- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Mattiwilda Dobbs
- Creator:
- Mélançon, Louis
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- Singers--New York (State)--New York
Women singers--New York (State)--New York
Sopranos (Singers)--New York (State)--New York
African American women singers--New York (State)--New York
Operas--New York (State)--New York
African American singers--New York (State)--New York
Women in opera--New York (State)--New York
Musicians--New York (State)--New York
Women musicians--New York (State)--New York
African American musicians--New York (State)--New York
African American women musicians--New York (State)--New York
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Dobbs, Mattiwilda - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mattiwilda Dobbs, an Atlanta native and renowned soprano, performed the role of Olympia in the Metropolitan Opera's 1959 production of The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach. Dobbs joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1956 and sang with the company for eight seasons.
Photograph of Mattiwilda Dobbs as she performs the role of Olympia in the Metropolitan Opera's 1959 production of The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach. She wears a ruffled white gown and long white gloves. She faces left and smiles.
Dobbs, an Atlanta, Georgia native and renowned soprano, joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1956 and sang with the company for eight seasons. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mattiwilda-dobbs-1925-2015/m-7962/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Louis Mélançon
Photograph by Louis Melancon - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mattiwilda-dobbs-b-1925
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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