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Atlanta has always had a sordid love affair with opera. The first shows performed in Atlanta pre-date the Civil War primarily in makeshift facilities modified for operatic performance. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...
According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, Reconstruction saw the formation of the Atlanta Opera House and Building Association. The association obtained the southwest corner of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street and began to construct a five-story opera house. By 1868, they were out of money. Instead of hosting great operas, Atlanta's first opera house, the Kimball Opera House as it was later known, was sold and it then served as Georgia's state capitol from January 1869 to July 1889.
In 1870, DeGive's Grand Opera House opened. The cheap seats were $0.25. DeGives struggled with presenting touring companies because of the inflated cost of train travel through the incompletely reconstructed South. He leased the building to the Loewes family as it was later renamed Loew's Grand Theatre and subsequently became famous for the premiere of the movie, Gone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell, the author of the story was an Atlanta native. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 420 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (420 × 450 pixel, file size: 64 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) First Atlanta Capitol building. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 420 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (420 × 450 pixel, file size: 64 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) First Atlanta Capitol building. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 500 × 404 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 404 pixel, file size: 38 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Loewes Grand Theater in Atlanta Georgia The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 500 × 404 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 404 pixel, file size: 38 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Loewes Grand Theater in Atlanta Georgia The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and...
Loews Grand Theatre was a movie theater in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Gone with the Wind, an American novel by Margaret Mitchell, was published in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. ...
For the Canadian politician see Margaret Mitchell (politician) Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was the American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, Gone with the Wind, which was published in 1936. ...
By 1910, the Metropolitan Opera began touring through Atlanta and the South began a 76 year love affair with its Yankee brethren. The summer Met tours became an annual week-long event that drew many of Dixie's wealthiest citizens and even more socialites. It was so popular that it began to attract an international celebrity crowd. It is reported that during Atlanta's golden age of opera, the majority of the social elite would attend the first act and then leave at intermission for drinks and an evening of party-going. It was better to be seen than to hear. Eager young students would often crowd outside the theater in hopes of gaining partially used tickets and catch the remainder of the show. As the yearly event outgrew all of Atlanta's existing theaters - even the Fabulous Fox, city aristoctrats lobbied and construction began on the Atlanta Civic Center, a cavernous and acoustically inferior building that is slated to be razed by the city in the near future. Currently, the building holds the title as the world's largest opera house. The yearly Met shows thrived there until the Met disbanded its touring program in 1986. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ...
Moorish architectural details of the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Griffins atop the marquee in Detroit. ...
The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue in Atlanta, Georgia and was originally built as the citys convention center. ...
Along the way, many local Atlanta artists attempted to create a company solely for Atlanta. There was even an ill-fated push to spark the interest of legendary chorister and conductor Robert Shaw to head a regional company. Some of these companies that were founded and have since vanished are the Atlanta Chamber Opera (1960’s), Georgia Opera (1970’s), Atlanta Lyric Opera (1976), Atlanta Civic Opera (1979), and Opera Onyx (1980's). All are defunct. Robert Shaw may mean: Robert Shaw (footballer) Robert Shaw (actor) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
However, in the 1980’s, the current incarnation of the Atlanta Opera - a regional company, was formed. The 1990's saw the addition of the Americolor Opera Alliance and Capitol City Opera. An addition to metro Atlanta came with the regional and touring company, OperaSouth in 2006. The most recent addition to the Atlanta opera community came in January of 2007 The New Opera.
References
- Atlanta History Center
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
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