At 6:01 PM -0700 5/26/07, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote:
John --
I'll admit, a slight exaggeration, John, but I'm not talking the
Met. Read what I said: "every last small town had its Opera House."
And, despite your information offered in response to my e-mail, even
those somewhat larger, including your very own hometown of Seattle -
dating back to the 1870's!
Your knowledge of specific houses in specific towns far surpasses my
own, and I bow to your thesis (with which I really do agree!). One
small item. My home town was not Seattle, a major, thriving
commercial, trading, and yes, arts center, but Everett, 30 miles
north at a time when the entire length of highway 99 had not yet been
urbanized, and a small town of about 15,000. Lots of music, much of
it in and put on by the schools (in which my father was very active),
or by the Ladies Musical Club (in which my mom was very active), but
no auditorium designed for anything but movies until the 1930s. We
did go to Seattle regularly to see touring artists, and had our own
Civic Music Series after our WPA auditorium was built. But note:
Auditorium, never referred to as Opera House.
John
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