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ALBANESE, Licia- SP 8 x 10" as Madama Butterfly. To my generation she WAS Cio Cio San - just listen to the recordings
and broadcasts
BAKER, Dame Janet- SP 8 x 8" Clive Barda photo as Idamante in Idomoneo at Covent Garden-what a great singer she was!
CALLAS, Maria & GOBBI, Tito - SP 8 x 10" Houston Rogers stage shot from Act 2 of Tosca at Covent Garden signed by both
in red. Medium contrast but clearly visible. Unusual
CARUSO, Enrico- ANS on a picture postcard sent by the tenor from Rochester NY to a lady in Frankfurt, Germany. Nice big
signature Caruso
CLEMENT, Edmond- SPc of the stylish French tenor as des Grieux
CRESPIN, Regine- SP 7 x 9 photo as Iphegenie en Tauride, Paris. Beautiful
DAMEREAU-CINTI ,Laure- ALS 1 p from the French soprano creator of Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims, Le Siege de Corinth,
Le Comte Ory and Guillaume Tell, Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable, Weber's Euryanthe and many more. Great International career
she later taught what Catalani had taught her
del MONACO, Mario- Sp 4 x 6 photo as Met Cavardossi d/s 1956
di STEFANO, Giuseppe- SP 4 x 6 photo of young Pippo
DUPREZ, Gilbert- ALS 1 p on his blind stamped stationery. This great French tenor sang the Italian premiere of
Rossini's William Tell in 1831 and was the first to employ the 'do di petto- ' High C from the breast -which delighted the
public and annoyed Rossini! He went on to create Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and La Favorita, Verdi's Jerusalem and
Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini
FERRIER, Kathleen- signs the cover of the program for Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius one of her warhorses! Given at
Central Hall, Westminster London November 11, 1950. Together with unsigned photo of the beloved contralto
FLAGSTAD, Kirsten- the great Norwegian soprano and her accompanist Edwin MacArthur both sign the cover of the 4 pp
program for her January 17,1940 Chicago recital. Together with the 4 pp picture filled flyer for that recital
GIGLI, Beniamino- SP 8 x 12" oversize sepia oval "Al Capone" portrait d/s 1934
GIGLI, Beniamino- SP 4 x 7" being inducted into the Cofrade da "Imperial Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Gloria de
Outeiro" Rio de Janeiro 1951
GRIEG, Nina AMusQS on 5 x 76 " AL from Grieg's Op 44 1866 Fra Fjeld og Fjord (From Field and Fjord)- Nina (Hagerup) his
cousin/wife was an important and sensitive interpreter of his songs and they gave many joint recitals. Uncommon
HAEFLIGER, Ernst- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the elegant Swiss tenor
KIRSTEN, Dorothy- SP 7 x 9 glamour shot of the beloved American soprano d/s 1966- borders trimmed
LEHMANN- Lotte- SP 5 x 5 color as TIME magazine cover girl February 18, 1935 as the Marschallin, of course
LEHMANN, Lilli- ALS 2 pp February 5,1919 a FASCINATING letter from the great soprano giving her opinions on Jews. Addressed to
Mr. Bechret- the great soprano writes"Usually Wagner wrote down most music without having to make any corrections. The
score of "The Zauberfloete" ("Magic Flute") which is displayed here in the Royal Library, consists of thousands of measures,
of which not a single one is crossed out or requires corrections. I have just donated my 25 Wagner letters to our local Royal
Library and am in the process of sorting through letters of other notables to donate as well, so that everything is in order
in the event of my death, of which I think every day. It appears that with Wagner it is not a "contempt" of Jews, but rather
that many of them landed important positions through money and different means, for which they were less suited than other
races. People say easily: "typically Jewish, only a Jew could do such and such, etc, etc," but I assure you that I often say
if a Jew had done something, people would say "only a Jew would do this" - People are all alike. Jews are very gifted,
hard-working and very bright. Of course certain identity marks stick to the race due to incest and antiquated religious
practices. However, by now they are mixed with the European race. Of course they could add just as much to the improvement
of their looks and their health as Christians. In my eyes, they are their own worst enemies. I know so many dear, faithful
and gentle families and some of the finest among them "mauscheln" (=Jewish sing-song, accompanied by hand gestures) Is that
necessary? I don't like them any the less, but it would be nice if they were to talk like everyone else. By the way if you
want to read something beautiful about the Jewish people, their oldest songs and poems, read Herder's Hebrew Poetry" and its
previous volume, which contains a dialogue about this. This work, both volumes, gave me very great pleasure. Reading them
made me cheerful and happy...". Quite an exceptional letter coming from this seeming termagant who previously only seemed to
have kind words about birds and animals-no feather fans or fur coats!! ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE!
LUISE, Melchiore- SP 4 x 6" photo of the marvelous Italian basso buffo as Dr. Dulcamara d/s Lisboa 1946. He was a
brilliant practitioner of his fach. SCARCE
MASSARY, Fritzi - SPc v. Rudenberg glamour photo of the great Vienna/Berlin operetta star- countless works were written
for her special talents. She appeared under Bruno Walter as Adele at Salzburg and when the Nazis came she emigrated to Los
Angeles
MILANOV, Zinka- SP 8 x 10" photo of the beloved Croatian soprano STAR as TOSCA
MIURA, Tamaki- SPc photo of the noted Japanese soprano who toured the world singing Cio Cio San from 1914 till the
late 1930s.d/s to ''Carissima Suzuki Luisa Bedeschi with admiration and affection
MOORE, Grace- Huge signature London 1938 from the American DIVA matted with an RCA Red Seal Records advert ...Grace
Moore now brings the love song that audiences always request....joyous and lilting CIRIBIRIBIN...Lovely color photo of
Moore in a gown with Venice in the background. Overall 15 x 19"
NICOLETTI, Francesco- SP 5 x 6" photo of the important Italian baritone as Rigoletto. He enjoyed an International
career starting 1882 and created Giordano's Mala Vita and Panizza's Aurora at the Teatro Colon during it's opening 1908
season. SCARCE
PAOLI, Antonio- SPc photo as Manrico of the Puerto Rican tenor star who recorded a complete I Pagliacci in 1907. After
his debut in Bari 1895 he sang at La Scala and all the important theatres in Italy, the Paris Opera, Spain and South America
as well as North American tours as one of THE best interpreters of Otello, Samson, Canio etc. QUITE SCARCE
PATTI, Adelina- SP Bergamasco cabinet photo of the LEGENDARY DIVAd/s "en souvenir Ferdinando Giudinini souvenir
d'Adelina Patti Marquise de Caux St. Petersbourg 8 Fevrier 1874"
PETRELLA, Clara- SP 4 x 6' Camuzzi photo of the beautiful, earthy verismo STAR of the post WW11 Italian opera scene.
She was quite unique as Nedda, Giorgetta and Manon Lescaut among others- just listen to her recordings! She created operas
by Rocca, Pannain, Rosselini and of course several by Pizzetti. d/s
RAISA, Rosa- Printed sheet music for Eili Eili as suing by Rosa Raisa the world's greatest dramatic soprano with printed
signature and photo.. She sang this at every recital and it is probably her greatest recording
RIVERA, Graziela- SP 5 x 7 Villani portrait of the smiling Puerto Rican soprano who made quite a splash in post WW11
Europe d/s Lisboa 1950
RYSANEK, Leonie- SPc Fayer portrait VERY young
SAINT-CRICQ, Henri- SP 5 x 8 photo of the outstanding French heroic tenor as Werther one of his more lyric roles. Great
French career 1930 debut at the Opera as Lohengrin till 1955. SCARCE
SCHMIDT, Joseph- 8 page German text issues of Illustrierter Film-Kurier- VERY well illustrated programs for the films
Wenn du jung bist gehort dir die welt (#743)-Heut ist der schonste Tag in meinem Lebem (#1184)-and of course Ein Lied geht
um die Welt (#629). Very scarce. Each
SCHMIDT SINGS TAUBER- "MEISTER der OPERETTE" 6 x 9" program flyer for the Tuesday 22 January 1935 concert in Vienna's
Grosser Musikvrein-saal given by the Vienna Philharmonic. TERRIFIC operetta program where SCHMIDT sings the world premiere
of TAUBER's "Weisst du, was schon war" conducted by TAUBER as well as Das Lied aus "Der singende Traum"- Others appearing
were Kalman, Stolz, Oscar Straus,Paul Abraham as conductors of their own works sung by Hadrabova, Novotna & Loseff
STIGNANI, Ebe- SP 4 x 6 Camuzzi photo of the LEGENDARY Italian mezzo as Santuzza d/s
STORCHIO- SPc color tinted photo of the creator of MADAMA BUTTERFLY first version
TAGLIABUE, Carlo- SPc size photo of the powerhouse Italian baritone as Don Carlos di Vargas a role he recorded with
Callas and Tucker
TAUBER, Richard- Spc of the tenor star by Willinger Wien s 1923
TEBALDI, Renata- SP 8 x 10" moody young portrait
TIBBETT, Lawrence- SP 6 x 10" photo as Met Iago d/s 1943- right side trimmed but whole image there
TIBBETT, Lawrence- signature of the popular baritone matted with sheet music for "When I'm Looking for You" from his
film of the Vagabond King- overall 12 x 15" $85 age is there
VICKERS, Jon- SP 7 x 9" action photo of the charismatic Canadian dramatic tenor as Canio in Paris
WARREN, Leonard- SP 8 x 10" rather young portrait of the GREAT American baritone unforgotten by all who heard him.
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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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