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Aaron Richmond

Aaron Richmond's business association with noted impresario Sol Hurok dated from 1926.

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Notable victims of the crash included Broadway theatre impresario Earl Carroll and his girlfriend, actress Beryl Wallace; Henry L. Jackson, men's fashion editor of Collier's Weekly magazine and co-founder of Esquire Magazine; and Venita Varden Oakie, the former wife of actor Jack Oakie.

Art Christmas

After Jack Payne turned impresario and launched a new variety show called "For The Fun Of It", he asked Art to join up with Donald Peers, Frankie Howerd and Max Bygraves along with many other entertainers.

Auressio

One notable building in Auressio is the Villa Edera, which was built in 1887, for the Paris impresario Paolo Antonio Calzonio.

Belasco

David Belasco (1853–1931), American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright

Betty Humby Beecham

Betty Humby Beecham, Lady Beecham (1908 – 2 September 1958) was a British pianist, who married the English conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham in February 1943.

Bill Moss

William Roger "Bill" Moss (1935–2005), community leader, political activist, and one-time music impresario in Ohio, U.S.A.

Caroline Peyton

Peyton moved to Los Angeles in 1977, where she performed in local clubs, recorded demos for record-label impresario Mike Curb and appeared on a couple of television shows—most notably the Dinah Shore show and the Gong Show.

Emma Dunn

She appeared in three productions for theatre impresario David Belasco: The Warrens of Virginia (1907), The Easiest Way (1909) and The Governor's Lady (1912).

Ezio Flagello

In addition to his operatic career, he had a small role in the flashback sequences in The Godfather Part II (1974) as an impresario threatened by Don Fanucci.

First Moog Quartet

The First Moog Quartet was formed by Gershon Kingsley in 1970, as the result of a request by famous impresario Sol Hurok to hear the Moog synthesizer's capabilities demonstrated live.

Glyn Owen

By 1955 he was performing with the George Mitchell Singers in Blackpool, with the impresario Lew Grade as his agent.

Grein

J. T. Grein (1862–1935), a Dutch-born theatre impresario and drama critic

Harry Freeman

Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869–1954), United States opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher

Henslow

Philip Henslowe (c. 1550 – 1616), Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario

Hope and Keen

This was a ten-week ‘fill-in’- put on by impresario Harold Fielding after Charlie Girl closed at short notice and he was getting together a production of Show Boat.

James J. Montague

Together with Montague, New York theater impresario John Golden organized the "Knot-Very Social and Musical Frat."

Jeremy Commons

F.W. Nielsen Wright, Jeremy Commons, Musicologist and Impresario: An Initial Bibliography, Original Books, Wellington, 2002

Jini Dellaccio

Dellaccio was soon in high demand, her photographic style seeming to have captured what DJ and concert impresario Pat O'Day described as "the Northwest cool".

Lazar Berman

Although he was known to international music aficionados who had heard the occasional recording on the Russian Melodiya record label, as well as those who visited the Soviet Union, he was not generally well known outside Russia before his 1975 American tour, organised by the impresario Jacques Leiser.

Let It Down

Harrison was "furious", according to Boyd, when he arrived at a party held by impresario Robert Stigwood to find her and Clapton hand-in-hand and alone in Stigwood's garden.

Lévon Sayan

He has also been the impresario of Liza Minnelli, Plácido Domingo and Mario del Monaco, and he is widely known as the long-time (since 1964) impresario and friend of Charles Aznavour.

Lolita, My Love

The original director was opera impresario Tito Capobianco, and choreography was provided by Jack Cole, although Cole was fired during rehearsals and replaced by Danny Daniels.

London Coliseum

Opened on 24 December 1904 as the London Coliseum Theatre of Varieties, the theatre was designed by theatrical architect Frank Matcham (designer of the London Palladium) for impresario Oswald Stoll.

Lord Grade

Lew Grade, Baron Grade (1906-1998), Russian-born English impresario and media mogul

Lucienne Boyer

In 1927, Boyer sang at a concert by the great star Félix Mayol where she was seen by the American impresario Lee Shubert who immediately offered her a contract to come to Broadway.

Maggie Kirkpatrick

In 1960, at the age of 19, Kirkpatrick took her first professional acting job, with the theatre impresario John Alden with his John Alden Shakespeare Company.

Marius Kahan

Shinara split up in the late eighties, after which Kahan met and signed up with renowned L.A. based producer and impresario Lee Magid, a music business veteran responsible for steering numerous artists to success including Lou Rawls, Della Reese and violinist Papa John Creach, formerly of Jefferson Airplane.

Maurice Strakosch

Besides the Pattis, he and his brother Max (born in Brunn, Moravia, 27 September 1835; died in New York City, 17 March 1892) worked as impresario with Teresa Parodi, Christine Nilsson, Marie Heilbronn, Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa, Carlotta Patti, Karl Formes, Pasquale Brignoli, Italo Campanini, Pauline Lucca, Thérèse Tietjens, Louis M. Gottschalk, Marie Roze and Marietta Alboni.

Mel Atkey

In 1977, Atkey co-produced a jazz concert with Vancouver impresario Willi Germann and a telethon featuring folk singer Tom Northcott.

Minato

Nicolò Minato (c. 1627–1698), Italian poet, librettist and impresario

Nobuko Albery

Nobuko Albery (born 1940) is a Japanese author and theatrical producer and the widow of noted English theatrical impresario, Sir Donald Albery.

Norris J. Nelson

Norwegian actress Asta Bertels was mentioned in the testimony, Nelson relating that he brought her from Norway the same month, April 1946, that he separated from his wife and that he was acting as her agent in furthering a Hollywood career; she signed a contract with showgirl impresario Earl Carroll.

Oren Bloedow

Career highlights for Oren include being named Artist of the Year by Greil Marcus in 2004, musical directing the Randy Newman tribute at UCLA's Royce Hall for impresario Hal Willner, performing with Lou Reed, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and once with Bruce Springsteen at Carnegie Hall.

Orozco

Juan Orozco, Spanish luthier and guitar impresario, famous guitar shop in New York (1970s to 1990s)

Oscar Hammerstein

Oscar Hammerstein I (1847–1919), cigar manufacturer, opera impresario and theatre builder

Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann

In 1933, the American theatre impresario George Blumental (a former associate of Oscar Hammerstein I, who in 1917 had tried to set up theatres for American troops in Paris), tried to arrange with Georg Hartmann and Arthur Hirsch to bring over conductor Blech and a troupe of 12 Jewish opera singers to present Wagner's Ring in New York.

Parker Playhouse

Parker teamed with Broadway impresario Zev Buffman, who was also producing shows in Miami at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, to offer productions featuring many of the top theater artists of the day.

Percy MacKaye

He was the son of actor, impresario and theatrical technology innovator Steele MacKaye, and brother of philosopher James MacKaye and conservationist Benton MacKaye.

Playhouse Theatre

The theatre was restored to its 1907 design by impresario Robin Gonshaw, opening again in October 1987 with the musical Girlfriends.

Popkomm

Figures such as Feargal Sharkey, former lead singer of the Undertones and chairman of the UK’s Live Music Forum, Gilberto Gil, world-famous musician and Minister of Culture of Popkomm’s partner country Brazil, Claude Nobs, founder of the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, and boy group impresario Lou Pearlman were all present at Popkomm 2006.

Rita Moss

Appearances in London, Ontario and Cleveland, Ohio followed, including performances at jazz DJ and impresario Leonard Feather's concerts.

Roger Clinton, Jr.

Clinton, Jr. developed his singing career under the direction of Arkansas' music impresario Butch Stone (manager, Black Oak Arkansas, Krokus) where he developed his chops singing the warm-ups for the studio audiences for the Designing Women sitcom and playing lounges.

Ruhrtriennale

It was founded in 2002 by the government of North Rhine-Westphalia with Gerard Mortier, the impresario and former artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, as its founding director.

Rutland House

Rutland House on Aldersgate Street, near Charterhouse Square in the City of London, close to Smithfield Market, was leased by the playwright and impresario Sir William Davenant (1606–1668).

Three Days As the Crow Flies

Three Days As The Crow Flies is a novel by art impresario Danny Simmons.

Ufa-Palast am Zoo

The reopening on 25 September 1925 was overseen by Ernö Rapée, a former employee of the American cinema impresario "Roxy" Rothafel who was brought over by Ufa together with Alexander Oumansky, who had been ballet director at Roxy's Capitol Theatre, to introduce US-style cinema shows to Germany.

United Airlines Flight 624

Among the passengers were Broadway theatre impresario Earl Carroll and his girlfriend, actress Beryl Wallace; Henry L. Jackson, men's fashion editor of Collier's Weekly magazine and co-founder of Esquire Magazine; and Venita Varden Oakie, the former wife of actor Jack Oakie.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague

Indeed, productions of Italian opera in Prague ceased again already in 1789, not to re-appear again until 1791, due to the departure of the impresario Domenico Guardasoni and the death of the impresario Pasquale Bondini.


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