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| 279. CALLAS, Maria the DIVA writes "Buon natale Maria e Batista Meneghini" on a card Verona Portale di S. Zeno. Together with a photo of the couple. .................$675 |
280. CARUSO, Enrico- ALS 1 p in Italian Hotel Savoy New York stationery 1906 ending... "we exchange with all our heart greetings for the Christmas and New Years your
most devoted Enrico Caruso" with an unsigned photo of the great tenor. .................$750 |
281. DOMINGO, Placido and Marta- printed holiday card 1970. .................$50 |
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| 282. FIRKUSNY, Rudolph- "Dear Perry (O'Neill) once again "bravo" to your recital best wishes always yours sincerely RF." .................$75 |
282A. GOBBI, Tito- the GREAT Simone Boccanegra pictured on the card writes "Rome Christmas 1965 With every good wish from Tito & Tilde Gobbi." .................$125 |
283. FLAGSTAD, Kirsten- LS on her printed stationery: KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD. LUMBER .KRISTIANST AD.S. "Dec 18th 1960- Dear Emily Coleman, How very kind of you and Elisabeth
to send me the cable! I was very moved that you should be so concerned about my health. Thank you very much. I am so much better and am gradually recovering but have been
forbidden by my doctors to do any work. Therefore I have resigned from my job as opera director, much to my grief. I found the work so interesting and satisfying in spite
of all the difficulties any opera director must have. So many years have disappeared since we had lunch together ! I hope you are well and happy. I often think of you and
Libby Holman how kind you were to me. I wish you very nice hollydays [sic] and send you heartiest greetings. Yours Sincerely, Kirsten Flagstad" A lovely letter from the
beloved Wagnerian soprano to one of New York's major music critics at the time that her health began to decline and she died in 1962. Together with a lovely photo from
the later years. .................$675 |
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| 284. FOSS, Lukas- AMusQS and holiday greetings on the verso of a 4 x 6" color photo of the German/American composer/pianist playing. Leonard Bernstein stated that only Foss could
play the piano part of his Age of Anxiety the way he imagined it. .................$275 |
285. GALLI, CURCI, Amelita & SAMUELS, Homer- the DIVA and her husband both sign the greeting card where she has written "Always remembering and waiting for to come to
Sul Monte." .................$50 |
286. GAY, Maria and ZENATELLO, Giovanni- Holiday greetings from the famed mezzo and her tenor husband- founders of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival; in 1913. Together with
unsigned photos of both. GREAT STARS. .................$65 |
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| 287. GERSHWIN, George- "George Gershwin sends his best wishes" matted with a photo of the young composer 9" x 13". .................$2,500 |
288. HINES, Jerome- Holiday card with printed quote from "The Messiah" from Jerry & Lucia (Evangelista) Hines. .................$50 |
289. JANACEK, Leos- The great Czech composer send New Years wishes to Frantisek Taborsky an administrator in Olmutz." Janaceks's last masterpiece was given it's triumphant
Met premiere recently in a Patrice Chereau production led by Eka Pekka Salonen. Janacek is increasing recognized as one of the greatest of 20th century opera composers- "Jenufa,"
"Kata Kabanova," "The Makropolous Case" and others are enjoying worldwide audience success. .................$675 |
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| 290. JOHNSON, Edward- Season best wishes from Eduardo dui Giovanni plus a SP 4 x 6" of the Canadian tenor and Met General manager. .................$50 |
291. KENT, Walter- AMusQS from I'll Be Home for Xmas on a card. .................$100 |
292. LAUBENTHAL, Rudolph- postcard photo as Parsifal with" FROLICHE WEIHNACHTEN und ein gesegnetes Neues Jahr Rudolph Laubenthal 23.X11.32" on the verso. .................$85 |
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| 293. LEHMANN Lotte- TLS of holidays greetings to friend critic Emily Coleman on her Hope Ranch Park, Santa Barbara, Ca. letterhead together with envelope & unsigned photo of
the beloved star as the Marschallin together with a photo of the beloved soprano. .................$100 |
294. LEMNITZ, Tiana- lovely home made Christmas card from the silver voiced German soprano star. .................$75 |
295. LESCHETIZKY, Theodore- The Great pianist/piano teacher send Holiday greetings to Ada Cardiorglh in Toronto Canada.. He co- founded the St Petersburg Conservatory with Anton
Rubinstein and taught there and later in Vienna. Among the students Zeisler,Goodson, Friedman, Moisewitsch, Padewrewski, Schnabel, Brailowsky, Gabriowlitsch, Hambourg, Ney,
Eisenberger, Horszowski and others including his 2nd wife Anna Esipova. He also composed, and recorded 12 piano rolls. .................$475 |
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| 296. LIVINGSTON, JAY- AMusQS from holiday favorite "Silver Bells." .................$125 |
297. MARTINELLI, Giovanni- signs greeting card "with thanks." .................$25 |
298. McCRACKEN, James & WARFIELD, Sandra- each sign Holiday Greetings card. .................$35 |
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| 299. MELCHIOR, Lauritz- signs holiday greeting card. .................$25 |
300. MILANOV, Zinka- ice big signature on a holiday card together with an informal backstage photo. .................$85 |
301. MITROPOLOUS, Dimitri– TL with printed signature to "My beloved friends and collaborators... my gift to you this time will be only to offer you what is left of my
injured heartso have all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Dimitri Mitropolous December 1959"" written after his massive heart attack. .................$100 |
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| 302. MOFFO, Anna- holiday greetings signed Anna. .................$40 |
303. MURATORE, Lucien- holiday greetings card from the French tenor married for a time of soprano Lina Cavalieri -together with a portrait
photo. .................$40 |
304. NILSSON, Birgit- signs holiday greetings opposite a photo after her 30th anniversary performance. QUITE SPECIAL. .................$100 |
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| 305. NOTE, Jean- the noted Belgian baritone write "Happy New year Jean Note de l'Opera"- world career he created Bruneau's Messidor & Massenet's
Roma. .................$35 |
306. OLIVERO, Magda- SP 7 x 9" of the GREAT DIVA as TOSCA with holiday greeting in Italian. "with many sincere greetings for a Merry Christmas and peaceful New Year
Magda Olivero December 1962. .................$175 |
307. PAVAROTTI, Luciano- writes "NATALE 1970 Tanti cari e sentiti auguri de Luciano, Adua,Lorenza, Cristina Giuliana" on a photo of the then happy
family. .................$150 |
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| 308. PIERNE, Gabriel- AMusQS from Nuit de Noel 70-signed "Gabriel Pierne Dec '98" by the famed composer/organist. .................$300 |
309. PONS, Lily- Gold Christmas card with the Diva's printed name. .................$50 |
310. RYSANEK, Leonie & GROSSMANN, Rudolph (her baritone husband #1)- both sign holiday card together with a photo of the great DIVA as the
Kaiserin. .................$50 |
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| 311. SCHMITT, Joseph- SPc Ross Verlag photo of the great German/Jewish tenor star of radio/concerts/film and records. He only sang opera on stage once-La
Boheme in Belgium. ANS on the back side in German giving heartfelt thanks for the kind words and sends "Weihnactswunsche" (Christmas wishes) from Joseph Schmitt. Very
scarce to have a long greeting from the tenor star who tragically died in a Swiss DP camp during WW11. GREAT recordings & films. 2 signatures. .................$975 |
312. SOLTI, Sir George– TLS of holiday greetings to Robert Herman, Bing's 2nd in command at the MET – Dec 23,1960 at the time of his GREAT "Tannhauser"
performances. .................$85 |
313. SONDHEIM, Stephen- SP of the popular Broadway composer who writes: "Merry Christmas from Stephen Sondheim." .................$275 |
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| 314. STEBER, Eleanor- Holiday card with a photo of Steber as Fiordiligi, her printed name inside and the hand addressed envelope with her name & return address and
a solicitation from her to join her fan club. .................$125 |
315. STRATAS, Teresa & ELIAS, Rosalind- Card of Season;s Greetings picturing the unforgettable pair in the Met's "Hansel & Gretel" signed Teresa &
Rosalind. .................$75 |
316. TAKADA, Sakuzo- the Japanese tenor signs a lovely Japanese holiday card. .................$75 |
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| 317. TEBALDI, Renata- greeting card signed Renata 1970 together with an unsigned photo. .................$85 |
318. THOMAS, Jess- the American heldentenor with wife and son-note signed. .................$25 |
319. THORBORG, Kerstin- signs Swedish holiday card Kerstin Th. .................$25 |
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| 320. VANNI-MARCOUX- SPC of the UNIQUE French basso considered my many to be Chaliapin's equal. Addressed to "Signor Maestro Cleofonte Campanini Manhattan
Opera New York" and mailed from Bruxelles in 1907-he wrote in Italian "Sincere greetings for a Happy New Year to you and your wife [Eva Tetrazzini] Affectionately
Vanni Marcoux." .................$275 |
321. VICKERS, Jon- SP on Merry Christmas and a happy new year card of the UNIQUE Canadian tenor with his wife and children. .................$65 |
322. WELITSCH, Ljuba- nice hand written message inside card signed Christmas 1973 full signature. .................$35 |
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323. ADLER, Kurt 324. ALBANESE, Licia 325. ALLERS, Franz 326. ALVARY, Lornezo 327. ARAGALL, Giacomo 328. AYOMA, Yoshio 329. BACQUIER, Gabriel 330. BARDELLI, Cesare BAUM, Kurt 331. BELMONT, Eleanor (Opera Guild) 332. BENOIS, Nicola & di Cecco, Disma 333. BIESHU, Maria 334. BJONER, Ingrid 335. BROWNLEE. John 336. BUSSINGER, Toni 337. CAPECCHI, Renato 338. CAPPUCCILLI, Piero 339. CASEI, Nedda 340. CASSEL, Walter 341. CEHANOVSKY, George 342. COLONNELLO, Atillio 343. CORENA, Fernando 344. COSSOTTO, Fiorenza 345. CRESPIN, Regine 346. CRISTINI, Mario 347. CVEJIC, Biserka 348. CZERWENKA, Oskar 349. de PAOLIS 350. DEUTEKOM, Cristina 351. DIAKOV, Anton 352. di Cecco, Disma & BENOIS, Nicola 353. DICKIE, Murray 354. DOOLEY, William photo 355. DRUCKER, Judy 356. DUNN, Mignon 357. DUPONT, Jacques 358. DVORAKOVA, Ludmilla 359. EBERT, Carl 360. ERROLE, Ralph |
361. FARRELL, Eileen as Eileen Brennan 362. FERNANDEZ, Ruth 363. FERNANDI, Eugenio 364. FLAGELLO, Ezio 365. FORST, Judith 366. GERARD, Rolf 367. GENTELE, Marit & Goran 368. GRAF, Herbert 369. HARSHAW, Margaret 370. HINES, Jerome- photo with Lucia Evangelista 371. HOPF, Hans 372. KABAIWANSKA, Raina 373. KANIN, Garson 374. KATONA, Tibor 375. KULLMAN, Charles 376. LEINSDORD, Erich 377. LEWIS, William 378. LIGENDZA, Caterina 379. LONDON, George 380. LUDWIG, Christa 381. LUDWIG, Leopold 382. MACURDY, John- photo with family 383. MADEIRA, Jena 384. MALIPONTE, Adriana 385. MARTINELLI, Giovanni 386. MAXIMOVNA, Ita 387. MAZZOLI, Feruccio 388. MENOTTI, TATIANA & ONCINA, Juan 389. MERRILL, Nathanial 390. MESS, Suzanne 391. MILNES, Sherill 392. MITTELMAN, Norman 393. MORELL, Barry 394. MONTEFUISCO, Licinio 395. NEBLETT, Carol 396. O'HEARN, Robert 397. ONCINA, Juan & MENOTTI, Tatiana 398. OTEY, Louis 399. OTTOLINI, Luigi |
400. PEERCE, Jan 401. PETERS, Roberta 402. PILOU, Jeanette- ALS 403. POZOLOV, Mikhal 404. PREVEDI, Bruno 405. PUMA, Salvatrore 406. REARDON, John 407. RITCHARD, Sir Cyril 408. ROSENSTOCK, Joseph 409. ROTHENBERGER, Anneliese 410. RUDOLPH, Max 411. RYSANEK, Leonie 412. SALDARI, Luciano 413. SATANOWSKI, Robert 414. SCHNEIDER-SIEMSEN, Gunther 415. SERENI, Mario 416. SHIRLEY, George 417. SIEPI, Cesare 418. SOEDERSTROEM, Elisabeth 419. STEVENS, Rise 420. STIEDRY, Fritz 421. STRATAS, Teresa 422. TAGLIAVINI, Franco 423. TOZZI, Giorgio 424. THEBOM, Blanche 425. TUCCI, Gabriella 426. UHDE, Hermann 427. UPPMAN, Theodore 428. VARVIO, Silvio 429. VELIS, Andrea 430. VINAY, Ramon 431. VINCO, Ivo 432. VOTIPKA, Thelma 433. WATSON, Claire 434. WIEMANN, Ernst 435. WILDERMANN, William 436. ZIMMERMANN, Margarita 437. ZSELLER, Eva 438. ZYLIS-GARA, Teresa |
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SP - Signed Photo AL - Album Leaf AS - Autograph Sentiment PCC - Printed Calling Cards ALS - Autographed Letter Signed D/S - Dedicated & Signed |
ANS - Autographed, Note, Signed SPc - Signed Postcard AMusQS - Autographed Musical Quote Signed TLS - Letter signed by person described LS - Letter signed by person described, written by another |
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