161. ADAM, Theo & Geszty, Sylvia- SP 4 x 6" photo as Cesare and Cleopatra souvenir of Berlin. .................$50	ALAGNA, Roberto- see GHEORGHIU, Angela below.	162. AMATO, Pasquale- SPc of the Golden Age Italian baritone a long time Met favorite where he created the Sheriff in "La Fanciulla del West", and sang in the world premieres of Giordano's "Madame Sans Genes" and Damrosch's "Cyrano de Bergerac"-In all he sang 632 Met performances from 1908-1933. .................$95
163. AMPARAN, Belen- SP 5 x 7" Teatro Reale photo of the Mexican contralto as Carmen one of her Met roles. Beautiful lady and beautiful voice. .................$75	164. ANSELMI, Giuseppe- SPc portrait of the legendary Italian tenor idolized in Spain where his heart was buried!! He was idolized too in Buenos Aires where this photo was signed 1910. GREAT recordings that display a style of singing all but lost and forgotten today. .................$375	165. ARIZMENDI, Elena- SP 5 x 7" photo of the lovely Argentine lyric soprano as Marguerite or Lucia. Arizmendi was the favorite pupil of Barrientos and early in career at the Teatro Colon sang Mimi opposite Gigli in "La Boheme" andLiu in the legendary "Turandots" with Callas and del Monaco. She sang with success in Italy during the 1950s and made some exquisite records. .................$125
166. ARTETA, Ainhoa- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the lovely Spanish soprano a Met favorite. .................$50	167. BARTOLI, Cecilia- SP 5 x 7" photo of the superstar in "Il Turco in Italia" or as herself. .................$50	BASTIANINI, Ettore- see CORELLI, Franco below.
168. BIANCHI, Bianca Pollini- SPc with a message alongside the role photo of the popular German soprano a favorite of Hans von Bulow. A member of the Vienna Opera she sang with great success in Vienna, Munich, Prague, Hamburg, Milano, St. Peterburg, Moscow etc. singing at times together with Patti eg "L'Etoile du Nord" at Covent Garden or alternating with her as Rosina also at Covent Garden. In 1883 she created the "Fruhlingstimme- walzer" ("The Vocies of Spring Waltz") which Johann Strauss composed for her. After a long career she taught in Munich and Salzburg. Minnie Nast was one of her pupils. .................$175	169. BROZIA, Zina- SPc Stiller Boston role photo of the Elena Theodorini pupil who in 1904-1906 sang Violetta at the Opera Comique and Eboli in Monte Carlo!! She created Erlanger's "Aphrodite" at the Opera Comique 1906 and concentrated on soprano roles singing in France, Italy and Boston. In 19l4 she created Hirschmann's "La Danseuse de Tangra" at La Gaitie in Paris. She made 2 rare American Columbia records. Lower left corner missing. SCARCE. .................$150	170. BUCKINGHAM PALACE Wednesday Evening 17th June 1894- lovely "lace" bordered program 8 x 10" for the command concert for Queen Victoria in which the singers were Eames, Albani , Ravogli, Henschel, Ben Davies and Maurel + Ludwig Strauss on the fiddle . Quite a lineup! Excellent condition .................$175
171. BUTI, Carlo- SPc of the tenor who recorded 1574 songs in his unique quasi falsetto manner, made movies and was a great, great popular favorite. He died in 1963 at age 61.There has been a renewed interest in his recordings because of a recent article. .................$125	172. CALLAS, Maria- SP 4 x 6"lovely Luxardo elegant seated portrait showing the DIVA with a flowered bonnet signed 1956 Maria is on the dark shawl. .................$975	173. CALLEJA, Joseph- SP 5 x 7" color photo as Alfredo (Met debut role) or Arturo in "Puritani"- superb stylist reminiscent of the old school (other photos available). .................$50
174. CARRERAS, Jose- SP 7 x 9.25" photo as a YOUNG Alfredo- Teatro Colon or an 8 x 10" b/w photo by Erika Davidson of the youngtenor star. .................$85	175. CARUSO, Enrico- self caricature by the GREAT tenor star. Nice profile- the signature is slightly faded but clearly legible. Special. .................$875	176. CHOOKASIAN, Lili- SP 4 x 6" Alfa photo Teatro Colon photo of the longtime Met contralto as Azucena. .................$65
177. CINTI-DAMOREAU, Laure- AMusQS a longggggggg cadenza written out by the French prima donna a pupil of Bordogni and Catalani! She created La Contessa de Folleville in Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims" at the Theatre Italien in 1825. Later at the Grand Opera de Paris she created roles in Spontini's "Fernand Cortez"; Rossini's "Le Siege de Corinthe", "Moise et Pharaon", "Le Comte Ory" & "Guillaume Tell"; Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable"; Auber's "La Muette de Portici"; Cherubini's "Ali Baba" and many others. She sang together with Malibran & Sontag in Act 1 of "Il Matrimonio Segreto" in 1829! Wouldn't you have like to be a fly on the wall??After 1837 she created more operas at the Opera Comique. One of the TRUE LEGENDS. .................$375	178. COERTSE, Mimi- SP 4 x 6" young portrait of the South African soprano long associated with the Vienna State Opera or SPc c Fayer Wien photo as Aithra in "Die Aegyptische Helena" – a very fine versatile artiste. .................$75	179. CORELLI, Franco + BASTIANINI, Ettore + STELLA, Antonietta- all 3 Italian STARS sign 8 x 11.5 sheet below laid down 4 x 6" magazine stage shot of the 3 in a La Scala "Battaglia di Legnano" 1964. UNUSUAL. .................$150
180. CRESPIN, Regine- SP 4 x 6" Jan Levin portrait or 5 x 7" photo taking the applause at Teatro Colon BA where she was a GREAT FAVORITE. .................$65	181. CRIMI, Giulio- SPc bust portrait of the Sicilian tenor who created Zandonai's "Francesco da Rimini" in Torino and Puccini's "Il Tabarro" & "Gianni Schicchi" at the Met as well as giving first performances of many operas in the cities he regularly sang eg London, Rome, Chicago, Buenos Aires etc. After retiring in 1927 he taught in Rome and Tito Gobbi was his star pupil. Some Vocalion records including a "Miserere" with Rosa Raisa. Message of greeting on the verso. .................$175	182. CURA, Jose- SP 5 x 7" stage shots as Samson one of his very best roles. .................$50
183. della CASA, Lisa & FISCHER-DIESKAU- SP 4 x 6" Sabine Toeppfer Munchen photo of the dream pair as Arabella and Mandryka roles they owned for a generation. Signed by both singers. .................$150	184. della CASA, Lisa & ROTHENBERGER, Anneliese- SP 4 x 6" Sabine Toeppfer Munchen photo as Oktavian and Sophie- the ideal couple for more than a decade. Signed by both singers. .................$150	185. di PALMA, Piero- SP 5 x 7" Teatro San Carlo di Napoli photo of the brilliant Italian character tenor as Cassio. .................$50
di STEFANO, Giuseppe- see NILSSON, Birgit & PRICE, Leontyne.	186. DOMINGUEZ, Oralia- SP 4 x 6" Luciano Ferri Milano portrait of the POWERHOUSE Mexican contralto. Her recordings and live performances are worth seeking out. .................$150	187. DUVAL, Denise- SP 4 x 6" photo of the UNIQUE French soprano muse of Poulenc at home. She created his "Les Mamelles de Teresias" and "La Voix Humaine" as well as operas by Hahn, Riviere, Nabakov and others. Many recordings. A UNIQUE artiste. .................$150
188a. EGGERTH, Marta- SPc Ross Verlag photo of the ravishing Hungarian star of opera, operetta, film and now at 94 cabaret!! The phenomenal soprano just had a run of performances at New York City's Neue Gallerie's Cafe Sabarsky where she kept the audience enthralled for nearly 1.5 hours talking and singing her chestnuts and some new selections with utmost charm and amazingly beautiful voice. .................$60	188b. EGGERTH, Marta- 4 x 6" photo signed 1987. .................$60	188c. KIEPURA, Jan- SPc Ross Verlag bust shot of Eggerth's husband –legendary Polish tenor Jan Kiepura equally at home in opera, operetta and film. .................$60
188d. EGGERTH, Marta & KIEPURA, Jan- 4 x 6 photo of the couple in "The Merry Widow" the operetta that took them around the world signed by Eggerth only. .................$60	189. EDDY, Nelson- SP 8 x 10" G. aillard Keesslier N.Y.portrait of the Americam baritone who started in opera (Valentin, Wolfram etc) and then made movie history starring opposite Jeanette MacDonald- d/s 1933. .................$175	190. FAVARON, Pietro- SPc size portrait of Italian baritone active in Buenos Aires signed 1913. .................$85
191. FERRIER, Kathleen- the great beloved English contralto writes "Yours very Sincerely Kathleen Ferrier" on a card together with x 5 x 7" photo of her as Orfeo the last role she sang. .................$675	192. FLAGSTAD, Kirsten- SP 8 x 10" photo of the WAGNERIAN DIVA resting in the green room during a recital break! UNUSUAL- d/s. .................$575	193. FLEMING, Renee- SP 8 x 11" GLAMOUR portrait of the DIVA (other photos available). .................$85
194. FLOREZ, Juan Diego- SP 8 x 10" bust or full body shot for DGG of the popular Peruvian VIRTUOSO tenor signed Juan Diego (other photos available). .................$65	195. FORRESTER, Maureen- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Canadian contralto as Cornelia in "Giulio Cesare" d/s to Alberto. .................$65	196. FREZZOLINI, Ermenia- ANS on her embossed paper..."Dearest lady, I want you to accept this little remembrance as a sign of esteem and the respect I have for you Erminia Frezzolini-Torino 19 May 1846".. from the great 19th century prima donna daughter of basso Giuseppe creator of Dr. Dulcamara. She studied with Ronconi, Tachinardi and Manuel Garcia Jr. She was one of the great Donizetti & Bellini specialists of her time and created 2 Verdi operas "I Lombardi" & "Giovanna d'Arco". She was also Paris's first Gilda and Leonore ("Il Trovatore"). Her career lasted over 30 years and she toured North America with great success as well as singing in all the major European centers. Another one of the GREATS. .................$300
197. GHEORGHIU, Angela- SP 5 x 7" photo as Violetta or her glamorous self (other photos available). .................$50	198. GHEORGHIU, Angela & ALAGNA-Roberto- SP 5 x 7" color photo en privee or b/w photo from "La Rondine"- signed by both .................$75	199. GRANFORTE, Apollo- SPc of the titanic baritone d/s "To my dear friend Maestro Guido....with all my affection and respect Granforte"- a REAL dramatic baritone, he left some truly outstanding recordings. .................$150
200. GUIOT, Andrea- SP 4 x 6" role photo of the silver voiced French lyric soprano at home in Paris, the USA and BA in a wide repertory ranging from the French standard lyric roles to Puccini and contemporary opera. Lovely records. .................$65	201. GURYAKOVA, Olga- SP 5 x 7" photo the SUPER Russian singing actress- a real stage animal with a ravishing soulful voice. Bust shot or in "Mazeppa" her signature opera. .................$50	202. HOERNER, Germaine- SP 5 x 7" Harcourt Paris photo of the versatile French dramatic soprano a very effective Wagner and Strauss heroine. Those composer' operas and works such as La Juive, Les Huguenots, Alceste, Don Giovanni were her staples. She sang both "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Die Frau ohne Schatten" at the Teatro Colon, the first has been issued on CD. .................$85
203. HONG, Hei-Kyung- SP 8 x 10" color photo of the lovely Korean soprano as Cleopatra in "Giulio Cesare" one of the many roles she has so beautifully sung for almost 25 years at the Met This season she was Violetta, Liu & Eva- one lovelier than the other! .................$50	204. HVOROSTOVSKY, Dimitri- SP 8 x 10" color shot of the Siberian born matinee idol baritone star or in "Pique Dame" with Karita Mattila signed by both. .................$75	205. KAUFMANN, Jonas- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the stunning- looks & voice German tenor in "Idomoneo," "Parsifal" or as himself. He will be Siegmund in the Met's new Ring and just repeated his stellar Alfredo this season (other photos available). .................$50
206. KRAUS, Alfredo- SP 4 x 6" Piccagliani photo in "Linda di Chamounix"or in a Firenze Manon. .................$95	207. KUNDE, Geoffrey- SP 4 x 6 color photo as Arturo in "I Puritani." .................$50	208. LICITRA, Salvatore- SP 5 x 7" color shot from "Forza" or as himself. He scored this season in the Met's new "Il Tabarro" (other photos available). .................$50
209. MASINI, Galliano- SP 5.5x 8" photo of the handsome Italian tenor- Wonderful recordings of " La Forza del Destino", "Fedora" and others. He delivered the goods with ringing passionate voice. .................$75	210. MASLENNIKOW, Alexij- SP 4 x 6" bust portrait of the Russian tenor also signed and dated 18.X.71 MOCKBA on the verso. Maslennikow of the longtime Bolshoi lyric tenor who had a vast repertory of both Western and Russian roles. He often sang both roles in "Boris Godunoff" Dimitri and the Simpleton. Many fine recordings. SCARCE. .................$125	211. MASSARY, Fritzi- SPc of the Viennese born operetta star of Berlin's theatres from 1904 till she emigrated to London in 1933 and then to Los Angeles in 1938. She was unforgettable in both the standard works and those written for her by Fall, Lehar, Oskar Strauss and Stolz. She sang Adele under Bruno Walter in Berlin and Salzburg. .................$125
212. MAYNOR, Dorothy- SP 4 x 6" photo of the young American soprano d/s to the newspaper La Paz in Buenos Aires. .................$150	213. MELIS, Carmen- SPc of the Sardinian dramatic soprano a pupil of Teresina Singer, Cotogni and Jean de Reszke as Thais role of her debut in 1906. She sang a great deal all over the USA and South America but never at the Met! She sang in France, London and Italy where she created Giordanos's "La Cena delle Beffe" at La Scala under Toscanini. After retiring she taught in Pesaro and her pupils including Maliponte, Orlandi Malaspina, Santunione and Tebaldi. Many recordings. .................$150	214. MILANOV, Zinka- SP 8 x 10" photo of the GREAT Croatian soprano as a young "La Gioconda." .................$150
215. MUELLER, Maria- SP SPc of the lovely German soprano as "Aegyptische Helena" which she sang under Leo Blech in the Berlin premiere or as a Bayreuth Eva. Muller was closely associated with both the Berlin Staatsoper and Bayreuth but also sang 195 performances at the Met from 1925-1935- 19 roles German, Slavic and Italian her most frequent being Aida (28) and Madama Butterfly (19). Superb recordings and live souvenirs exist on CD. .................$150	216. NETREBKO, Anna- SP 8 x 10" color photo of the Russian super star soprano as her GLAMOROUS self or La Traviata (Salzburg). .................$175	NETREBKO, Anna + ROSCHMANN, Dorothee + SCHAFER, Christine- SP 5 x 7" trio of the sexy trio from the Salzburg "Nozze di Figaro" signed by all 3 favorites. .................$65
217. The DREAM TEAM - NETREBKO, Anna & VILLAZON, Rolando- SP as their smiling selves or in the Vienna "L'Elisir d'Amore" (other photos available). .................$95	218. NILSSON, Birgit & di STEFANO- both STARS sign 8 x 11.5" sheet below laid down 4 x 6" magazine stage shot from a Vienna "Turandot" from June 1961. UNUSUAL. .................$85	219. PALLENBERG, Max- SPc of the Viennese operetta baritone. He created works of Fall, Oskar Strauss, Lehar and Kalman in Vienna, then in Munich worked under Max Reinhardt in the Offenbach productions of "Orpheus in the Underworld" and "Die Schoene Helena" where he met his wife to be Fritzi Massary. He was also famed as Koko in the Mikado. Later on he switched to straight theatre and was one of the great comedians of his time also appearing as "The Good Soldier Schweik" directed by Piscator in Berlin. Many fine records. This photo is d/s to La Razon Berlin 1938. .................$85
220. PARETO, Gras(z)iella- SPc of the Barcelona born soprano where she debuted in 1906as Micaela. She was soon at the Teatro Colon where this photo shows her as Ophelia in "Hamlet" signed 1910. She sang with GREAT triumph in Havana, St. Petersburg, La Scala, Covent Garden, Monte Carlo, Salzburg the Met and Chicago. She had one of the most beautiful voices of her time, a great technique and a "Spanish" elegance. Beautiful recordings. .................$375	221. PILARCZYK, Helga- SP 4 x 6" Ilse Buhs Berlin head shot as Lulu one of the charismatic soprano's specialties. She created operas by Henze, Stravinsky, Krenek and others in Berlin and Hamburg where she regularly sang. She had a vast repertory of modern opera and orchestral works which she sang with triumphant success in ALL the great music centers and also wrote an essay "Can Modern Opera be Sung?" published 1964. .................$85	222. PRICE, Leontyne- SP program page from Vienna also signed by NILSSON, Birgit & di STEFANO, Giuseppe on 8 x 11" sheet. .................$85
223. RADVANOVSKY, Sondra- SP 5 x 7" color photos as Violetta or Roaxanne ("Cyrano de Bergerac"). Radvanovsky's voice is the REAL THING- a big throbbing old fashioned DRAMATIC SOPRANO of vivid colors and passion. .................$50	224. ROGATCHEWSKY, Joseph- SPc showing the Russian/French tenor of the Opera-Comique in "Orphee" recorded on disques for Columbia drawn by Arthur Stadler 1929.Before counter tenors there was Rogatchewsky a singer of great style and elegance as the Gluck hero. .................$85	225. ROTHMULLER, Marko- SPO 4 x 6" Simons Bermans New York photo of the Croatian/Jewish baritone as Scarpia. From 1935-1947 he was a member of the Zurich Opera where he sang in the world premiere Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler". He specialized in Verdi roles and after the war was able to start an international career which brought him special recognition in England. He later taught for years at Bloomington and wrote a book "Jewish Music" New York 1951 among others. Interesting recordings and air checks. .................$85
226. RUBIO, Consuelo- SP 4 x 6" Gyenes Madrid photo of the Spanish soprano who had a major career during the 1950s-60s singing roles such as as Eva, Donna Anna and Elvira, Alceste (a speciality), Elsa, Rosario-"Goyescas", Santuzza and others in the UK, USA, South America, Italy, Switzerland, Spain ,Germany and Austria. Fine recordings. .................$85	227.SHICOFF, Neil- SP 5 x 7" photo of the cantor's son as Eleazar in "La Juive" an opera he has triumphed in at the Met, Bastille and Vienna Operas. .................$50	228. SCHOCK, Rudolph- SPc size but shot (1949) or 4 x 6" photo as the Duke in "Rigoletto" signed 1951. SCARCE early images of the German tenor STAR who made so many super records. .................$125
229. SCHWARZKOPF, Elisabeth- SPc size Fayer Wien photos of the late soprano-Fayer's photos are magic. Bust photo or standing. .................$150	230. SEEFRIED, Irmgard & STREICH, Rita- BIG signatures from the beloved sopranos below laid down 4 x 6"magazine photo on an 8 x 11.5" sheet. .................$50	231. SIEPI, Cesare- SP 8 x 10" photo as a Met Boris Godunoff signed NY 1958. .................$150
232. SKOVHUS, Bo- SP 5 x 7" photo as Danilo or as Count Almaviva with Anna NETREBKO as Susanna from Salzburg signed by both. .................$50	233. SOLER, Jose- SP 5 x 7" photos of the Uruguayan dramatic tenor as Manrico – s 1948. .................$125	234. SOUZAY, Gerard- SP 5 x 7" portrait of the late French baritone- an art song specialist. .................$125
235. CESARE and CLEOPATRA- The two singers made the opera work as none since have managed first at the New York City Opera where they wove vocal magic and then at the Teatro Colon where these photos were taken: SILLS, Beverly- 5 x 7" photo as Cleopatra, and TREIGEL, Norman- 5 x 7" photo as Caesar- Treigle's signed photos are extremely scarce. Both. .................$375	236. TAMAGNO, Francesco- SP 5.5 x 8" oversize Ganzini & Gabriel Milano sepia cabinet portrait of the legendary Italian dramatic tenor creator of Otello as well as the revised version of "Simone Boccanegra", Ponchielli's "Il Figuol Prodigo" & "Marion Delorme" and Gomes's "Maria Tudor" etc/ He sang ALL the great dramatic tenor roles world wide with great success before retiring to his native Varese. d/s 18.8.(18)87. .................$1,500	237. TATUM, Nancy- SPc size photo of the American soprano as Odabella. Tatum had an imposing dramatic soprano voice that went too soon! .................$50
238. TROYANOS, Tatiana- SPc size color shot as a Met Julius Caesar. She delivered the goods!! .................$125	239. VOIGT, Deborah- SP 5 x 7" photo as the Marschallin or 4 x 6" Salome. .................$50	240. von OTTER, Anne Sophie- lovely 8 x 10" color photo of the versatile Swedish mezzo for DGG who issues here fine recordings. She recently appeared in New York as Brangane in the Tristan Project with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. .................$85
241. VILLAZON, Rolando- SP 5 x 7" color photo as himself or the Duke at the Met (other photos available) .................$50	242. WEEDE, Robert- SP 8 x 10" Abresch NY portrait of the top notch American baritone who went from Rigoletto to The Most Happy Fella in a long long career. Some surface creasing. .................$400	243. ZENATELLO, Giovanni- SPc portrait of the dapper Italian tenor- the great Otello of his time. Together with his wife contralto Maria Gay they founded the still running Arena di Verona summer festival performances in 1913. This photo was signed NY 1942 where Zenatello lived and taught after retiring. .................$175

Abbreviations
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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