Trivia
- Pavarotti received a horse as partial compensation for his performance with the company.
- Allegedly, only a few weeks before her scheduled performances with the company in March of 1978, Sills requested the scheduled opera, Anna Bolena, be changed to I puritani. The company complied.
- The ghost of Enrico Caruso is said to haunt the Brady Theater. He is supposed to have caught a cold there which led to his later death by pleurisy.
- During the Great Depression, the first Tulsa Opera performances were held in Skelly Field. Admission for some seats was very affordable, allowing for people who normally couldn't attend to have the opportunity to watch the performance. The heart of this was to bring joy to citizens who were hurting badly from the Depression.
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