I'm posting this question for a friend who doesn't believe in putting
his credit card info online.

What major musical events were staged in Northampton Massachusetts in
the USA in the years 1700 through 1940? Info about any operas
performed in Northampton would be a big help.

Hello,

The web site below contains information about the Academy of Music 
Opera House in Northampton. While most of the information relates to 
the building itself, there are also names of famous performers who have 
performed in this facility.

<http://www.academyofmusictheatre.com/>


The scrapbook listed below contains theatre programs, cast lists, 
theatre and music reviews, advertisements, pictures of actors (some 
signed), floor plans, tickets for productions in New York, Boston, 
Northampton, Mass Theatre programs and cast lists from,1909-1946. The 
item is located in an archival collection at The Jerome Lawrence and 
Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Ohio State Univ. Library. It 
does not circulate. However, it may be possible to a email staff there 
and request photcopies. I've included a link to the Institute below.

Book Title:
Theatre programs and cast lists scrapbook, 1909-1946

Available at:
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Ohio State 
Univ. Library
<http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/triweb/>


Another book that should help you is entitled "Baroque opera at Smith 
College, 1926-1931." This item is located at 43 U.S. libraries and 
should be fairly easy to get through interlibrary loan. Contact your 
local public library to submit an interlibrary loan request.

I'm sorry I am unable to provide a listing of every event for the dates 
you desire. Please feel free to ask for clarification. I will be happy 
to work more on this question.

Thanks

rapidreference-ga

Thanks rapidreference and knowledge_seeker. Together you supplied much
more info than I thought would be available on the subject.

Hi there!

This is not enough to warrant an answer, but here's some info you
might be able use as a jumping off point tofind what you're looking
for--

“The Academy of Music [in Northampton MA] was the first municipal
theatre in the United States. Edward H. R. Lyman granted the theatre
to the city in 1891. Both locals and visitors regularly presented
outstanding lectures and performed concerts, operas and dramas in the
spacious hall.”

http://www.historic-northampton.org/1907/6353/Quadrant_3/936278221.html



Doctoral Dissertation 

Osterhout, Paul R. 
Music in Northampton, Massachusetts to 1820. 
Ph.D., Musicology, University of Michigan, 1978. 405 p. 
DDM Code: 51mvOstP; DA no.: 39/06:3214; RILM no.: UM no.: 78-22,981

From: Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 2d International Edition
(1984) and
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 2d Series, 2d Cumulative Edition
(1996)
http://www.music.indiana.edu/ddm/Classicalold.html

All I could fine -- K~