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ALDA, Frances- SP 7 x 9" Mishkin sepia portrait of the smiling DIVA- Mrs. Gatti Casazza
ANDERSON, Marian - SP 8 x 10 photo for RCA d/s LOVELY
BARTOLI Cecilia & RAIMONDI Ruggero-5 x 7" photo of the 2 stars in Turco in Italia
BERGANZA, Teresa- SP 4 x 6 Piccagliani photo as Rossini utterly charming
BJORLING, Jussi & KIRSTEN, Dorothy + SCHAUWECKER, Frederick- all sign program for January 17,1947 Montclair NJ
(Kirsten's hometown) recital. Together with photo of Bjorling & Kirsten together
CALLAS, Maria SP 4 x 6" Piccagliani photo as Iphegenia en Tauride
CARELLI, Emma - SPc photo of the Italian DIVA as Lorenza in Mascheroni's opera of the same name San Sebastian 1905.
Carelli was one of the great DIVAS of the verismo period and after creating operas by Leoncavallo, Mascagni and others as well
as creating Strauss's Elektra in Italy. She took over the management of Rome's Teatro Costanzi with her husband Walter Mocchi
the noted impresario who married the young Bidu Sayao after Carelli's untimely death
CARRERAS, Jose- SP 4 x 6" young color photo for DGG or later casual pose
CARUSO, Enrico SPc bust shot from the Collection Coquelin s 1907
CORELLI, Franco- SP 4 x 6" Villani portrait of the young tenor or color Art photo as Rhadames
DESTINN, Emmy- SP ravishing 6 x 8" Mishkin photo of the legendary Czech soprano s. New York, 1921. Upper right corner
missing
DOBBS, Mattiwilda- SPc size Gyenes Madrid photo of the American soprano
FIGNER, Nicolai SPc photo of the legendary Russian tenor as Fra Diavolo. He created Tchaikowsky's Pique Dame among
others
FLOREZ, Juan Diego & BONFADELLI, SP 5 x 7 color shot of the pair in Vienna La Sonnambula. Bonfadelli signs twice Florez
FOLI, Signor (Allan James Folley)- signature of the noted 19th century Irish/American bass a great success in Europe and
England less so in US
FORT , Luigi- SP 4 x 6" photo from La Sonnambula. A fine lyric tenor from the late 20's till after WW11 he created Wolf
Ferrari's Il Campiello
HARSHAW, Margaret- SPc of the fine American Wagnerian soprano and very s Successful teacher
LIND, Jenny- Splendid 34 pp book for a Programme of Mademoiselle Jenny Lind's Concert with the words of the airs in
talian, German Swedish and English at Fitchburg Station Hall. Under the direction of Julius Benedict. Marvellous illustrations
and advertisements as well as biographies of Lind, Benedikt, Giovanni Belletti, the assisting baritone and P.T. Barnum
LONDON, George- SP 4 x 6" photo as Don Giovanni
MARIO, Giovanni Matteo Caviliere di Candia- SP Disderi carte de visite standing portrait of the legendary 19th century
italian tenor star of Her Majesty's Theatre London and Theatre Italien Paris where he created Don Pasquale opposite Grisi,
Lablache & tamburini. In Paris he was the first to sing La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Martha as well as create Rossini's Stabat
Mater. He appeared regularly in St. Petersburg, as well as Madrid and once in New York 1854. Italy however was foreign to him!!
One of the true GREATS
MERBETH, Ricarda- SP 8 x 10" color photo of Vienna's new Daphne- a big hit
MERIGHI, Giorgio- SP 4 x 6 foto Reale shot as Faust in Mefistofole-fine tenor
MILANOV, Zinka- SP 8 x 10 photo of the GREAT DIVA as Santuzza
MILLER, Mildred- SP 4 x 6 photo as Oktavian her finest role
NUIBO, Augustin- SPc in LAURA by Pons et Couden-the French tenor appeared at the Met in 1905 in Cavalleria Rusticana
and the management made him change his first name to Francisco saying that Augustine sounded like a clown! Long career in
Paris, the French provinces, South America and French Indo China. Rare records. Later a successful teacher. SCARCE
PAMPANINI, Rosetta- SP 7 x 9" bust shot of the verista par excellence as Mimi d/s Chicago!! 1932
PATTI, Adelina-ALS 4pp on Craig y Nos stationery June 4 1906 with name of the recipient cut out!!! Chatty letter of
thanks, her plans and greetings with nice big signature Adelina Patti Cederstrom
PATTI, Adelina, SPc of, some say, the GREATEST DIVA of them all s Adelina Patti, Baroness Cedestrom 1910
PINZA, Ezio- Sp 8 x 10" charming casual shot with Lana Turner taken at the time they made Mr. Imperium, SCARCE this
format
PONSELLE, Rosa- SP 3 x 7" as Rachel in La Juive d/s "in rembrence of your visit to Villa Pace Sincerely Rosa Ponselle"
PORTELLA, Nelson- SP 5 x 7 " of the Brasilian baritone as Eugene Onegin
REYNOLDS, Anna- SP 4 x 6" Teatro dell'Opera Roma shot as Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda. Rather ELUSIVE
SCOTTO, Renata- SP 5 x 7" Piccagliani La Scala stage shots as Madama Butterfly and Lucia two of her UNFORGETTABLE roles
SOUZAY, Gerard- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the late baritone as Golaud
STIGNANI, Ebe- SP 4 x 6" Camuzzi portrait of the greatest mezzo of the last century. They don't make them like her any
more
SULIOTIS, Elena- SP 5 x 7" stage shot as Norma at Athen's Teatro Attico
TEBALDI, Renata- SP 8 x 10" vintage Sedge LeBlang photo as Tosca
TETRAZZINI, Luisa-Spc role photo s London 1909 -the photographer E.F. Foley managed to give her a waist line!!
THEVENARD, Gabriel Vincent- 19th century print of the French baritone 1669-1741 one of the greats of his time who created
operas by Lully, Campra, Destouches, Marais and others. VERY SCARCE
TOZZI, Giorgio- SPc photo of the beloved American basso as Boris Godunoff
UDOVICK, Lucille- SP 5 x 7 "Colon shot of the American soprano as La Gioconda
VALETTI, Cesare- SP 4 x 6" Foto Marchiori Firenze photo as Idomoneo at the Maggio Musicale 1962
WALLNOFER, Adolf- SPc of the Austrian heldentenor/composer with 2-AMusQS from his operas ILDICHO & EDDYSTONE UNUSUAL| Abbreviations | |
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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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