David Redwine Opera Recordings Collection
David Redwine began collecting opera recordings as a young adult in Detroit, Michigan. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Redwine retired to his birth city and eventually decided to donate his phonograph recordings collection to the Hurley School of Music: "Through the years, that collection became my surrogate child, and you can only hold a child close to your breast for so long. You have to let them go out and experience the world." One of the rarest items in the collection is a Toscanini recording of Verdi's La Traviata.
