Glade Peterson photograph collection, 1960s-1990s

Overview of the Collection

Title
Glade Peterson photograph collection
Dates
1960s-1990s (inclusive)
Quantity
1.9 linear feet, (2 archives boxes)  :  42 items
Collection Number
P0587
Summary
The This collection Glade Peterson photograph collection features Glade as a performer along with other actors and actresses and events of the Utah Opera.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Glade Peterson (1928-1990) was a professional opera performer and founder of the Utah Opera Company. Born in Fairview, Utah, Glade was responsible for bringing grand opera to Utah. His own career began in 1958 when he made his debut as Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with the NBC Touring Company in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Most of the photographs in this collection feature Glade as a performer along with other actors and actresses and events of the Utah Opera.

The collection contains 27 black and white, 15 color photographs, varying sizes.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Glade Peterson, born in Fairview, Utah, was responsible for bringing grand opera to Utah. His own career began in 1958 when he made his first debut as Pinkerton in "Madame Butterfly" with the NBC Touring Company in Amherst, Massachusetts. His European debut came in 1960 in Spoleto, Italy, where he played Rodolfo in "La Boheme." For the next fifteen years Peterson starred as leading tenor for the State Theater in Zurich, Switzerland. He returned to the United States around 1975, when he made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera. He founded the Utah Opera Company a few years later.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mardean Peterson in 1993 and 2004.

Processing Note

Processed by Alison Christensen and Kristi Pace in 1999.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Glade Peterson papers (ACCN 1413).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Utah Opera photographs: 10th Anniversary Celebration, scenese, rolesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
Miscellaneous From Utah Opera 10th Anniversary Celebration
  • Photograph number 1: Don Carlos mit der herrlichen Tenorstimme herzlich gewidmet (June 1966)
  • Photograph number 2: Utah Opera Window display (Carmen)
  • Photograph number 3: Utah Opera window display (I Pagliacci)
  • Photograph number 4: Opera goers at banquet at the Capitol Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Photograph number 5: Banquet at Capitol Theater
  • Photograph number 6-7: Party decorations for Utah Opera banquet
  • Photograph number 8-9: Utah Opera banquet, Capitol Theater
  • Photograph number 10: Crowd at Capitol Theater
  • Photograph number 11: Utah Opera window display (Carmen)
  • Photograph number 12: Utah Opera 10th Anniversary window display (La Traviata)
  • Photograph number 13: Utah Opera 10th Anniversary window display
  • Photograph number 14: Utah Opera window display (Madame Butterfly)
  • Photograph number 15: Don Carlos
  • Photograph number 16: Ernani
  • Photograph number 17: Glade Peterson portrait
  • Photograph number 18: Pagliacci-his signature role
  • Photograph number 19: Pagliacci-his signature role
  • Photograph number 20: La Scala "Salome"
  • Photograph number 21: Glade Peterson as "Faust" and Arlene Saunders as "Marguerite"
  • Photograph number 22: Soprano, Martina Arroyo and General Director, Glade Peterson at the OPERA America Reception in honor of the 99th Congress (February 1985)
1 2
Miscellaneous Scenes/Roles
  • Photograph number 1: Glade Peterson as "Rheingold" (Geneva) (duplicate folder 3, number 10)
  • Photograph number 2-3: Duplicates, Glade Peterson as "Rheingold" (Geneva)
  • Photograph number 4: Glade Peterson as "Fidelio" (Zurich)
  • Photograph number 5-6: Duplicates, Glade Peterson with actress in "Carmen" (Hamburg Germany)
  • Photograph number 7-8: Duplicates, Glade Peterson with actress in "Carmen" (Hamburg Germany)
  • Photograph number 9-10: Duplicates, Glade Peterson with actress in "Carmen" (Hamburg Germany)
  • Photograph number 11: Glade Peterson as "Turandot" (Brussels)
1 3
Miscellaneous Scenes/Roles
  • Photograph number 1: Glade Peterson
  • Photograph number 2-3: Duplicates, "[Madame] Butterfly" (Zurich)
  • Photograph number 4-5: Duplicates, "Carmen" (Zurich)
  • Photograph number 6-7: Duplicates, "Fanciulla del West (Zurich)
  • Photograph number 8-9: Duplicates, "Roberto Devereux" (Zurich)
  • Photograph number 10: Glade Peterson as "Rheingold" (Geneva) (see folder 2, number 1)

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
2 1
General Images
  • Photograph number 1: "Fanciulla del West, Girl of the Golden west" (duplicate of box 1, folder 3, number 7)
  • Photograph number 2: "Fanciulla del West"
  • Photograph number 3: "Ernani" (duplicate of box 1, folder 1, number 16)
  • Photograph number 4: "Fidelio"
  • Photograph number 5: "Turandot" (duplicate of box 1, folder 2, number 11)
  • Photograph number 6: "Roberto Devereux" (duplicate of box 1, folder 3, number 9)
  • Photograph number 7: "Lustigen weiber v. Windsor, 1964"
  • Photograph number 8: Unidentified Scener

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Opera companies--Utah--History
  • Opera--History
  • Opera--Utah--History

Personal Names

  • Peterson, Glade

Corporate Names

  • Utah Opera Company--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints--Color

Finding aid prepared by Alison Christensen.
1999

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