stadiumofthecollegeofthecityofnewyork

This is Lewisohn Stadium at City College of New York, built in 1915 demolished in 1973, with Shepard Hall (still standing) in the background. In September, 1916, Metropolitan Opera singers put on two operas at the stadium, Wagner's 'Die Walküre ' and a second program of 'Cavalleria Rusticana' and 'Pagliacci.' Hard to say which production these actors were rehearsing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisohn_Stadium digital-archives.ccny.cuny.edu/exhibits/lostworld/lewisoh... query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C07EEDE1F3FE2... www1.ccny.cuny.edu/ci/centennial/uptown_shepard.cfm

Thanks art for all of the additional info. We'll add the date and the location to the catalog record.

See for details of the event shown here.

It was in the Lewisohn stadium of CCNY, now demolished>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_College_of_New_York#Lewisohn_S...

This must be the "parade and demonstration of the work of the Third Ambulance Company of the New York National Guard and the nurses unit of B. Altman & Company" described in query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C01E5D7123BE0...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisohn_Stadium
"Lewisohn Stadium was an amphitheater and athletic facility built on the campus of the City College of New York (CCNY). It opened in 1915 and was demolished in 1973."

Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

Something to keep in mind with all the singers on the program for the 4th of July pageant here - No loudspeakers, no amplifiers, no public address system, not even any decent opera hall acoustics. You needed a set of lungs in those days.