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Attending the opera in Naples, 1944

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Title	Attending the opera in Naples, 1944
Creator	Shaffer, Melvin C.
Description	It was not unusual to be at the "front" during the early part of the Italian campaign, only to retreat late in the day and return to Naples to attend the opera or engage in some other activity that had nothing to do with the war. On the morning of this day in April, 1944, I had photographed casualties on the battlefield near the Rapido River and followed them to a hospital in Naples. Opera is as essential as red wine to Italian culture. The San Carlo in Naples virtually never ceased operations, during the periods of occupation by either the Germans or the Allies. And the performances were always outstanding, even though the staging showed the limitations brought about by austerity and war.
Original Date	1944
Date (EDTF)	1944
Place Depicted	Italy and Southern France
City or Area	Naples
Keywords	World War 1939-1945; World War 2; World War II; WW2; Naples; Italy; Italia; Napoli; Description; Travel; Social conditions 1918-1945; Soldiers; Theaters; Portrait photography; Photographs;
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 Naples (Italy)--Description and travel--Photographs Naples (Italy)--Social conditions--1918-1945--Photographs Soldiers--Photographs Theaters--Italy--Photographs Portrait photography
Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2002-08-08
Digital Format	.jpg
Call Number	Ag2002.1454
SMU File Name	itmcs032it.jpg
Digital Collection	Melvin C. Shaffer World War II Photographs
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	SMU Libraries
Rights	This item may be protected by copyright law. Please cite the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. For more information contact degolyer@smu.edu.

Attending the opera in Naples, 1944

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