RARE VINTAGE- BIZET'S CARMEN+LIVE BULLFIGHT -BROADWAY THEATER PLAY MOVIE POSTER

Description

This extremely rare poster, made by the Mexican government, promoted a very unusual double-billing of Bizet's "CARMEN" combined with a live bullfight. This all day event happened in Monterrey, Mexico in 1978. While the culture is very different today this poster is an amazing snapshot of the country at the time. This event was such a big deal that it was produced and promoted by the government as per the 'Board of Tourism' at the bottom of the poster.
In the history of dramatic theater and operas the actors listed are some of the greats. Ann Howard was often the top billed and in May of 1978 she came to Monterrey.
In second billing is the dramatic tenor Richard Kness. He and his wife, actress Joann Grillo(of New York's Metropolitan Opera fame and Madame Butterfly) founded the Ambassadors of Opera and Concert Worldwide, a company whose aim was to bring opera and musicals to places where such entertainment is not usually found. They were the driving force behind productions like this.
Lucila Sabella was one of Mexico's greatest operatic voices and is revered to this day. The city of Monterrey has monuments and performing arts buildings dedicated to her. Her billing alone was the biggest draw in a rather moderately size town in Mexico.
Franco Iglesias(aka Xavier Iglesias) is an accomplished baritone who taught Placido Domingo. The two later formed an opera company that toured Mexico. Maestro Iglesias later became a world-renowned vocal instructor to other greats including Marcus Haddock, Jorge Antonio Pita, Ainhoa Arteta, and Marcia Whitehead.
Robin Stapleton is a renowned conductor and composer. Everyone on this billing only became more famous.
As for the live bullfight which ties into the opera this was easily the most unusual live performance of 'Carmen' ever known.
This poster is entirely black and white except for the green eyes peering from behind a Spanish hand fan. As you can see from the photos the poster has some age around the edges which aren't visible once framed. The very extreme lower edge of the poster was also folded under to hide some unrelated text(Tourism Board of Mexico). There is one area that did not show up well that has two tiny holes a few millimeters in size. They have no affect on the appearance as evident in the full size photo. I can take more pictures to try to show them if needed. Just ask. Minor marks like this are insignificant once framed.
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