164. ALAGNA, Roberto- SP cover of Opera News October 2001. The French/Italian tenor is back at the Met for Romeo. .................$60	GHEORGHIU, Angela- see below	165. ALDA, Frances- SP 6 x 8" Mishkin portrait of the glamorous New Zealand born soprano, a Marchesi pupil and wife of Met Genrral Manager Gatti-Casazza during most of his tenure. She sang 369 performances at the Met creating countless roles in Met first performances of operas such as "Francesca da Rimini", "La Cena delle Beffe","Cleopatra's Night", "La Filkle de Madame Angot","Prince Igor" and others as well as singing entire standard lyric repertory. She was a very accomplished vocalist. .................$275
166. ALSEN, Herbert- SPc photo of the very fine Austrian basso a great favorite in Vienna Salzburg and other European theatres from 1935 on. He can be heard on many recordings and live performances on CD. SCARCE. .................$85	167. ALVAREZ, Marcello & LICITRA- SP 4 x 6" photo of the 2 popular tenor favorites who have teamed up for joint concerts. .................$65	168. AUSENSI, Mario- SP c of the powerful Spanish baritone as Marcello or himself Some terrific recordings. .................$75
169. BUCKINGHAM PALACE Wednesday Evening 2 June 1880- lovely "lace" bordered program 8 x 10" for the command concert for Queen Victoria in which the singers were Albani, Osgood & Patey, de Caters-Lablache and Spanish tenor STAR GAYARRE. Quite a lineup! Excellent condition. GAYARRE material is VERY SCARCE. .................$350	170. BAMPTON, Rose- SP 8 x 10" Maurice Seymour photo of the late soprano as AIDA early on or 8 x 10", a color photo at home later on or as the Marschallin in Buenos Aires late 1940s The popular Met soprano c 1930s-40 and busy teacher died recently age 99. .................$85	171. BAYRADAKIAN, Isabel- SP 4 x 6" photo of the fine young Met soprano as Zerlina at the Salzburg Festival. .................$45
172. BARTOLI, Cecilia- SP 5 x 7" photo in splendida Venezia or portrait. The unique DIVA has just started her European Malibran tour in conjunction with a traveling exhibition devoted to Malibran who celebrates her 200th birthday next March24th.For details visit www.mariamalibran.net. .................$50	173. BJORLING, Jussi- large FULL signature of the GREAT Swedish tenor toether with an 8 x 10" photo of him in Tosca VERY YOUNG. .................$675	174. CALLAS, Maria- The LEGENDARY DIVA signs the inside title page of a pocket libretto for Cherubini's "Medea' one of her greatest roles. Also signed by fellow Venice Teatro alla Fenice cast members TUCCI, PIRAZZINI & TOZZI 1954. Together with an unsigned Piccagliani photo of Callas as Medea .................$1,200
175. CALLAS, Maris- Le COFFERT DU 30eme ANNIVERSAIRE. Special issue of the French magazine CLASSICA...Maria CALLAS 30 ANS DEJA....(30 YEARS ALREADY) with 20 pages devoted to the DIVA and a special 2 CD set. .................$75	176. CAMPAGNOLA, Leon- SPc of the important French spinto tenor who enjoyed an important career starting 1904. He was active at the Paris Opera as well as all the French and Belgian theatres, La Scala and the US in Boston, Chicago and LA ("Louise" with Garden). Fine records. we have "Manon" , "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame' or "Paillasse". .................$85	177. CARUSO, Enrico- SPc nice photo of the DAPPER YOUNG TENOR STAR signed BAires 1903 his triumphant return to Argentina. Somebody tore away the upper right corner for the stamp! The photo and writing are unaffected. Uncommon this vintage. .................$675
178. COLOMBO, Scipio- Spc of the well regarded mid 20th century Italian baritone. His big career started at La Scala 1947 in the Italian premieres of "Love for 3 Oranges" and "Peter Grimes" and 10 years later he created Marquis de la Force in Poulenc's "Les dialogues des Carmelites"- He also created Dallapiccola's "Il Prigioniero" and other works by Pizzetti, Donati and others. He also sang the standard repertory and was active in Holland, London, Germany and Aix en Provence in Mozart roles. Reissues of many live performance. SCARCE. .................$100	179. CORELLI, Franco- SP 7.5 x 10" uncommon photo of IL DIVO in the Arena di Verona. .................$200	180. CORENA, Fernando- SP 4 x 6" photo of the unforgettable basso buffo as Dr Bartolo perhaps his greatest role. .................$60
181. CRESPIN, Regine- SP of the late DIVA the epitome of a style and chic peculiar to the French and a singer that reflected the same qualities. Here we have the Marschallin, Carmen or herself. MORE CRESPIN MATERIAL AVAILIBLE. .................$85		183. DESSAY, Natalie- SP 4 x 7 photo of the very original French soprano star, the Met's new Lucia as Zerbinetta, Olympia or herself. A real stage animal! .................$50
184. FRANCELL, Fernand- Spc of the French lyric tenor who debuted at the Opera-Comique in 1906. Beside signing the entire standard repertory he created operas by Jacques-Delcroze, Messager "Fortunio", Laparra "La Habanera", Leoni "Francesca da Rimini" and many others. This photo as des Grieux is signed Buenos Aires 1917. .................$85	185. FURLANETTO, Ferruccio- SP 3.5 x 4.5" fine Italian basso as Figaro. .................$50	186. GARDEN, Mary- SPc of the UNIQUE Scotch DIVA as Thais. Surface crack on the background and medium contrast so... .................$50
GAYARRE, Julian- see BUCKINGHAM PALACE above	187. GHEORGHIU, Angela & ALAGNA, Roberto- SP 8 x 10" of the pair as Romeo et Juliette at the Met. .................$60	188. GIGLI, Beniamino- SP 7 x 9" Camuzzi photo of the honey voiced tenor star as Romeo at La Scala mid 1930s. The photo was signed in 1955. .................$375
189. GOBBI, Tito- SP 4 x 6" soignee portrait of the GREAT Italian baritone star. .................$100	190. GOULD, Stephen- SP 5 x 7" photo of the American tenor active at Bayreuth as Tannhauser or himself. .................$50	191. HADLEY, Jerry- SP 4 x 6" photo of the late American tenor as himself or Tamino. .................$65
192. HEMPEL, Frieda- Sp 8 x 10" photo of the German soprano dressed for one of her popular Jenny Lind recitals. Upper & right lower corners gone. .................$60	193. HOMER, Louise- SP 6 x 7" Aimee Dupont sepia photo of the GOLDEN AGE American contralto as Laura in "La Gioconda" d/s "To Mr. Charles Ritter Very Sincerely yours Louise Homer Trovatore 1912"There are some mounting remnants and stains to the border, photo and writing perfect or a matted private photo 4 x 6"(overall 8 x 10"). More Louise HOMER material available. .................$125	194. HUNT LIEBERSON, Lorraine- SP 4 x 4.5" portrait of the late great American mezzo. SCARCE. .................$150
195. HUC SANTANA- SPc size photo of the Argentine/French bass as Don Quichotte. Huc Santana was the great French character basso post WW!! singing the whole repertory in Paris, the provinces, Belgium, Argentina etc. From Basilio to Boris he was Vanni Marcoux's successor. UNCOMMON. .................$150	196. KOZLOVSKY, Ivan- SPc size young portrait of the beloved Russian tenor star of the Bolshoi and so many recordings. Also dedicated verso 1931. .................$475	197. LANG, Petra- SP 4 x 6" photo of the powerful young German mezzo enjoying a BIG blossoming career. .................$50
198. LEHMANN, Lotte, STEVENS, Rise & STEBER, Eleanor- all 3 signed cast page for Met "Der Rosenkavalier" March 7,1941 together with an 8 x 10" stage shot of the LEGENDARY trio. VERY SPECIAL. .................$375	199. LUART, Emma- SPc of the lovely Belgian lyric coloratura soprano who started by creating Melisande for Holland and Belgium 1916 and was then active in Paris, Brussels in the whole standard French and Italian repertory plus Russian roles including "The Fair at Sorotschinky" opposite McCormack at Monte Carlo. She created Pierne's "Sophie Arnoult", Ibert's "Le Roi d'Yvetot" and operas by Bruneau, Hue and others. Fine recordings. UNCOMMON. .................$100	200. LUDIKAR, Paolo (Pavel)- SPc of the Czech basso as Mefistofole Teatro Colon 1913 or advertising his SKODA car which he drives around for his concert tour as printed on the verso (amusing)! After his 1904 Prague debut he enjoyed a great international career till WW11. He was La Scalas first Baron Ochs, the Met's first Timur and created Krenek's "Karl V" in Prague in 1938. He had a vast repertory and sang in all the great theatres. .................$100
201. MANCINI, Caterina- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Cetra Soria records/RAI DRAMATIC SOPRANO prima donna as Norma in Bologna or Lucrezia Borgia at La Scala. She was the REAL McCOY!!! .................$125	202. MELBA, Dame Nellie- Spc of the Austrialian SUPER DIVA- Melba toast, peach Melba and the golden voice. Small vertical surface crease on background. .................$475	203. MILANOV, Zinka- SP 5 x 7" de Bellis photo from the 1940s and the classic Tosca. .................$175
204. MUZIO, Claudia- SP 5 x 7" Sudak Teatro Colon photo of the tragic DIVA as La Traviata. Listen to the records! .................$475	205. NEGRI, Adelaide- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Argentine soprano as Lucia or Aida. She is outstanding in the dramatic coloratura bel canto repertory Donizetti, Bellini etc. and has a BIG following. .................$60	206. NETREBKO, Anna- SP 8 x 10" sexy shot or 7 x 9.5" BIG SMILE from the Russian SUPERDIVA. MORE NETREBKO material available. .................$85
207. NILSSON, Birgit- SP 5 x 7" photo of the late Swedish SUPER DIVA as her self, Turandot or listening to the playbacks with the Decca crew (John Culshaw and Eric Smith). .................$85	208. NORENA, Eide- SPc of the Norwegian soprano a RAVISHINGLY beautiful singer acclaimed for her Ophelie, Juliette, Desdemona, etc. Milano, Chicago and Paris adored her. Sublime recordings SCARCE. .................$200	209. PAMPANINI, Rosetta- SPc of the Italian soprano blessed with a beautiful ,vibrant ,live voice ideal for the verismo roles she ate up. She is shown here as Manon Lescaut. Her recordings are a lesson in FULL THROATED Italian singing. .................$150
210. PAPE, Rene- SP cover of Opera News November 2001 - great portrait of the terrific German basso. .................$60	211. PAVAROTTI, Luciano- SP 8 x 10" color shot as Nemorino singing "Una furtiva lagrima" or taking the applause at a recital. .................$200	212. PAVAROTTI, Luciano- 5 x 7" Piccagliani photo as the a young Duke in "Rigoletto" EARLY in his career at Teatro alla Scala seen looking at himself in the dressing room dedicated and neatly signed. Vintage. MORE PAVAROTTI MATERIAL AVAILIBLE. .................$275

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213. PONS, Lily- SPc size photo of the ever glamorous French STAR soprano a name known to the masses. .................$150	214. RETHBERG, Elisabeth- SP 8 x 10" photo of the Saxon soprano a star first in Dresden and then for more than 20 years at the Met where she sang a vast repertory of Italian and German roles to great audience and critical acclaim. Shown as herself or Tosca. .................$150	215. REVOIL, Fanely- SP 5 x 7" Piaz Paris photo of the GLAMOROUS Marseille born Opera Comique soubrette where she debuted in 1936 in the world premiere of Roussel's "Le Testament de Tante Caroline" followed by the world premiere of Lazarus's "La chambre bleue". She then sang Chabrier's "L'Etoile", Hahn's "Ciboulette" and Pierne's "Fragonard" but her great role was Messager's "Veronique"- an OPERETTE DIVA par excellence!! Operette recordings of course and Nicklausse in the early Cluytens ‘Comtes d'Hofmann". SCARCE. .................$125
216. ROSCHMANN, Dorothea- SP 5 x 7" stage shots of the exciting German soprano as Ilia in "Idomoneo". .................$50	217. RUFFO, Titta- Spc of the powerhouse Golden Age Italian baritone- a LEGEND. Great recordings. Vertical surface crease so... .................$100	218. SALIGNAC, Thomas- Spc of the French tenor star as des Grieux in "Manon". 3 years after his Paris debut in 1893 he was the the Met for 6 seasons singing 18 parts from Don Jose (opposite Calve) to Don Ottavio in 88 performances. When he returned to Paris he created roles in operas by Widor, Leroux, Laparra, Pierne, Milhaud and above all de Falla's "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" in the Princess de Polignac's private theatre in 1923!He was active in London, Brussels, Monte Carlo, Zurich etc He was publisher of Lyrica, impresario and more...Only recordings are Mapelson cylinders from the Met! .................$175
219. SAMMARCO, Mario- SPc Mishkin portrait of the Sicilian baritone signed Chicago 1912. He debuted in Palermo 1888 and went on to La Scala were he created Giordano's "Andrea Chenier", Leoncavallo's "Zaza", Franchetti's "Germania" opposite Caruso among others. Berlin, London, Prague, Zurich, Buenos Aires and Chicago heard him as well as New York with the Hammerstein company and Philadelphia where he created Victor Herbert's "Natoma" opposite Mary Garden- He NEVER sang at THE MET! He also taught and 2 of his outstanding pupils were Inghilerri & Sved. Lots of recordings. One of the giants of the Golden Age. Upper corners missing. .................$100	220. SCHLAGER , "Toni" (Antonie)- SPc of the Viennese soprano who started at the Carl Theater as an operetta diva creating works by von Suppe and singing works by Millocker, Strauss, Offenbach, Lecoq etc.In 1882 she debuted at the Hoftheater as Valentin in Les Huguenots" where she remained till 1896 singing the whole dramatic repertory also guesting in London, Riga, Budapest, Munich etc. She made 1 G & T record in 1904 after her retirement. UNCOMMON. .................$250	221. SCHWARZKOPF, Elisabth- SPc size Fayer Wien glamour portrait of the late soprano STAR. This is as beautiful as a photo can be. .................$175
222. SERENI, Mario- SP 8 x 10" Metropolitan Opera photo of the long time Met bartione as Gerard the role of his debut. .................$85	223. SHIRLEY, George- SP 8 x 10" Melancon photo of the popular Met tenor in "La Boheme" and "Carmen." .................$75	224. SILLS, Beverly- SPc of the late BELOVED soprano STAR as Lucia, Manon or herself. Sills was a law unto herself- beautiful voice, technique, charm, drama, pzzazz she exuded the joy of singing and was genuinely adored. .................$60
225. SILLS, Beverly– SP 8 10" color photo- this says it ALL. MORE SILLS MATERIAL AVAILIBLE. .................$85	226. SLEZAK, Leo- SPc photo of the LEGENDARY GOLDEN AGE Vienna based tenor as Otello a role he sang at the Met as well as countless times in Vienna. .................$175	227. SOVIERO, Diana- SP 4 x 5" color shot of the American verismo specialist as "La Traviata" –a stunning artiste. .................$50
228. SPANI, Hina- SP 5 x 7" photo of the ravishing Argentine soprano d/s Santiago 1935. Spani debuted both at La Scala and Teatro Colon 1915 returning often to Italy. She sang the entire standard spinto to dramatic soprano repertory both Italian and German as well as creaing operas by Diaz and Boero- 2 versions of "Tucuman", Franchetti's "Glauco" etc as well a countless first performances of operas in Argentina and Brasil- over 70 roles! Glorious recordings eg Willaim Tell, Verdi and Wagner arias etc. .................$200	229. STEMME, Nina- SP 4 x 6" color shot of the stunning Swedish soprano who recorded Isolde opposite Domingo. .................$50	230. STICH-RANDALL, Teresa- SP 4 x 6" of the late American soprano who started as the Aida Priestess under Toscanini for NBC and went on to be the "Queen" of the Aix en Provence Festival, to sing almost 400 performances at the Vienna State Opera, galvanize the Met with her Donna Anna and leave some sublime recordings. Fayer Wien photo as Contessa Almaviva or full body portrait. .................$85
231. STREIT, Kurt- SPc size photo of the Fine German tenor. .................$50	232. TAGLIABUE, Carlo- SPc of the powerful Italian baritone as Rigoletto one of his signature roles. His long career went from the 20s to the age of Callas with whom he sang and recorded. .................$85	233. TAUBER, Richard- SPc of the greatest operetta tenor as Goethe in Lehar's "Friederike" one of his creations. .................$175
234. TE KANAWA, Kiri- SP 5 x 7" color portrait or b/w shot as Contessa Almaviva or color shot as the Marshcallin. Dame Kiri's farewell tour brings her to Carnegie Hall in October. .................$85	235. TALAZAC, Jean-Alexandre- ALS on the French tenors' embossed card- Talazac was the creator of "Manon","Lakme", "Le Roi d'Ys" & "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"- NOT BAD!!! he writes .."Monday 3PM, My dear Darnault, Impossible to come Wednesday morning! regrets and greetings your very devoted Talazac." .................$150	236. TALAZAC, Jean-Alexandre- Benque & Co color tinted photo of the very important French creator tenor – "Manon", "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", "Le Roi d'Ys" and "Lakme" were all his. .................$300
237. TEBALDI, Renata- SP 7 x 9" of the late beloved Diva at La Scala in costume as Tosca with her floral tributes and in her dressing room again with her flowers and making herself up. .................$175	238. TERFEL, Bryn + ALVAREZ, Carlos+ Schade, Michael- SP 5 x 7" color shot of the 3 popular singers. .................$85	239. TUCKER, Richard- SP 8x 10" photo of the Great American tenor star as himself or in Tosca. .................$150
240. VANNI-MARCOUX- Spc of the French basso star as Boris Godunoff s. 1931 on the dark background so medium contrast. A LEGENDARY singer. .................$175	241. VILLAZON, Rolando- SP 8 x 10.5" casual shot of the vibrant Mexican tenor. .................$85	242. VOLKER, Franz- SPc of the German tenor star as Lohengrin signed Bayreuth 1936-1940 or as himself or as Otello.. He was a fixture at Bayreuth during that period and there are wonderful live recordings of the Lohengrin. Beautiful voice. .................$175
243. WARREN, Leonard- SP 8 x 10" photo of the powerful American baritone star as Falstaff a role he sang in Buenos Aires, San Francisco and the Met. .................$475	244. WINDGASSEN, Wolfgang- SP photo of perhaps Bayreuth's most legitimate post WW11 all round tenor. An immensely satisfying singer and artist. Portrait or Tannhauser. .................$150	245. ZACCARIA, Nicola- SP 5 x 7" Piccagliani photos of the Greek basso as Ramfis or Sparafucile. .................$60

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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