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*229. HOMER, Louise- SP 4 x 6" sepia Mishkin cabinet photo of the beloved longtime Met Golden Age Mezzo as Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
...........................................$450

230. IAIA, Gianni- SP 5 x 7 photo of the excellent post WW11 Italian te nore as Pinkerton d/s 1954
...........................................$95

231. KERL, Torsten- SP 4 x 6 color photo as Laca in the Vienna Jenufa of the fast rising new tenor
...........................................$35

232 KIEPURA, Jan- SP cf the STAR Polish tenor. It is his centenary
...........................................$50

KRAUS, Alfredo- see DOMINGO, Placido above

233. KRILOVICI, Marina- SP 4 x 6 Ilse Buhs photo of the Roumanian soprano Mrs. Paskalis as a handsome Santuzza
...........................................$35

234. LABIA, Maria Perea- SP 4 x 6 bust photo of the smiling Italian soprano who enjoyed a long career 1906-36. Until WW1 She sang a lot in Berlin and had espionage problems when the war came, during the 1920s she was a Toscanini singer at La Scala. Her vast repertory included Tosca, Carmen, Salome, many then contemporary operas and lastly I Quattro Rusthegi which kept her busy at the end. Good recordings
...........................................$75

*235. LAFAYETTE, Leonora- lovely 4 x 6 portrait photo or as Aida laid down on an 8 x 11" paper with nice dedication German and big signature. Louisiana born Lafayette was Juilliard student under Dusolina Giannini and enjoyed a considerable German-Swiss-Austrian and English opera career during the 1950s-60s. She sang Delius's A Mass of Life in New York. SCARCE
...........................................$85

*236. LEHMANN, Lotte- SP 8 x 10 portrait for RCA
...........................................$150

237. LICITRA, Salvatore- selection of signed photos of the new tenor star. His concert Forza del Destino at Carnegie Hall in January was a sensation
...........................................$35

238. LONDON, George- big signature below laid down photo as a young Don Giovanni
...........................................$125

239. LORENGAR, Pilar- SP 4 x 6 photo as a Berlin Jenufa-vertical surface crease
...........................................$50

*240. LORENZ, Max- SPc as the Gotterdammerung Siegfried. A unique artist!
...........................................$125

241. LUDWIG, Walter- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the fine German tenor later medical doctor. Fine recordings. Photo from Buenos Aires
...........................................$40

242. MALANIUK, Ira- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the beautiful Ukrainian mezzo. Carmen Buenos Aires photo
...........................................$40

243. MASCHERINI, Enzo- SP 5 x 7 portrait of the fine handsome post WW11 Italian baritone. He appeared on some of the early Decca/London ffrr recordings with Tebaldi. This photo d/s 1938 is from his very start
...........................................$60

244. MANACCHINI, Giuseppe- SP 4 x 6 Foto Reale Roma image as Don Carlo in La Forza del Destino. This excellent singer is probably now best remembered for his poignant appearance in the film Il Baccio di Tosca with Sara Scuderi portraying life at the Casa Verdi, Milano
...........................................$75

245. MATTILA, Karita- SP 4 x 6 color photos or as Jenufa from Hamburg. Standing ovations at the Met for her performance in this role
...........................................$35

246. MARS, Jacques- SP 4 x 6 portrait or role photo of the French bass
...........................................$40

*247. McCORMACK, John- ALS 2 pp Shelbourne Hotel Dublin Oct 16, 1943... "My Dear Fred, What a kind friend you are! I have had a pretty bad time and the old Strepticocus infection of the tonsils attacked me again as the result of overwork and not enough vitamins. However I am coming on like a house afire and have put on a lot of weight although I am still a bit hoarse. By the way I saw in the Irish Times that Battersea is to be sold. Isn't that the .... residence? We have a lovely little house near Booterstown and I am hoping we can get our music and records over. Our love to you old friend for always John McCormack" Shortly before his death
...........................................$175

*248. MILANOV, Zinka- SP 8 x 10 photo as Tosca- the famous image!
...........................................$175

*249. MILDENBURG, Anna Bahr- greeting and big signature from Mahler's great Wagnerian soprano
...........................................$75

250. MILLS, Erie- SP 3 1/2 x 5" color shot as Met Olympia
...........................................$30

251. MONTES, Aida- SPc photo of the Swiss born soprano long active in Hamburg s1918.Besides singing the standard lyric spinto repertory she sang the German permiere of Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole
...........................................$60

252. MONTAGU, Diana- SP 4 x 6 Scahffler Salzburg bust shot.....$35

*253. MULLER, Georg- SPc as Raoul of the important tenor a member of the Vienna Hofoper ensemble 1868-1897 where he made his farewell as Raoul in Hugeunots!! Imagine! He created Marschner's Sangeskonig Hiarne in Frankfurt. His vast repertory ranged from Sonnambula and Mozart to the dramatic Italian and French roles and he was Vienna's first Turridu. VERY SCARCE
...........................................$475

*254. MUZIO Claudia- postcard with the soprano's embossed printed signature in dark blue
...........................................$100

*255. NILSSON, Birgit- SP 7 x 9 photo of the smiling soprano d/s 1965
...........................................$65

*256. NOORDEWIER-REDDINGIUS, Aaltje ALS 2 pp in German 27 April 1912 from the Dutch soprano, a Meeschaert pupil and for 40 years from 1888 a leading soprano on the International Oratorio circuit as well as an important teacher. In this letter written on her embossed stationery she goes into great great details about some music to be sung. Very scholarly. MOST ELUSIVE
...........................................$175

*257. NOVOTNA, Jarmila- SP 4 x 6 1903's glamour photo
...........................................$50

*258. OLIVERO, Magda-SP 5 x 7 photo backstage after Tosca San Francisco with and armful of flowers- d/s
...........................................$85

259. OTTOLINI, Luigi- SP 4 x 6 photo of the Italian tenor as Osaka in Iris
...........................................$45

*260. PACHECO, Asis- SP 3 x 4 photo of the Brazilian star tenor as Peri in Il Guarany. RARE
...........................................$150

*261. PANTELONI, Romilda- small broadside for a benefit performance of Il Trovatore - Modena Teatro Municipale Sabato 30 Gennaio 1885 which will end after the camp scene of Act 3. After the 2nd act of Il Trovatore the beneficiary (Paneteloni) will sing the duet from Act 2 of Un Ballo in Maschera with the tenor Arturo Byron. Quite a spectacle. Panteleoni (creator of Desdemona) material is very scarce
...........................................$175

262. PAPIAN, Hasmik- SP 4 x 6 color as Orange Abigaile
...........................................$35

263. PARADA, Claudia- Sp 4 x 6 Luciano Ferri photo of the Chilean dramatic soprano
...........................................$45

*264. PAVAROTTI, Luciano- SP 7 x 10 Piccagliani photo dressed as the Duke of the superstar backstage at La Scala s Luciano Mexico 1969 in his very prime. Writing is very legible, quite scarce this vintage!
...........................................$125

*265. PEDERZINI, Gianna- SP 7 x 9 Camuzzi photo of the VAMP Carmen. Over the top, she was a wonderful singing actress and great personality. Creator of the Old Prioress in The Dialogue of the Carmelites at La Scala. - she is dressed quite differently here!
...........................................$150

266. PETERS, Roberta & UPPMAN, Theodore- SP 8 x 10 photo as Zerlina and Masetto in the Eugene Berman Met production. Signed by both
...........................................$50

267. PLOWRIGHT, Rosalind- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the English soprano who debuted at the Met this season as Kostelnicka in Jenufa. Uncommon
...........................................$40

*268. POBBE, Marcella- SP 5 x 7 photo of the beautiful Italian soprano as Desdemona
...........................................$65

*269. PONCET, Tony- SPc size photo as Arnold in Guillaume Tell Phillips- his stunning recordings that show off his spectacular high notes listed verso. Large blue marker signature. SCARCE
...........................................$175

*270. PONS, Lily- SP 7 x 19 Harcourt Paris photo of the chic French star
...........................................$150

*271. PONSELLE, Rosa- SP 6 1/2 x 10" photo of the portrait of the soprano as La Traviata now hanging in the Met gallery d/s
...........................................$375

272. PRESTIA, Giacomo- SP 4 x 6 color photo of the smiling basso, perhaps a great new promise
...........................................$35

273. PROTTI, Aldo- SP 5 x 7 photo as Carlo V in Ernani or in a snappy kilt as Ashton on Lucia
...........................................$50

274. PUTNAM, Ashley- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the American soprano
...........................................$40

275. RAMEY, Samuel- SP 4 x 6 role or informal photos. THE STAR basso is back in New York for Nabucco and Attrila
...........................................$35

276. RIDDERBUSCH, Karl- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the then young basso d/s 1966. He was a fine singer
...........................................$35

*277. RYSANEK, Leonie- SP 8 x 10 photo as Met Kostelnicka, many have excelled in this role but she was truly UNFORGETTABLE
...........................................$85

278. SCHIPA, Tito- SP 7 x 9T. Santacroce portrait of THE lyric tenor d/s 1933
...........................................$225

*279. SCHACKLOCK, Constance- SP 8 x 10 photo of the English mezzo as Amneris d/s
...........................................$75

*280. SCHOEFFLER, Paul- SP 4 x 6 head shot as THE most evil Don Pizzaro!
...........................................$85

*281. SCHONE, Lotte- SPc of the German soprano as Melisande one of her signature roles
...........................................$125

282. SHIRAI, Mitsuko - SP 4 x 6 photo of the Japanese mezzo signed in gold very elusive
...........................................$50

*283. SCHLUSNUS, Heinrich- SPc Schenke Berlin of the great Verdi baritone as Rigoletto. His Verdi was as great as his lieder
...........................................$175

284. SIEGMUND, Condi- SPc portrait of the German baritone
...........................................$50

*285. STABILE, Mariano- SP 8 x 11 sepia standing portrait of the Italian baritone star Toscanini's Falstaff + an acclaimed Iago, Scarpia and Mozartian too. Terrific image
...........................................$350

*286. STEVENS, Rise- SP 5 x 7 Annemarie Heinrich BA portrait of the very young mezzo d/s 1938
...........................................$125

*287. STIGNANI, Ebe- SP 4 x 6 Camuzzi photo as Orfeo. One of the 20th century's greatest voices. ANS on verso too
...........................................$125

*288. SULIOTIS, Elena- SP 7 x 9 photo as Covent Garden Lady Macbeth d/s
...........................................$85

*289. SUTHAUS, Ludwig- SPc photo of the German heldentenor, Flagstad's Tristan on the complete recording here as Canio- Oy veh!! d/s 1942
...........................................$175

290. SZIRMAY, Martha- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the Hungarian contralto
...........................................$40

*291. TAUBER, Richard- SPc half body photo s Holland 1932. Annotated with his birth date at the bottom in another hand
...........................................$125

*292. TEBALDI, Renata- SP 8 x 10 Bruno of Hollywood photo of the smiling soprano d/s 1983
...........................................$75

293. TEI, Enzo- SP 4 x 6 photo of the fine Italian tenor in Lucia di Lammermoor
...........................................$50

*294. THILL, Georges- SPc sepia Carlo Edward NY photo from the great French tenor's brief Met stay
...........................................$125

*295. TIBBETT, Lawrence- SP 8 x 10 sepia Mishkin photo as Ford in Falstaff his breakthrough role d/s. Pristine
...........................................$400

296. TICHATSCHECK, Joseph- ANS on calling card from the tenor creator of Wagner's Rienzi & Tannhauser as well as Marschner's Kaiser Adolf von Nassau- Wagner's favorite tenor and his longtime friend- he writes about an Ass's veal stew to a certain Mr. J. H.Meyer. It is signed with address on one side and signed alone on the other
...........................................$250

*297. TICHATSCHECK, Joseph- unsigned C d V photo of the tenor seated patting his dog
...........................................$200

298. TOZZI, Giorgio- SPc Christian Steiner portrait of the popular American basso
...........................................$50

*299. TRAPP FAMILY SINGERS- SP 8 x 10 of the group around the table d/s
...........................................$125

300. TURRINI, Roberto- SP 4 x 6 photo of the recently deceased tenor smiling. Big career for 15 years just post WW11
...........................................$65

310. VASSALLO, Franco- SP 4 x 6 color portrait or Conte di Luna
...........................................$35

*302. VIARDOT, Pauline- ALS 2 pp in French 15 auot 1868 agreeing to give lessons to a student and saying that her fee is 20 francs payable each time underlined!!!! That's a bargain!!!
...........................................$300

303. VIX, Genevieve- ALS 1 p in French 1939 to Carlos Alberto Ferreira..."thank you for the photo, I keep an album just for Manon there are many pneumatiques from Massenet that I would like to show you and the photos...you can come to see them next week, tell me by telephone which day you can come, call between 9 am and noon, yours truly Genevieve Vix."
...........................................$85

*304. VOGL, Henrich- ALS 2 pp in German from the creator of Das Rheingold and Die Walkure. In this letter from 189 he sends some biographical information to a Herr Golz. Very important singer, with his wife Therese they followed the Schnorr Carolsfelds as THE married singing operatic couple, an earlier day Alagna nicht war!
...........................................$350

305. WARFIELD, Sandra- SP 4 x 6 photo of Mrs.James McCracken as Amneris
...........................................$50

306. WILDHAGEN, Erik- SPc of the tenor/baritone pupil of Battistini and Borgatti. He sang in Dresden as a tenor then after study with the aforementioned sang as a baritone in Munich and elsewhere as well as directed. Unusual career
...........................................$90

307. WINBERGH, Gosta- SP 5 x 7 color photos of the late Swedish tenor informal in Salzburg. He was a very fine singer
...........................................$40

*308. WUNDERLICH, Fritz- SP 4 x 6 portrait of the smiling tenor
...........................................$475

309. ZAMPHIGI, Carlo- SPc of the charming tenor as des Grieux
...........................................$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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