Century Opera Company

It was incorporated on May 9, 1913. It was funded with a capital stock of $300,000. Edward Kellogg Baird, was president. Otto Hermann Kahn was vice-president, and Alvin W. Krech was the treasurer.{{cite book |author=Henry Edward Krehbiel |author-link=Henry Edward Krehbiel |title=More chapters of opera: being historical and critical observations and ... |quote=The Century Opera Company was incorporated on May 9, 1913, with a capital stock of $300,000 and organized by the election of Edward Kellogg Baird, president; Otto H. Kahn, vice-president; Alvin W. Krech, treasurer; Edward R. Finch, secretary, and the following Board of Directors: Otto H. Kahn, chairman; Edward Kellogg Baird, Edmund L. Baylies, William C. Cornwell, Andreas Dippel, Edward ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1D1BAAAAIAAJ&dq=Edward+Kellogg+Baird&pg=PA176 }}

In 1914, with Agide Jacchia conducting, the company premiered Guido Ferranti by Jane Van Etten, one of the first American operas by a female composer to be produced by a regular opera company.{{cite book|author1=Margaret Ross Griffel|author-link=Margaret Ross Griffel|author2=Adrienne Fried Block|title=Operas in English: A Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxIKAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-25310-2}}

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