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Hana Shimozumi (Mme. Hana Shimozumi, Mme. Hana Shimozumi Iki) (1893-1978) was a Japanese prima donna singing the role of Yum Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" with the new Gallo English Opera Company. It was scheduled to open on Labor Day, September 1, 1919 at the Shubert Theatre, New York City for two weeks before going on a tour of the United States and Canada. Hana was born in Honolulu, brought up in an American family in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University. Her vocal study was with Mrs. A.F. Bridge. –excerpted from The New York Times, [1] The Musicians and Stagehands Unions went on strike at 7:00PM, September 1, 1919, which delayed the opening of "The Mikado" for a week. When it did give it's first performance on September 8, 1919, both Hana Shimozumi and the production received a glowing review in The New York Times.  [2] [3] She later sang Fire Fly and Madame Butterfly and was a star with the San Carlos Opera Company and the Gallo English Comic Opera.   Mme. Shimozumi gave up a promising operatic career when she married Dr. G Iki (George S. Iki) (1892-1974) a surgeon, and a University of California graduate, of Sacramento. They had a daughter Marsha Y. Iki (b.1922). [4] [5] After the United States entered World War II, Hana Iki, her husband, daughter and three other family members were forcibly relocated and interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center in Newell, California in 1942. Hana was a U.S. Citizen, born in Honolulu County, Hawaii. She attended public schools in San Francisco, had never been to Japan, and didn't speak, read or write Japanese. [6]

'The Mikado'....but what else? On the grounds of probability I'd say you're correct. Notice the 'three minstrels' with their mandolins(?) at the back, a prominent feature of the opera. The Mikado has always been an exceptionally popular opera for school performances.

Definitely the Mikado and what a stunning photo? This is such a beauty, thank you for putting it up. I have it on CD and frequently listen to it when driving. It was one of the first light opera's I was taken to and the memory is still as bright as it was on the night.

Streetview of the front of the school (they are posed at the side of this building).

Dany, scumpa mea, revino! Sunt al tău! N-am să te părăsesc niciodată! Te iubesc! Mult! Te sărut mult, cu iubire! Tu ești Dumnezeul meu!

3 of my mother's sisters are in this photo, but she herself wasn't old enough. My mother (Chriss French), who is 93, pointed out her sisters, Moira, Marjorie and Nora, as well as four other girls and they are marked on this copy of the photo on Dropbox : www.dropbox.com/s/08dkdxh7eacwkul/Holy%20Faith%20Rosberco...

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Beautiful Vintage Memory, and we'd love to have this added to the group!