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ARNOLDSON, Sigrid- SP Reutlinger cabinet photo of the virtuoso Swedish soprano star. From her opera debut as Rosina in Moscow 1886 she enjoyed sensational success at all the world's
leading opera houses and has left some truly marvelous recordings
BASTIANINI, Ettore- SP 5 x 7" photo of the great baritone as Rigoletto
BING, Sir Rudolph-SP 8 x 10" Sedge Le Blang photo of the Met's brilliant general manager talking on the phone 1950
BJOLRING, Jussi- signs cover of Massey Hall, Toronto recital program March 6, 1958 together with photo of the great tenor as a young Pinkerton
BROUWENSTIJN, Gre- SP 8 x 10" Fayer portrait of the ELEGANT Dutch s. Buenos Aires 1958, the season she sang Fidelio there under Beecham
CALLAS, Maria Meneghini-signs American Airlines postcard together with unsigned photo of the DIVA
CALLEJA, Joseph- SP 4 x 6" photo for Decca with promo for the Malta born tenor's new aria recital on the verso or 5 x 7" in formal color shot of the HOT new tenor
CAMPAGNANO, Vasco- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Egyptian born Italian tenor as Pinkerton the role of his debut as a tenor in 1946 after starting as a baritone. He made some very exciting
recordings for Cetra. Uncommon
CARRERAS, Jose- SP 7 x 9 " color photo SPELENDID
CARUSO, Enrico-SPECTACULAR charcoal self caricature, 11 x 16" of the great tenor dated 1917, with a big wax seal stamp on his collar. VERY UNUSUAL THIS LARGE SIZE
CASE, Anna- SP 6 x 8" sepia Mishkin portrait of the Met's first Sophie and later great patron as Mrs. Charles Mackay, wife of the Western Union Magnate
CORELLI, Franco- SP 5 x 7" bust shot for Angel records
CORNETTI, Marianne -SP 4 x 6" color shot of the American mezzo as herself or Amneris. She is THE most Italianate mezzo going today. the real McCoy!
CURA, Jose- SP 4 x 6" photo of the exciting tenor back at the Met for Samson as Samson! or Otello, Don Jose, Loris or himself
CURTIS-VERNA, Maria- SP 8 x 10" Bender photo as Tosca (lightish writing) or as Violetta. Richard Dyer's superb article in a recent Opera News was long overdue. Nice souvenirs
de los ANGELES, Victoria- SP 4 x 6": bust shot Carmen Buenos Aires of the beloved late soprano c. early 1950s. or as Madama Buttefly d/s 1952
del MONACO,. Mario- SPc photos for Decca with records on verso
DOMINGO, Placido- SP 8x 11" color photo as Samson. TERRIFIC
DOW, Dorothy- SP 4 x 6" Villani photo of the American soprano as Lady Macbeth
DUPREZ, Gilbert-ALS 1 p in French from the great French tenor creator of Lucia di Lammermoor, La Favorite, Les Martyrs, Benvenuto Cellini, Jerusalem and many others. He will always be
remembered as the first to sing the "do di petto", the C from the chest, during the Italian premiere of William Tell in Naples which Rossini likened to a capon screaming but which the public loved
DUPREZ, Gilbert - nice 19th century printed portrait of the great tenor
ERHARDT, Otto- SP 5 x 7" portrait of the important German stage director long active in Buenos Aires (origin of this photo) from the 1930s onward and the New York City Opera etc.
FUCHS, Marta- SP 4 x 6" photo of the important star German zwischenfach singer of the 1930s - 40s as a Bayreuth Kundry 2 poses
GERMANIA- decorative 8 x 12" playbill in the Art Nouveau style for Franchetti's opera at the Teatro Communale Bologna Stagione Lirica 1902 with Mugnoz, Bassi, Sammarco, Uffreduzzi etc.
together with 4 pp program for the autumn season which also included Lohengrin as well as large 4 pp document listing all the expenses paid by Ricordi and Franchetti to the various departments
of the theatre all officially stamped and signed. Fascinating to see how it was done
GERSTER, Etelka- SP Mora cabinet photo of the legendary Hungarian soprano, trained by Marchesi as "rival" to Patti. Her career statred with Verdi's recommendation to Venice's Teatro La
Fenice where she debuted as Gilda 1876. She married impresario Carlo Gardini and centered her career in London where she sang till 1890. She came to New York 1878 and had a sensation with La
Sonnambula and Queen of the Night returning often. She opened a singing school in Berlin and her pupils included Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, Julia Culp and Clara Butt. EXTREMELY RARE. SIGNED THIS EARLY
DATE 1882
GRECO, Norina- SP 5 x 7" portrait of the Italian born Brooklyn raised soprano a stunning Leonora on a 1941 Met broadcast of Trovatore opposite Bjorling. SCARCE
GRUBER, Andrea- SPc photo of the terrific dramatic soprano as herself or color Aida. Shešs the Met's Turandot and Abigaile this season
JOHNSON, Edward- SP 89 x 10" Mishkin photo of the Canadian tenor as Pelleas one of his most notable roles
KOCZENA, Magdalena-SP 5 x 7" color shot of the stunning young Czech mezzo star in the making
KURZ, Selma- SP Adele Wien cabinet role photo 1904. The beloved Viennese soprano was a pillar of the Mahler ensemble and remained for nearly 2 decades after his death as leading soprano
LEHMANN- KALISCH, Lili- SPc of the stupendous soprano with a donkey captioned Lili Lehmann-Kalisch Die Tierschutzerin (animal protector) one of her pet projects. She writes in French"
There is no difference between the pains of man and those of animals only that we do not understand either the soul or language of these poor mistreated ones Lili Lehmann-Kalisch 1902"
LEHMANN, Lili- Affiche 7 x 10" for NORMA at the KK Hof Operntheater Wien for Monday 15 May 1882 when the great soprano sang Adalgisa opposite Vienna favorite Marie WILT as Norma.
later to become one of Lehmann's greatest roles. The next night she sang Aennchen in Freischutz whilst 2 night later Wilt sang Aida opposite Marianne Brandt's Amneris. Those were the days
LEHMANN, Lotte- SPc of THE Marschallin - Vienna photo - tiny corner loss
MERLI, Francesco- SPc one of the La Scala star dramatic tenor of the 20s-40s as SAMSON
MILANOV, Zinka- SP 8 x 10" photo of the beloved DIVA as Donna Anna a role she sang in Yugoslavia as well as 20 times at the Met under Szell, Reiner and Walter
MUZIO, Claudia- SP 8 x 10" bust portrait of the LEGENDARY/TRAGIC soprano star wearing her Norma wreath d/s Chicago 1923. Chicago along with Buenos Aires and Rome were her home bases
NEMETH, Maria- SPc photo of the stunning silver voiced Hungarian prima dramatic soprano star of the Vienna Opera 1920s-40s. as Turandot one of her signature roles
NILSSON, Birgit- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the sorely missed super star d/s
PAVAROTTI, Luciano- SP 4 x 6" casual shot of the super star
PONCHARD, Louis-Auguste- ALS 1 p in French from the tenor, a pupil of Louis Garat! From 1811-1834 he was a a leading member of L'Opera-Comique creating many operas by Auber, Boieldieu
(La Dame Blanche), Mehul etc and was especially renowned for his performances in Gretry operas. His pupils included Faure, Roger, Mario, Rosine Stolz, Dabadie and Poultier below as well as his
son tenor Charles-Marie-Auguste Ponchard. This letter is dated 31.X.1829 and addressed to Monsieur Berutin Surintendant de la Chapelle du Roi in which he sends his regrets at having an
accident which is preventing him from appearing etc UNCOMMON
PONCHARD, Louis-Auguste- Collection du Corsaire print No 48 (Journal des Spectacles) by Vigneron
POULTIER, Placide- ALS 1 p in French from the French dramatic tenor who debuted at the Paris Opera in Guilliame Tell 1842 and went on to sing all the leading roles. He writes the
recipient that he was born in Villequier in 1815
QUASTHOFF, Thomas- SP 5 x 7" color photo of today's leading German dramatic baritone as Amfortas in the Vienna production
RANKIN, Nell- SP 8 x 10" photo as Eboli or portrait of the exciting mezzo soprano recently deceased
SARFATY, Regina- SP8 x 10" glamour photo of the New York mezzo long associated with the Santa Fe Opera, Frankfurt, Glyndebourne and Zurich but especially the New York City Opera where
she created Weisgall's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" together with Beverly Sills. UNCOMMON
SAYAO, Bidu SP 8 x 10" Wilenski Buenos Aires matte portrait of the beloved Brasilian soprano looking her most beguiling. Areal charmer!! d/s New York 1943 at the very height of her career
SCACCIATI, Bianca- SPc glamour bust shot of the exciting Italian dramatic soprano a star of Toscaninišs l920's La Scala ensemble where she remained after he left. d/s 1928
SCHAFER, Christine SP 4 x 6 photo of the stunning German soprano virtuoso equally at home in Barqoue music or Lulu
SCHOFFLER, Paul- SPc size Fayer portrait of the beloved baritone or as Iago a role he sang under Furtwangler among others
SCHWARZ, Vera- SPc Setzer glamour shot of the Croatian born dramatic soprano a Berlin and Vienna favorite during the 20s-30s who also recorded super operetta duets with Tauber
SCOTT, Henri- SP 6 x 8" Mishkin portrait of the American bass s 1917. He was a regular at the Chicago-Philadelphia, Manhattan, Metropolitan and Ravinia Operas
SCOTTO, Renata- SP 4 x 6" photo as a CHARMING young Adina!!
SEEFRIED, Irmgard-signs photo in DGG adv in New York Philharmonic program under Solti-she sang Purcell & Wolf. Unique artist
SOULIOTIS, SP 5 x 7" full length role photo of the late soprano or as a Dallas Anna Bolena
STOSKA, Polyna- SP 8 x 10" bust photo of the smiling Massachusets born spinto who enjoyed a very respectable career at the New York City Opera and Metduring the 1940s. Some fine
broadcasts exist
STOYANOVA, Krassimira-SP 5 x 7" color shot of the Bulgarian soprano as a Vienna Nedda / Colombina. Her Liu at the Met this season was a triumph!
STRACCIARI, Riccardo- SP 8 x 10" photo of the de luxe baritone as Enrico in Lucia d/s New York 1919. Upper corner chip. GREAT recordings
SUTHERLAND, Dame Joan- SP 8 x 10" action shot by Houston Rogers from a Covent Garden Lucia
TASSINARI, Pia- SP 4 1/2 x 7" photo of the classy Italian soprano as Elsa in Lohengrin one of her most popular roles together with the expected verismo. d/s Teatro Colon 1946. On a
larger mount
TEBALDI, SP 8 x 10" action photo of the late DIVAas Tosca or 8 x 10" portrait d/s 1956
TEYTE, Dame Maggie- SPc photo of the UNIQUE English soprano as Melisande a role she sang immediately after the world premiere and a half century later
TUCKER, Richard- SP 8 x 10" sepia bust portrait of the exciting American tenor STAR
TURNER, Dame Eva- SPc of the STUPEDNOUS English Turandot-a force of nature. Listen to the 1937 Covent Garden broadcast to be bowled over
UNGHER, Carolina- Lovely 10 x 14" engraving by Miahaelangelo Orsi /pub Gozzini of the Hungarian born mezzo soprano star creator of the Alt solo in Beethoven's Symphony #9 in Vienna later
enjoying great success in London, Paris, Germany but above all in Italy as one of the GREATEST stars of the period creating operas by Mercadante, Pacini, Bellini and Donizetti. Rossini, whose
operas she excelled in said that her voice had "the fire of the south, the energy of the north, unlimited breath a silver tone and a golden talent"- she also composed! After her retirement she
lived with her husband French writer Sabatier in Firenze. There is a lovely 4 stanza poem extolling her talents below the image
VELLUTI, Giovanni Battista- portrait print Brescia nel Carnevale 1840 of the legendary soprano castrato, the last of the great castrati whose career lasted from 1800 to 1830 and included
creations of operas by Niccolini (Coriolano opposite Colbran), Mayr, Rossini, Meyerbeer (Il Crociato in Egitto opposite Malibran). This last opera was repeated in London 1825 where castrati
had not appeared since 1800 and the public was fascinated and shocked! Velutti's career encompassed the leading theatres of Italy, Vienna, Russia and London. Some foxing and surface creasing
but EXTREMELY RARE
VEZZANI, Cesar- SP 4 x 6 1/2 " bust portrait of the LEGENDARY French tenor whose ASTOUNDING recordings are being re released by Marston records
WACHTEL, Theodor- C. Bieber Hamburg cabinet portrait of the German tenor d/s on verso with elaborate dedication 1874 from the world renowned star tenor whose easy top (a stunning do di
petto) enabled him to sing his favorite part Chapelou in Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjmeau over 1000 times! Trovatore, Alessandro Stradella, William Tell and Huguenots also played an important
part his very long International career. He stopped singing in 1893 the year of his death at age 70!
WINKELMANN, Hermann- SP Adele Wien sepia portrait of Vienna's star dramatic tenor s Wien 1905. After creating Parsifal at Bayreuth in 1882 he became a prized member of the Wiener Hofoper
where he was the first Otello & Dalibor as well as THE Wagner tenor and a pillar of the Mahler ensemble till his farewell in 1906. RARE recordings. Legendary singer
WUNDERLICH, Fritz- SPCc size photo for Electrola of the Golden toned German tenor as Alfredo. Recordings listed on verso| TEATRO alla SCALA |
EUROPA RICONISCUTA di Antonio Salieri Luxuriosly produced 300+ page hardcover program book for the reopening performance at Milano's great theatre on December 7,2004 after a complete
modernization of the backstage and working areas, additions to same and refurbishing of the Sala..This is the same opera that was first presented at the Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro di Milano on
the occasion of its first opening 3 August 1778. There are scholarly articles in Italian by Claudio Toscani, Otto Biba, Paolo Gallarati, and others as well as the libretto, complete
reproductions of the original settings by I Fratelli Galliari, marvelous color plates related to the theatre, Salieri, historical personalities and performers, in short everything one wants to
know about Salieri (a detailed biographical chronology) and his opera. A MUST
TEATRO alla SCALA-Un Palco al Opera. Lovely 157 page soft cover book sponsored by Corriere della Sera, Milano's prima newspaper published in conjunction with the reopening of the theatre
on December 7,2004 after the great renovation. Historical articles, marvelous color plates of scenery and performers as well as a 17 page detailed illustrated article on the renovation project
and a 20 page chronology of the highlights of the theatre's history. Another MUST
THE MUSE SURMOUNTED BEL CANTO GONE AMUCK! A hilarious opera recording packed with seventy-nine minutes of extraordinary recordings, plus a lavish booklet. Thrill to the Homophone
Orchestra's potpourri from Carmen and Saint Saens' Bacchanale. Hear Florence Foster Jenkins' ("Lady Florence" to her friends) sole unissued record, plus selections by eleven of her greatest
rivals, most never before on records. You haven't lived until you've heard Mari Lyn (really Marilyn Susman) "overcadenzorise" Una Voce Poco fa, or Jessye Norman's teacher Alice Gerstl Duschak
"Doodle Dee" her way through a song of Weber. And the Aida duet with Thomas Chadbourne and his wife Norma Jean (they of the notorious "Faust Travesty" on the back of the old Jenkins LPs) is
beyond description. The liner notes contain the only source for the true story of Florence Foster's sordid life, and details of the other divas as well - with pictures (including one of Lady
Florence's accompanist Cosme McMoon, being lifted by California's current Governator, from the time McMoon ran a male brothel staffed by bodybuilders.) Also includes a spoken reminiscence of
Jenkins by McMoon. Details for ordering and samples of the recordings can be had at the website: homophonecd.com| 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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