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Quaintance Eaton (August 23, 1901 – April 12, 1992) was an American writer and arts administrator, author of several works on the history of opera.
Eaton was given extensive access to rehearsals and opera company records in her research. "Even with all the opera I've seen," she explained in 1975, "it still fascinates me more than any other form of music."Jane Allison, "Opera is Always a Pleasure" Indianapolis News (May 23, 1975): p. 12. via Newspapers.com Books by Eaton include Musical U.S.A. (1949),Quaintance Eaton, ed. Musical U.S.A. (Allen, Towne, and Heath 1949). Opera Caravan (1957),Quaintance Eaton, Opera Caravan: Adventures of the Metropolitan on Tour, 1883-1956 (Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1957). Opera Production: A Handbook (1961),Quaintance Eaton, Opera Production: A Handbook (University of Minnesota Press 1961). The Boston Opera Company (1965),Quaintance Eaton, The Boston Opera Company (Appleton-Century 1965). The Miracle of the Met (1968),Quaintance Eaton, The Miracle of the Met (Greenwood Press 1976). Opera Production: A Handbook, Volume 2 (1974),Quaintance Eaton, Opera Production II (University of Minnesota Press 1974). Opera: A Pictorial Guide (1980),Quaintance Eaton, Opera: A Pictorial Guide (Abaris Books 1980). and Sutherland and Bonynge: An Intimate Biography (1987).Quaintance Eaton, Sutherland and Bonynge: An Intimate Biography (Dodd, Mead 1987). She was a regular contributor to opera programming on radio, and wrote about the coming of opera to television.Quaintance Eaton, "Two Television Networks Give Opera" Musical America (January 15, 1950).
Eaton was named a National Arts Associate by the music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota for her "distinguished contributions to the arts".Sigma Alpha Iota, "National Arts Associate". She spent the summers of 1971 and 1973 in Taos, New Mexico on grants from the Wurlitzer Foundation.
In 1974, she returned to Taos, after an extended tour in Australia, covering new productions at the Sydney Opera House.Regina Cooke, "Quaintance Eaton, Opera Writer, Visitor" Taos News (August 22, 1974): p. 11. via Newspapers.com
A 1976 audio recording of her interviewing Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge for radio is archived in the National Library of Australia. Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge in the U.S. interviewed by Quaintance Eaton (sound recording, 1976), Australian Radio Cultural Series, National Library of Australia.
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