.
FF 18 Faust, by Gounod, Oliver Ditsun Company, Boston.
“Margarete (Faust)”, 4 p. typed scene summaries, in German. On verso of pg. 4 is “Roller, Wein”.
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Faust, list of supers, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pen.
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Faust, light scheme, 3 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Faust, chorus list, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Ground plan, Faust, Act I, Scene I, in pencil.
1 p. mss notes in German.
Clip photo of woman in “Puritan” like costume.
Scene design on verso of page of MGM shooting schedule for 1/4/39; appears to list daily location schedule for many different movies then in production at MGM, including Wizard of Oz (1939) and Lady of the Tropics (1939)
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Faust, chorus list, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pen.
Assorted mss. notes written on pages torn out of a page-a-day calendar, for Jan. 29, 1932 and Jan 30/31, 1932.
Light plot, 1 p. mss. in pencil, in English.
FF 19 Gluck - Alceste - C.F. Peters - Leipzig
Alceste, 9 p. booklet, containing fabric swatches for character costumes and mss. notes in ink.
6 p. misc. mss. notes on graph paper.
4 p. stage movement notes, mss. notes in pencil.
1 p. chorus list (?), mss. in ink.
FF 20 Jenufa, Leoš Janaček, c. 1917 - Universal Edition
1 small square watercolor painting of a flower
4 p. chorus (?) notes, in pencil, in German.
3 p. mss notes, may be supers or props lists, in German.
1 p. mss notes in pencil, in German. Probably scene summary.
1 p. mss notes and costume sketches, on back of envelope.
1 p. mss. costume list, in German, continues on verso.
Small envelope with mss. notes on recto.
1 p. mss., notes in Italian (?) on recto and verso.
2 p. mss. notes on graph paper, in German.
1 p. mss notes on unlined paper, in German.
4 p. mss. notes, scene related, in German.
2 p. prop sketches in pencil, with mss. notes in English
1 color postcard with costume notes on recto (German) and verso (English)
1 p. watercolor cosume sketches on paper.
Letter (2 p.) and envelope, Leoš Janaček (maybe) to W. Wymetal at Vienna Staatsoper, 12/30/1917
3 p. assorted mss. notes, in German.
Medium envelope with ground plan sketched on verso, and mss. notes in German in pencil.
Pencil sketch of crucifix
Watercolor of Virgin and Child , unsigned and undated.
FF 21 Merry Mount - opera by Howard Hanson
Ballet choreography notes, 5 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil. In Italian.
Ballet-List, 3 p. typescript with mss. notes in ink. In English.
Scene photographs mounted on paper, ground plans and mss. notes In German and English. 3 p.
Notes written on pages of Page-A-Day calendar; list of what may be names on page for Thurs. Sept. 14. 1933, and extended costume notes on page for Friday, Sept. 2, 1932
Performance timing, 1 p. typescript.
3p. mss. background notes for plot, in pencil.
Comments on first sketches of “Merry Mount”, 3 p. typscript, with 1 sketch on paper.
FF 22 Manon - Massenet (Wymetal J-M)
1 p. mss. notes in ink.
Groundplan sketch, in pencil.
1 p. mss. notes, in pencil. With page numbers.
8 p. mss. stage direction notes in ink and pencil
Coupures de Manon, 1 p. typescript, in French.
FF 23 Le jongleur de Notre Dame - J. Massanet
Chorus list, 3 p. mss. in English
Der Gaukler: Unserer Lieben Frau, Berlin: Verlag von Albert
Ahn, c. 1894 31 p. In German. Inscribed Wymetal Jr, 1929 on cover.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, Props list, 1 p. typescript.
Chorus list, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Scene synopsis, 1 p. mss, in pencil.
FF 24 P. Mascagni - Iris c. 1898, G. Ricordi and Sons
1 p. typescript in German, with annotations in red crayon. May be light plan.
FF 25 Cavlleria Rusticana - Pietro Mascagini, c. 1890, Edoardo Sonzagno.
List of stage properties, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil, in English.
List of costumes, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil, in English.
FF 26 Jonny Spielt Auf - Krenek
Metropolitan Opera Company, Metropolitan Opera House, 2 p. mss. notes, in pencil.
6 p. mss. notes in German, in pencil. Probably stage-direction related.
1 p. mss notes on acidic, brittle paper. In German.
4 p. mss. notes in German on smaller pieces of paper; stage-direction related. Some on Metropolitan Opera House stationary.
FF 27 Thais - Massenet
2 p. mss, light scheme for Thais, in English.
6 p. typescript, costume list for Thais, in English.
Letter, Consolidated Theatrical Costumes, 12/9/30, probably from Wymetal (unsigned). 1 p. typescript.
1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in ink. Chorus list for Thais.
Ground plans for Thais, 6 pages of pencil sketches.
3 p. mss., light plan for Thais.
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Thais, Intermissions. 1 p. typescript.
3 p. typescript, in German. Scene summaries for Thais. (?)
FF 28 Hansel und Gretel, (musik von E. Humperdinck)
(attached to side of folder) 1p. mss. notes (seem to be about props) folded around small amount of plant matter.
1 p. typescript, in English, appears to be part of a letter about costumes for Hansel und Gretel.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Puppenfee, light scheme (1 p. typescript) and clipped to it, small piece of paper which appears to be props list (mss.) Mss. notes on verso in ink.
1 p. typescript in German - scene summary? Some mss. notes at bottom of page.
Stage Carpenter, Hansel and Gretel, instructions for scene design.
Wm. Wymetal, 12/20/53, Stage props for Hansel and Gretal, 2 p. typescript.
1 p. mss., Properties list for Hansel and Gretel, in English.
Fort Worth Civic Opera Association (crossed out), Wm. Wymetal, 12/20/53, Stage props, Hansel and Gretel. 2 p. typescript in English.
1 p. mss. notes in German (?) about Hansel and Gretel, perhaps another props list.
FF 29 Manon, musik von J. Massenet
K.K. Hof-Operntheater, 6 p. mss. notes, in German.
2 p. mss. Table of figures. Salaries? Production costs?
FF 30 Manon, J. Massenet, nouvelle edition, 1895
Mss. notes on verso of Eastern Airlines timetable request card, seem to be about costumes.
1 clipped photo (source not given), attached to 1 p. mss. notes about characters on New Orleans Opera House stationary.
Manon, description of costumes, 2 p. mss. notes. Dated on 2nd page New York, November 24.
Manon, costume plot, 2 p. typescript, with mss. notes in pencil.
Manon, 2 p. mss., groundplans with mss. notes, maybe in German?
Manon, N.O. 1960, Costume plot, 3 p. typescript in English.
Manon, 3 p. mss., personages and distribution of Chorus. In French.
1 p. groundplan, Manon, Act I.
3 p. scenic design sketches, in pencil
Manon, notes to sketches and plan for scenic artists, 2 p. typescript, in English.
FF 31 Amor 3 Re (Box M)
1 photostat (?) of ground plan for Three Kings, Act 3
1 photocopy of photostat described above
1 photograph of set, Love of Three Kings. Act I.
1 photostat of stageplan for above photo, glued to verso of photo.
FF 32 Prophet (Der Prophet), J. A. 323
3 p. mss. notes on K.K. Hof-Operntheater graph-ruled paper. In German.
FF 33 Thais, Massanet, Paris 1894
2 p. mss. notes (stage direction?) in French.
1 sketch of lion-sided bench on Metropolitan Opera Company, Metropolitan Opera House stationary.
FF 34 Die Hugenotten, Giacomo Meyerbeer, C.F. Peters edition
Die Hugenotten, 2 Marz 1913, appears to be portion of show program.
4 p. mss. notes, in German, some on Operntheater and Staatsoper stationary.
Groundplans drawn on pre-printed pages, Neus Theater in Cöln.
FF 35 Don Giovanni, G. Schirmer - New York
1 p. mss. notes in Italian (?). Written on verso of Hotel William Penn (PGH) stationary.
Don Giovanni, props list, 2 p. typescript in English
Don Giovanni, Chorus, 2 p. typescript in English with mss. notes in pen. Verso of p. 2 contains page of different manuscript.
Note to Richard Baldridge from Wm. Wymetal re: costumes for Don Giovanni, 10/25/56. 2 p. typescript in English.
2 p. mss., orchestra notes. On paper with “Memo from William Wymetal” printed on it in blue ink. In German.
2 p. mss., notes about costumes, in ink.
Musical America, 2/10/39, “A Gallery of Famous Dons”, clipping.
Don Giovanni, list of chorus, 1 p. mss. in ink and crayon.
Metropolitan Opera House, Metropolitan Opera Company, 2 p. mss notes, in German. May be props list?
Draft of letter (“Brief au Urban”), in German (shorthand?). Wymetal to Joseph Urban. 2 p. mss. notes on Metropolitan Opera House stationary.
Don Giovanni, 3 p. assorted mss. notes. In German?
Distinti Costumi Opera “Don Giovanni” di Mozart, 1 p. typescript in Italian with mss. notes in pencil.
4 p. mss. notes, including some sketches, in Italian (?). Seems to be character list or related notes.
Don Giovanni, 1 p. mss. notes in Italian. Scene summaries?
4 p. mss. ground plans, Don Juan, in pencil.
Don Giovanni, costumes, 1 p. typescript in English, clipped to 4 p. mss. which appears to be scene summaries or notes, in German.
9 p. mss. in ink, including sketches, of what appears to be scene summaries. In German.
Empty envelope from K.K. Hof-Operntheaters
FF 36 Czar und Zimmerman, Universal Bibliothek, 2549
1 p. mss. notes, in ink. In German?
FF 37 Aus Einem Totenhaus, Leos Janacek
1 blank postcard from Vienna advertising Ludwig Doblinger.
1 receipt for the purchase of the book from Ludwing Doblinger.
FF 38 Schule un Suhne, Arrigo Pedrollo
Casa Musicale Sonzogno - Milano, Schuld Und Sühne, 10 April 1930, 6 p. newspaper, in German.
1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil, in English. Title is “Akademie”
FF 39 Dinorah ober die wald fahrt nach Ploermel ( Berlin, 1860)
1 p. assorted mss. notes, in German (?).
FF 40 Barber of Seville, Reclams Universal Bibliothek nr. 2937
Clipping from newspaper of cartoon drawing of man in priest outfit. German newspaper, otherwise unsourced.
“The Story of the “Barber of Seville””, scene summaries, 1 p. from magazine (performance program?) Unsourced and undated.
News paper review, Wein Samstag, Barber of Seville, 8/23/1930. 1 column, in German.
FF 41 Salome, Reclams Universal Bibliothek nr. 4955
Newspaper review, paper unknown, Salome. In German.
FF 42 The Magic Flute, Mozart, G. Schirmer
The Magic Flute, light plot, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations, in English.
The Magic Flute, list of stage properties. 2 p. typescript ? 2 copies, one on paper, one on tracing paper.
The Magic Flute , light plot, 2 p. typescript, in English.
The Magic Flute, list of stage properties. 2 p. typescript, with mss. annotations in ink, Wm. Wymetal, 9/23/1950.
1 p., outline of light plot.
“29 again?” birthday card from Carl (Tormino) Ayers
FF 43 Nozze di Figaro, G. Ricordi & C. (Box M-P)
Attached to folder in folded paper envelope ? One 4 leaf clover found on last page of book.
2 p. stage notes, in pencil.
San Francisco Opera Company, Season 1950, Wm. Wymetal, 9/24/1950, Marriage of Figaro, list of stage properties, 2 p. typescript in English
San Francisco Opera Company, Wm. Wymetal, 8/29/1950, Marriage of Figaro, chorus, 1 p. mss. in English
3 p. assorted misc. notes, in English and Italian.
FF 44 Nozze di Figaro, Novello’s original octavo edition.
“Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Revived at Metropolitan,” by Leonard Liebling. 2 p.clipping from magazine, and 1 sheet of clipped pictures, unsourced.
The Marriage of Figaro, costume list, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Budget requirements (1 st draft) for Propian (?) Festival Performance of “The Marriage of Figaro”, 3 p. mss. in English, in pencil.
FF 45 Boris Godunov, c. 1908/24 W. Bessek Co.
Opera News, v. XI, n. 7, Dec. 2, 1946.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Boris Godounov, Props, 2 p. typescript.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Boris Godounov, List of Supers, 1 p. typescript.
Stage plan, 1 p. mss incl. Sketch.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Boris Godounov, Division of Supers, 1 p. typescript.
1 p. misc. mss. notes
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Boris Godounov, Props, 2 p. typescript.
Portion of letter to Mr. Wilhelm von Wymetal, regarding list of costumes for cast and chorus of Boris Godunof [sic]. Missing p.1, p. 2-5 present. 4 p. typescript in English.
2 p. misc. mss. notes in ink and pencil.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Boris Godounov, Division of Supers, 1 p. typescript. 3 copies, all annotated differently.
Boris Godunow , scene summaries (? In German!) 8 p. typescript.
1 p. misc. mss. notes.
FF 46 Contes de Hoffman, Choudens 1907
1 small p. of misc. notes
1 small p., props list
1 p. misc. notes in German.
1 p. misc. notes in German, may be scene summaries.
Clipping from newspaper (?), 1 p., in German.
Photo clipping, woman playing piano.
1 p. dialogue notes in French.
Clipping of mysterious drawing.
American Music Theater, Wm. Wymetal, 1/18/45, Tales of Hoffmann, List of Stage Properties. 3 p. typescript with mss. annotations.
FF 47 Gianni Schicchi. Libretto di Gioachino Forzano
2 p. mss. cast list and misc. mss. notes.
FF 48 Gioconda, 14, Property of Chicago Civic Opera, no. 24
Opera News, 1/5/59. Missing cover, possibly some other pages.
Opera News, 3/28/55, 3 pages of clippings.
2 photo clippings
Opera News, 4/15/1957, several pages of clippings
Grand Opera Librettos, La Gioconda, by Ponchielli, Oliver Ditson Company, Boston.
FF 49 C. Puccini, Die Boheme, K.K. Hofoper Archiv no. 148
La Boheme, principals list, 2 p. typescript, with mss. notes in pen
Boheme, light plot, 2 p. typescript.
Boheme, list of extras, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
3 p. misc. mss. notes in German.
FF 50 Tosca, G. Ricordi & Co., c. 1899, (Box P-T)
New Orleans Opera House Assn, William Wymetal, 10/26/47, “Tosca”, List of Stage Properties. 3 p. typescript.
“Toska”, scene summaries (?), in German. 3 p. typescript.
1 p. misc. mss. notes
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Tosca, List of Costumes. 2 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
FF 51 Tosca von Giacomo Puccini, Erster Act, G. Ricordi, c. 1901
8 p. misc. mss. notes on K.K. Hof-Operntheater stationary. Includes one partial page with sketches.
2 p. mss. lists. May be chorus list. In German.
FF 52 Gianni Schicchi, Libretto di Giovacchino Forzano, G. Ricordi e Co.
Opera workshop ? Penna. College for Women [now Chatham College], William Wymetal, 3/20/1955, Gianni Schicchi, list of stage properties and furniture. 1 p. typescript.
Ground plan, in ink.
Ground plan in pencil with scene design sketch.
FF 53 Madame Butterfly, Puccini, G. Ricordi & Co., c. 1907
2 p. misc. mss. notes, includes outline of light plan and brief props list.
“Madama [sic] Butterfly Returns”, Ronald F. Ever. 2 p. clipping from Musical America (?), undated.
Light plot for “Butterfly”, 2 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in pencil.
1 p. mss. misc. notes, appears to be “to-do” list.
5 p. excerpt from opera programme featuring Madame Butterfly
4 p. misc. mss. notes about Madame Butterfly
“Butterfly”, list of Stage-Properties. 2 p. typescript.
Opera Guild Inc., Montreal, Canada, from Mr. Wymetal, 12/14/1946, “Butterfly”, List of Stage Properties, 2 p. typescript on pink paper.
FF 54 G. Puccini. Der Mantel, G. Ricordi & Co., c. 1920
4 p. misc. mss. notes, 1 page incl. page numbers.
Small clipped picture, “In England” printed on back.
FF 55 G. Puccini, Schwester Angelica, G. Ricordi & Co., c. 1920
2 p. misc. mss. notes
1 p. mss. note. Author and target uncertain. In German.
Cast list (?), Schwester Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, 2 p. mss.
FF 56 G. Puccini, Sister Angelica, Ricordi vocal score printed USA.
Sister Angelica, line up for shots, 3 p. typescript
Cast list, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
Camera shots, 2 p. mss. in pencil, on lined legal size paper
FF 57 Turandot, Atto II (Box T)
1 p. mss. notes, in pencil. May be scene summaries; in German.
Five photos of scene designs, 1 with mss. notes in English and German on verso.
Chorus list, 1 p. mss. in Italian
Ballet list, 1 p. mss. in Italian
Properties list, 1 p. mss. in English
Shorter ballet list, 1 p. mss. in English, on Metropolitan Opera House stationary
Ground plan, with mss. notes. 1 p., appears to be mostly in German
Metropolitan Opera Co. Chorus, Season 1924-25, 1 p. typed list with mss. annotations in pencil.
1 p. misc. mss. notes, in Italian
3 p. mss. list ? something scene related but can’t tell what it is. In German.
2 p. assorted mss. notes. May contain instructions to staff. In Italian (?)
5 p. mss, includes cast list (first page) and then four pages (recto/verso) of densely written scene summaries. In German.
Mignon , 1 long p. of misc. mss. notes in French, probably to do with stage direction.
3 very brittle stage plan sketches, unsigned and undated.
Turandot , 5 p. mss., including cast list with names and voices (1 st p.), as well as scene summaries and other lists. In German.
4 stage plans, in ink, with mss. notes in ink and pencil. Pencil notes are in German.
FF 58 Respigh die Versunkene Glocke
3 p. misc. mss. notes in German and Italian, relating to costumes, chorus and possibly props. Also short note from Wymetal to unkown recipient (“caro maestro”) about chorus list.
Letter, on Metropolitan Opera Company stationary, authors signature illegible (not Wymetal, however, looks like Schlitter). Something about dinner, famous people in the company and thanks for the introductory letter to the illustrious Strauss and letter to someone else.
5 p. mss. with misc. notes and some ground plan sketches, appears to be mostly in German.
2 p. mss. notes, 1 brittle.
FF 59 L’Heure Espagnole, Ravel. A. Durand & Fils, c. 1908
2 p. typescript, with ground plan in pencil. In German.
Costume list, 1 p. typescript, in English
The Spanish Hour, translated from the French of Franc-Nohain by Robert A. Simon. 34 p. typescript.
FF 60 Der Barbier von Sevilla, Leipzig, C.F. Peters
1 p. misc. mss. notes on notepaper printed with “Direktion de Staatsoper” Appears to be in German.
1 oversize p. of lined paper, includes two sketched stage plans and numerous lists. Appears to be on German.
1 sketch of stage plan, in ink, on tissue paper.
FF 61 Il Barbiere di Siviglia, c. 1900, G. Schirmir
Principals costume list, 2 p. typescript with mss. notes in ink, in English.
1 p. mss - snippets of dialogue
2 p. typescript - extended dialogue
Props list, 2 p. typescript, with mss. annotations in ink and pencil.
Props list, 2 p. typescript, with mss. annotations in pencil.
FF 62 Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Edition Cranz no. 583
1 p. ground plan sketch with mss. notes, in pencil, in English.
FF 63 The Kings Henchman
3 p. misc. mss. notes, 1 very brittle (torn in half, additional tear on lower part of page) In English and German.
2 p. typescript, with stage plans and scene summaries, in English.
1 p. mss. draft of letter to Mr. Taylor from Mr. von Wymetal re: a score W. added to his collection. 3/4/1927. In English. Paper v. acidic and brittle.
4 p. misc. mss. notes in German. May be scene summaries?
FF 64 Otello, Arrigo Boito & Verdi, G. Ricordi e. C. (Box V-S)
2 p. mss. letter, from Jack to Willy, regarding moon and light plot for Salome. 2/20/1937
Salome, list of supers
New Orleans Opera House Association, List of Stage properties, From Wm. Wymetal, 9/29/48, for Otello. 4 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
1 p. misc.mss. notes in English and Italian.
New Orleans Opera House Association, costumes “Otello”. Dress rehearsal, November 8, 1948, for principals and ballet. 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
FF 65 In the Pasha’s Garden, c. 1934
1 p. (oversize) photocopy of set design and leaves, with mss. notes in pencil.
In the Pasha’s Garden, Supers, 1 p. typescript.
In the Pasha’s Garden, List of properties, 1 p. typescript.
FF 66 Rigoletto, Verdi, G. Ricordi & C.
4 p. mss., Ballet plans and brief costume notes, in English
Clipping, unsources. Includes scene design photos.
B/w photo of woman in costume
Ballet for Rigoletto, 1 p. typescript in English.
Chorus list, 1 p. mss. in English
1 paper fragment with sketches
Rigoletto, cast costume list, including chorus, ballet, supers and stageband.
2 nd paper fragment with sketches
Memo from William Wymetal, re: supers for Rigoletto, 1 p., typed.
1 p. mss. notes about stage furniture, in English, on brittle paper.
1.5 p. misc. mss. notes on Universal Studios stationary, in English and Italian.
Rigoletto , light scheme, 1 p. mss. in English.
FF 67 Die verkaufte Braut ? 1925
Bartered Bride, stage plan, Act I. Sketch in pencil on oversize tissue paper, mss. notes in German on verso.
1 p. mss. notes on chorus, recto and verso, in English and German. Recto dated 6/4/1925; verso undated.
The Bartered Bride , list of stage properties, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil, in English.
FF 68 Pique-Dame, Tschaikowsky, D. Rahter, 1918
4 p. mss. with ground plan sketches and extensive notes, in German.
4 p. mss, assorted lists, may be scene settings? In German.
1 p. extra-oversize tissue paper, three stage plans, in pencil.
FF 69 Aida, Verdi, vocal score 1922
Postcard, scene of Moses in the Rushes
Office of the Chief Regissuer, Chicago Opera Company, Aida, list of Supers. 2 p. typescript with mss. notes on pencil.
Newspaper clipping, unsourced and undated, regarding upcoming performance of Aida. Mentions sets created by Roller.
Clipped newspaper photo of Egyptian statue, labeled “King Tuthenkhamen’s Mother”
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Stage Director, Aida, list of supers. 1 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in ink and pencil.
Chicago Opera Co., Ballet, Aida. 2 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in ink and pencil.
1 p. misc. notes. Typescript.
Phildelphia Grand Opera, The Stage-Director, Instructions for Group-Leaders, Aida. 1 p. typescript with mss.notes in pencil and 1 stage plan sketch.
Aida , March Season 1928-29, Armando F. Agnini, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Aida light scheme, 2 p. typescript, mss. annotations and stage plan drawn on p. 2.
Letter, from Wymetal (?) to Herr Punzel, 10/10/1930, 2 p. typescript in German. Limited translation suggests it is about retaining someone to work with him on the operas; mostly discusses chorus.
Aida, Ballet, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
Aida, list of supers for costumers, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
Lyric Theater of Chicago, 9/26/1955, Aida, List of Stage Properties, 2 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in pen.
Lyric Theater of Chicago, 9/27/1955, Aida, List of Supers, 3 p. typescript.
Aida, List of Supers, 3 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in pen.
Aida, 10/26/1955 Arms and Props (extra), 1 p. typescript.
Aida, 10/26/1955 List of costumes for Supers, 1 p. typescript.
FF 70 Un bailo en Maschera - Verdi - 1927 (?)
Masked Ball, actor list, by Act. 1 p. typescript.
Musical America, Dec. 10. 1940, p. 5-8
2 p. mss. ground plans and mss. notes, in ink, in German.
5 p. mss. notes on scene design on stationary of Metropolitan Opera House.
Philadelphia Grand Opera, Props, Masked Ball, 2 p. typescript with extensive mss. notes in pencil.
Transcript, Interview questions and some answers from Perfect Peformance program, station WHIP, Tues. 11/4/No Year Given. ( Chicago) 3 p. typescript with pencil annotations and notes on verso of p. 3.
Character list, Masked Ball, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
Ballet list, typescript. 1 p.
1 p. mss. notes in pencil and crayon, on brittle paper.
FF 71 Verdi, Falstaff. I. And II., G. Ricordi & Co., c. 1893.
1 paper fragment with mss. notes in pencil; may be for ballet. Mostly in German.
1 large pencil sketch of interior set design, marked “Merry Wives” and “Martha” on verso
1 smaller sketch of exterior scene design, marked Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scenes 1-5, signed WYM
Merry Wives of Windsor cast list, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Merry Wives of Windsor, dialogue (first draft), W. von Wymetal, 7/1/1939. 12 p. typescript.
2 photocopies of stage plans for Falstaff.
Falstaff, 3 p. mss. notes, includes cast list, chorus and ballet notes.
FF 72 Verdi, Falstaff. III., G. Ricordi & Co., c. 1893.
4 p. clippings, photos, unsourced.
2 character sketches on tissue paper.
1 p. mss. notes on scrap of paper, appear to be in German.
Falstaff, costume ordination, Metropolitan Opera House, 11/21/1924
FF 73 G. Verdi, Othello, Ausgabe Ricordi
1 photo of man in costume, mss. notes on back illegible.
FF 74 La Traviata, von J. Verdi, Peters Edition (Box S-W)
1 p. mss., list of stage furniture; paper v. bad.
1 p. misc. mss. notes in pencil re: ballet and props.
American Music Theater, 3/31/1945, Wm. Wymetal, Traviata, light plot, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
La Traviata, 2 p. typescript, dialogue, in English.
Traviata, costume and wig list, 1 p. typescript.
2 p. ground plans with mss. notes in pencil.
FF 75 Die Walküre, Wagner, trans. H. & F. Corder (plant matter on inside of front board)
Program notes, by Herbert Ewell, Die Walküre, 7 p. from programme. Last five not paginated.
2 p. mss. notes in German on K.K. Hof-Operntheater notepaper.
Walkuere, property list, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Walkuere, light-skizze, 4 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil. In German.
Walkuere, light, 3 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil. In English.
FF 76 Wagner, Der Fliegende Hollander, Berlin, C.F. Meser
1 postcard, in German, postmarked 1931
Der Fliegende Hollander, 7 p. mss., scene summaries and ground plans, in German.
Le Vaisseau Fantome, 7 p. mss., scene summaries and ground plans, in French.
1 p. mss. notes on Metropolitan Opera House Stationary; may be in German.
4 p. mss., misc. notes in French (German? Looks like French), regarding Der Fliegende Hollander.
Letter to Wymetal, 11 Marz 1930, from [signature illegible]. In German. Additional notes in French on verso. Address on front has been clipped out.
1 p. mss. notes in German.
12 character sketches on tissue paper, in pencil.
List of chorus and ballet, 2 p. mss. in English.
FF 77 Trobadour, J. Verdi, Peters Edition
Trovatore, props list, 2 p. typescript
Trovatore, props list, 2 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in ink.
Trovatore, costume list, 2 p. typescript
Trovatore, costume list, 3 p. typescript with extensive mss. annotations in ink. Wm. Wymetal, 9/28/1952
Dancers list, 1 p. typescript, Season 1934-35, Mr. Von Wymetal.
Verdi, Giuseppe, Der Troubador, Openbücher 51. Band, Leipzig. 83 pp.
New Orleans Opera House Associates, costume list, 2 p. typescript
Office of the Stage Director, Chicago Opera Company, Il Trovatore, light scheme, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Shreveport Auditorium, Ground Plan, Opera Season 1953, Il Trovatore, Designed by Peter Wolf Dallas.
FF 78 Götterdämmerung, Wagner, Trans. H.F. Corder, Vollistandiger Klavierauszug (Box W)
Telegram, from dorothie (no last name given) Philadelphia, PA to Wilhelm von Wymetal, Vienna, Austria, 11/24/17.
5 p. misc. mss. notes, some in German, some in French or Italian.
Götterdämmerung, (Season 1934-35), Dancers list, ½ p. typescript, in English.
FF 79 Der Freischutz, C.M. von Weber, Universal Edition
1 p. mss. assorted notes. Paper very acidic and brittle.
FF 80 Siegfried, Wagner, Vollistandiger Klavierauszug
2 p. mss. Scene summaries (?) in German.
2 p. mss. notes, in German. Cue list?
Siegfried, light scheme, Wm. Wymetal, 10/14/1948, 2 p. typescript
Die Fleidermaus , 2 p. mss. notes, may be sound cues (little drawings of bells in margins); in German.
1 paper fragment with props list, in English.
Fidelio, scene summaries (?); 4 p. mss. in German.
FF 81 Wagner, Meistersinger, I Akt, c. B. Schotts Sohne, 1903
1 p. mss. notes, in German.
Meistersinger, list of properties, 1 p. typescript, in English.
Die Meistersinger , distribution of Chorus, supers, children), 2 p. typescript.
1 p. mss. notes in Italian.
Cagvalena (?), 1 p. mss. notes in German.
2 p. mss., misc. notes including extensive dialogue notes.
Die Meistersinger von Nurenberg, 4 p. mss notes, extensive dialogue notes. In German.
Mss. notes on page from Page-A-Day calendar, 2/16/1934. In German.
1 p. mss. notes, appear to be in German.
Costumes - approximation, Meistersinger, 6/2/48, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in ink.
Cleveland Orchestra, Meistersinger, costumes plot, 3 p. typescript With mss. annotations in pencil.
Die Meistersinger, distribution of chorus, supers, children and notes on The Parade, 3 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Meistersinger, list of properties, 2 p. typescript
1 p. misc. mss. notes, in German.
Meistersinger, (Season 1933-34), supers list.
1 p. mss. notes on Auxiliary Committee of the American Relief to Austria, Inc.
FF 82 Lohengrin, Wagner, Klavierauszug mit text von Theodor Uhlig.
1 p. clipping, mostly photos. Unsources and undated.
5p. plot summary, appears to be snipped from book, title unclear, in German.
Wm. Wymetal, 3/2/1945, Lohengrin, Timing of music (action), 1 p. typscript, with mss. annotations in pencil.
Wm. Wymetal, 3/2/1945, Lohengrin, Timing of music (action), 1 p. typscript. (c. 2; not annotated.)
Lohengrin, costumes, 1 p. mss. In English.
Portion of letter from Alfred Roller (? Same hand, same paper as previous letters, but no signature) 2 p. mss. in ink; includes sketch of arm in shield.
1 p. mss. notes about Lohengrin entrance parade, in English.
3 p. misc. mss. notes, mostly in English, some on very acidic paper.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co, The Stage Director, Lohengrin, light-scheme. 1 p. typescript, 2 p. mss. in pencil.
Lohengrin , list of supers, 1 p. typescript.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co, The Stage Director, Lohengrin, ballet-list. 1 p. typescript, mss. annotations in pencil.
Lohengrin, list of props, 1 p. typescript.
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co, The Stage Director, Lohengrin, chorus list. 1 p. typescript, mss. annotations in ink.
Ink sketch of stage design, initialed AR (Alfred Roller), for Lohengrin.
2 p. (blue) misc. mss. notes, in pencil.
Letter, von Wymetal (supposed, no signature) to Consolidated Theatrical Costume Co. Inc. re: costumes for Lohengrin, 1/5/1930. 2 p. typescript.
8 p. misc. mss. notes, some on v. bad paper; mostly in pencil. In English and German; have to do with staging and movement w/in performance, includes ballet notes.
3 p. mss - props list.
1 p. mss. notes on verso of Page-A-Day calendar, 8/20/1931
3 p. misc. mss. notes, some on v. bad paper.
1 long strip - newspaper review clipping? Title and source lost.
Supers list, 1 p. typescript.
FF 83 Tannhauser, Wagner, Universal Edition
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, Tannhaeuser, light scheme, 4 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
2 p. misc. mss. notes; may be list of costs and list of actors?
Suping, Season 1934-35, Ballet Department, Tannhauser, 1 p. typescript.
2 p. misc. mss. notes.
Supers/Dancers list, Season 1934-35, Tannhauser, 1 p. typescript
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, Tannhauser, costume plot, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
1 p. typescript, ballet list, in Italian.
Ballet list, 2 nd act, Tannhauser, 1 p. typescript in English
Letter to Miss Mary Elizabeth Gleason (Bay Village, OH) from Wymetal (presumed, no sig.), re: Cleveland production of Tannhauser. 2 p. typescript.
Tannhauser, props list, 1 p. typescript, in English.
1 newspaper fragment; ballet review. Unsourced and undated.
1 p. mss. notes on march order for Tannhauser 2 nd act.
1 p. mss. notes in ink (German) and pencil (English); appears to be supers list by scene.
Scene summary (german) pasted to peformance program (German) from Beyreuth 7/21/1931
Philadelphia Grand Opera Co., Tannhauser, props list, 2 p. typescript in English.
2 p. misc. mss. notes, in German.
Tannhauser , costume-plot, Act I-II, 3 p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
Letter, Wymetal (?) to Richard (Strauss? last name not given), 5/30/36, 2 p. typescript in German. Last page missing?
Copy of scene design sketch for Tannhauser by Alfred Roller
Letter, Alfred Roller to Wymetal, 2/22/31, 4 p. typescript in German, with some mss. annotations in crayon.
Costume list, Tannhauser,Elektra, 1 p. typescript in English.
3 p. ground plans and scene sketches, initialed “AR” (Alfred Roller).
Tannhauser, supers/ballet list, 1 p. typescript with mss. annotation in ink, Oktober 1917 (recto); 1919, mss. in ink (verso). In German.
3 p. mss. in ink. Tannhauser budget? Undated.
2 p. misc. mss. notes in pencil; in German.
Tannhauser, supers/ballet list, 2/13/15, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes on verso.
1 p. mss. in ink, Ballet list for Tannhauser.
1 p. mss.; may be another ballet list but not sure. Dated 1/1/1919
Envelope, Wymetal to Miss Helen Lingelbach, Fine Arts Librarian, CMU, postmarked 5/28/71
FF 84 Tristan un Isolde, Wagner, Breitkopf & Hartel
2 photo postcards, clipped to 1 p. mss. notes (in English)
1 p. clipping, mostly photos.
1 p. stage plan and extensive mss. notes, in German. Palmer House (Chicago) stationary.
3 clipping photos
3 p. misc. mss. notes; may have to do with timing?
1 small clipping photo clipped to 2 p. mss. notes on costuming.
San Francisco Opera Company, Wm. Wymetal, 8/29/1950, Tristan and Isolde Act I Chorus notes, 1 p. mss. in pencil.
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wm. Wymetal, 10/26/1958, Tristan und Isolde , light-plot, 1p. typescript with mss. annotations in pencil.
6 scene designs/ground plans/props sketched on tissue paper.
3 photostats (?) of groundplans for Tristan und Isolde
Opera News, 19 (19), 3/14/1955
FF 85 Wagner, Meistersinger, II Akt.
Meistersinger, light plot, 2 p. typescript with mss. annotations.
FF 86 Der Schmuck der Madonna, c. 1911, Josef Weinberger, Leipzig
5 p. mss. ground plans with extensive notes, in Italian.
Jewels of the Madonna, chorus list, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes.
L’Heure Espagnole, 3 p. misc. mss. notes, in Spanish/Italian (?)
1 p. mss. notes (opera unclear) in Italian.
1 p. mss., opera unclear, may be props list, appears to be in Italian.
La Giolli della Madonna, chorus list, 3 p. mss in pencil
La Giolli della Madonna, additional chorus notes, 1 p. mss in Pencil, in Italian.
La Giolli della Madonna, ballet notes (?), 1 p. mss in pencil, in Italian
La Giolli della Madonna, misc. mss. notes, 4 p. mss in pencil, in Italian
1 p. mss., misc notes and sketches.
Gioielli, ballet notes, 1 p. mss. in English.
Gioielli, materials notes, 1 p. mss. in English.
Gioielli, props list, 1 p. mss. in English
Gioielli, compares (props notes?), 1 p. mss. in English
Gioielli, chorus notes, 1 p. mss. in English
Gioielli, costumes, 1 p. mss. in Italian.
Gioielli, supers notes, 1 p. mss. in English
1 p. misc. mss. notes, in English.
1 photostat/photocopy of a groundplan, Jewels of the Madonna, Act 3.
3 p. misc. mss. notes in English and Italian; one page bears only one line “ Shots onstage + backstage (of course) fired by Ass. Conductors (in costume!)”
1 small mss. with props list and chorus notes, in Italian.
FF 87 Wolf Ferrari, Suzanne’s Secret (oversize box 1)
Set design drawing, in pencil. Unsigned.
Ground plan, in pencil, with extensive mss. notes.
Suzanne’s Secret, light scheme, 1 p. typescript.
Wm. Wymetalm, 3/7/1955, Suzanne’s Secret, costumes, 1 p. typescript. Two copies, one on paper, one on tissue.
Wm. Wymetalm, 3/7/1955, Suzanne’s Secret, list of stage properties, 1 p. typescript.
Wm. Wymetalm, 3/7/1955, Suzanne’s Secret, list of stage furniture, 1 p. typescript.
FF 88 Parsifal, Wagner, Rubinstein. (May belong to Vienna Staatsoper)
“Die Gralsritter” - Parsifal, 4 p. typescript, in German.
Parsifal, list of Principles, Chorus and Supers, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in ink.
Parsifal, list of Principles, Chorus and Supers, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in ink.
Parsifal, specifications of costumes, 2 p. typescript with mss. notes and sketches in ink.
Parsifal, list of Principles, Chorus and Supers, 1 p. typescript with mss. notes in ink. (c. 2)
Parsifal, specifications of costumes, 2 p. typescript with mss. notes and sketches in ink. (c. 2)
Parsifal, (Season 1934-35), supers list 1 p. typescript.
Parsifal, light scheme, 4 p. typescript with mss. notes in pencil.
4 p. misc.mss. notes on Metropolitan Opera Company stationary, appears to include some dialogue notes. In German.
“ Wagner Knew What He Wanted”, Herbert Peyser Musical America, 2/10/1940, p. 16
1 p. mss., partial ground plan?
Envelope inscribed “Parsifal”.
FF 89 Strauss, Agyptisch Helena, II Aufzug (oversize box 2)
2 p. misc. mss. notes on v. bad paper. In German.
Wein, Juni 1928, 3 p. mss. notes, scene by scene, with page numbers. Cue list? Ap