PUBLIC "-//Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society//TEXT (US::vicahi::vicahi00046::A Guide to the Levy Opera House Programs, 1888)//EN" "vicahi00046.xml" A Guide to the Levy Opera House Programs, 1888 MS 312 Miranda Burnett © 2023 By Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Miranda Burnett, 24 May 2023 Description is in English A Guide to the Levy Opera House Programs, 1888 A Collection in the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society MS 312

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. All rights reserved. 2023 Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Descriptive Summary Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Levy Opera House Programs, 1888 MS 312 Archive Room File 1 folder. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Levy Opera House Programs, MS 312, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Unknown

Historical Information

The Levy Opera House was built in 1851 at the corner of 350 Park Street in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was constructed as a town hall to seat 600 people. The first opera was staged in 1861. In 1887 the building was purchased by Jefferson Levy. He renovated it and reopened it as an opera house. It closed as a opera house in 1912.

Scope and Content

This is a collection of four programs from various performances at the Levy Opera House. It includes Janauschek (4 October 1888), Pawn Ticket 210 (undated), Sol Smith Russell in Bewitched by Edward E. Kidder (undated), and Staunton Operatic and Dramatic Association in Crimes of Normandy (18 April 1888).

Index Terms Subjects: Levy Opera House (Charlottesville, Va.) Theater programs