W.P.A. Federal Music Project of New York City [presents] Two Chamber Operas, the Romance of Robot [and] La Serva Padrona

By Federal Music Project

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Title:	W.P.A. Federal Music Project of New York City [presents] Two Chamber Operas, the Romance of Robot [and] La Serva Padrona
Author:	Federal Music Project
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Language:	English
Subject:	Prints & Photographs, Operas & Operettas, Comedies
Collections:	Photography Collection
Historic Publication Date:	1936-1941
Publisher:	Library of Congress


Citation APA MLA Chicago Music Project, B. F. (1936-1941). W.P.A. Federal Music Project of New York City [presents] Two Chamber Operas, the Romance of Robot [and] La Serva Padrona. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Description: The Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection consists of 907 posters produced from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest. The posters were designed to publicize exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs in seventeen states and the District of Columbia, with the strongest representation from California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The results of one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts, the posters were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s.

Summary
Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of The Romance of Robot a romantic satire by Frederic Hart and Tillman Breiseth, and La Serva Padrona a comic interlude by Pergolesi; dramatic production devised and directed by Felix Brentano, with Paul V