PUCCINI/TURANDOT
Portrait of Princess Turandot
Madame Butterfly
Cover of the score of Madame Butterfly by Puccini
ADVERT/GAIETY GIRL 1896
Poster for A Gaiety Girl
ADVERT/GAY PARISIENNE
Poster for The Gay Parisienne
ADVERT/LITTLE CHRISTOPHE
Poster for Little Christopher, Garden Theatre, New York
COUPLE AT THEATRE BAR
Smart couple at the door of the Theatre Bar
La Boheme Opera Score by Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme Opera Score by Giacomo Puccini
MIKADO / MUSIC SHEET 2
featuring the Mikado in person
MIKADO / MUSIC SHEET
'Three little maids from school' Date: first produced 1885
TOSCA - MUSIC COVER
Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of Puccini's 'Tosca'
VERDI FESTIVAL POSTER
Verdi Festival at Verona, in the course of which we shall watch performances of 'Aida', 'Il Trovatore' and 'La Forza del Destino'
FAUST COURTS MARGUERITE
'FAUST' Faust courts Marguerite in her garden
TRISTAN & ISOLDE (PRICE)
The lovers in the forest
LOHENGRIN ARRIVES
Lohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsa's brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortrud's witchcraft into a swan
LOHENGRIN ARRIVES (SHAW)
Lohengrin arrives in his swan-powered boat, just in time to fight on behalf of Elsa who is accused of murdering her brother Godfrey (who is in fact this swan)
WAGNER/DUTCHMAN'S SHIP
The red-sailed ship of the Flying Dutchman
WOTAN'S FAREWELL
'WOTANS ABSCHIED' Wotan's farewell to Brunnhilde. Date:
BRUNNHILDE'S DEATHBED
The devouring flames curl round the body of Brunnhilde as she lies on her funeral pyre, driven to death by despair at the death of her lover, Siegfried.
OFFENBACH HOFFMANN
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The closing scene of the Venetian episode : Hoffmann watches as Guilietta goes off with another lover.
BAYREUTH 1951
A minimalist production at the Buhnenfestspiele, Bayreuth 1951 - Brunnhilde confronts Wotan in the middle of nowhere