Opera Collection

Madame Butterfly
Cover of the score of Madame Butterfly by Puccini

La Boheme Opera Score by Giacomo Puccini

Advertisement for Carmen, playing at the Grande Arena
An Art Nouveau advertisement for Carmen, playing at the Grande Arena Date: 1900s

Programme cover, Buxton Opera House, The Buxton Gardens Co Ltd, North Derbyshire. 1918

Music / Opera / Verdi / Aida
AIDA Act II, Scene II: the triumphal return of Radames

Dorothea Jordan - 2
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress and mistress of William IV; as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp a comic opera after Bickerstaffs Love in the city

Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D Oyly Carte Souvenir
D Oyly Cartes Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Princes Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920, showing a large cast of characters from the operettas. 1919-1920

Puccini / Turandot
Portrait of Princess Turandot

Tosca - Music Cover
Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of Puccinis Tosca

Maria Callas in Dior
Maria Callas (1923-1977), American opera singer of Greek parentage pictured in the sitting room of her Milan home wearing a Christian Dior evening gown in floral print. Date: 1958

WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Parsifal. Poster by Regg advertising the performances at the Zurich Opera (1913). Painting;

Advert / Verdi Opera 1953
Verdi Festival at Verona, in the course of which we shall watch performances of Aida, Il Trovatore and La Forza del Destino

Beggars Opera Poster
Poster for production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (London)

Poster advertising the D Oyly Carte Opera Company, famous for its Gilbert and Sullivan operetta productions. Pictured are scenes from The Gondoliers, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard

Siegfried by Aubrey Beardsley
The Song of the Nibelungs. Siegfried. Date: late 19th Century

Poster advertising HMS Pinafore, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. 20th century

The soprano Maria Callas in the main role of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. Photography

Wagner / Balestrieri
RICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen

Pinafore / Programme 1
Cover of the programme for the original production, incorporating portraits of Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan, also Mr D Oyly Carte

Lohengrin Arrives
Lohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsas brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortruds witchcraft into a swan

Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London - Queens Opera House and Club can be seen on the right (in 2017 a Virgin Arctive Health Club...). Date: circa 1905

In a Theatre Box
In a box at the Opera Comique, Paris, their evening dresses by Molyneux (2), Beer and Premet can hardly be seen : but when the interval comes, things will be different

Madam Butterfly
A female attendant helps Madama Butterfly to dress

Lina Cavalieri, Italian opera singer and actress
Natalina (Lina) Cavalieri (1874-1944), Italian operatic soprano and actress. circa 1900

The Bohemians of Chelsea, scene from Tantivy Towers
A scene from the British light opera, Tantivy Towers, written by A. P. Herbert. The story mocks both the artistic high brows or bohemians of Chelsea as well as the sporting lusty low brows who enjoy

LA Boheme / Puccini / III
La BOHEME Act III: outside in the snow, Rodolfo declares that he loves Mimi more than anything else in the world Date: late 19th century

LA Boheme / Puccini / I
La BOHEME Act I: within the first few minutes of meeting, Rodolfo and Mimi declare their love for each other Date: late 19th century

Jussi Bjorling
Opera singer Jussi Bjorling talking with Bidu Sayao at the Metropolitan Opera, New York 1st December 1940 Date: 1st December 1940

Mikado / Music Sheet 2
featuring the Mikado in person

Lohengrin and the Dove of the Holy Grail who will tow his boat (replacing the swan) to Monsalvat Date: first performed 1850

Teatro San Carlo - Naples, Italy Date: circa 1903

Mikado / Music Sheet
Three little maids from school Date: first produced 1885

Walter Passmore / Iolanthe
WALTER PASSMORE Comic actor and singer, best known for his Gilbert & Sullivan roles, seen here in Iolanthe

Wagner / Dutchmans Ship
The red-sailed ship of the Flying Dutchman

Music / Opera / Verdi / Aida
AIDA Mlle Soyer as Amneris in a production at the Academie Nationale de Musique, Paris

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

Carmen Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association and the Federal Music Project : Ballet directed by Madame Bianca. Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of Carmen, showing a matador

Covent Garden Royal Opera House in London. Floral Street is on the right. Date: 1947

Siegfried Goes Away
Prelude : Siegfried leaves Brunnhilde in search of adventure

The Mikado at the Savoy
Sketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre in London: The Mikado (Mr R. Temple), Nanki-Pooh (Mr Durward Lely), Katisha (Miss Brandram), Pooh-Bah (Mr R)

Lis / Fat Lady Sings
It isn t over.. til the fat lady sings. A female singer sings a song

Ride of Valkyries
The ride of the Valkyries

Wagner / Gill / Ring Cycle
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in a satirical comment on his four-part opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen

Bayreuth 1951
A minimalist production at the Buhnenfestspiele, Bayreuth 1951 - Brunnhilde confronts Wotan in the middle of nowhere

Music / Opera / Mozart
DON GIOVANNI the fracas at the country wedding (Act One Scene 20)

The Valkyrie
Die Walkure, (The Valkyrie) Agnes Borgo as Brunnhilde, at the Paris Opera

D Oyly Cartes Opera Co. in Utopia, limited Gilbert & Sullivans new opera. Date c1894

Coliseum, London
The London Coliseum, on St Martins Lane, London, now the home of English National Opera (ENO). The memorial statue to Edith Cavell is in the foreground left. Date: 1947

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