Opera Collection (page 14)

Mlle Palar as Nair in the opera La Clochette
French opera singer Mlle Palar as Nair in the fairy comic opera La Clochette by Ferdinand Herold at the Feydeau room in the Opera Comique, 1817

French actor Pierre-Marie-Nicolas Michelot (1786-1856) as Mortimer in Marie Stuart by Friedrich von Schiller at the Comedie Francais, 1820

Mlle. Genevieve-Adelaide Gosselin as Bayadere
French ballet dancer Mlle. Genevieve-Adelaide Gosselin (1791-1818) as Bayadere in La Bayadere at the Opera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French comic actor Brunet as Jocrisse in Jocrisse
French comic actor Brunet (Jean-Joseph Mira, 1766-1853) as Jocrisse in Jocrisse corrige by Charles-Auguistin Sewrin at the Theatre des Varietes, 1812

French opera singer Mlle. Delia in Le Chevalier
French opera singer Mlle. Delia as Duchesse de Longueville in Le Chevalier de Canole at the Odeon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Pierre Clozel as Charles Scavronski in Menuisier
French actor Pierre Clozel (1772-1840) as Charles Scavronski in Menuisier de Livonie by Alexandre Duval at the Odeon Theatre, Paris

Jean Elleviou as Pierrot in Le Tableau parlant
French tenor opera singer Jean Elleviou (1769-1842) as Pierrot in the comic opera Le Tableau parlant by Andre Gretry at the Theatre Feydeau

French actor Nicolas-Baptiste Anselme as Le
French actor Nicolas-Baptiste Anselme or Baptiste aine (1761-1835) as Le Capitaine in Les deux Freres at the Comedie Francais

French dancer Mlle. Clotilde as Calypso in the ballet Les Aventures de Telemaque at the Opera, Paris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Jenny Vertpre as Le petit chaperon in
Actress and singer Jenny Vertpre (Francoise Fann Vausgien, 1797-1865) as Le petit chaperon in the comic opera le Petit Chaperon Rouge by Francois-Adrien Boieldieu at the Theatre de la Porte St

Mlle. Louise Perrin as Elvina in Le Petit Dragon by Eugene Scribe and Delestre-Poirson at the Theatre du Vaudeville. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par

French actor Tonon Gontier (1785-1841) as Comte Ory in the vaudeville piece Le Comte Ory by E. Scribe and Delestre-Poirson at the Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris

Mlle. Fleury as Suzanne in La Famille Glinet
Belgian actress Mlle. Fleury as Suzanne in La Famille Glinet by Merville at the Odeon, Paris, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French opera singer Simon Chenard 1758-1832 as Prince de Catane in the opera Prince de Catane by Rene Richard Castel after Voltaire at the Opera Comique, Paris, 1818

The tenor Lavigne singing in the opera Tancrede, 1816
The tenor Lavigne singing Jerusalem delivree in the opera Tancrede by Andre Campra at the Opera Theatre, Paris, 1816. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par

French ballet dancer Paul as Zephyr in Psyche by Stanislas Champein at the Opera de Paris, 1817. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French soprano opera singer Mme. Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu 1780-1850 as Hippermnestre in Les Danaides by Antonio Salieri at the Opera de Paris, 1817

French operatic bass singer Henri-Etienne Derivis 1780-1856 as Alemar in Les Abencerages or The Abencerrages by Luigi Cherubini at the Opera de Paris, 1817

Comic actor Charles Potier as Lantimeche in
Comic actor Charles Potier (1774-1838) as Lantimeche in Combat des Montagnes by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 1816

Lohengrin and Elsa of Brabant, an old German legend

Poster for Die Regimentstochter
Poster advertising a German production of the French comic opera La fille du rgiment at the Deutsches Opernhaus, Berlin. Date: 1936

Music cover, Das Dreimaderlhaus, by Franz Schubert
Music cover, Das Dreimaderlhaus (House of the Three Girls), by Franz Schubert, a Viennese pastiche operetta in three acts, rearranged by Heinrich Berte

Music cover, Flotows Martha, Cassells Operatic Selections No.10, comprising the Overture, a Fantasia by F W Bradshaw, and some vocal numbers, including The Last Rose of Summer. Date: circa 1900s

Advert, Boosey & Co, Song Books and Operas
Advert, Boosey & Co, The Royal Song Books, The Royal Edition of Operas, Ballad Operas, and Booseys Cabinet Operas for Pianoforte Solo. Date: late 19th century

Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, Verdi
Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, by Verdi, arranged for piano by Rudolf Nordmann. Date: late 19th century

Cover design, Monsieur Beaucaire, opera by Andre Messager
Cover design, musical score, Monsieur Beaucaire, a romantic opera by Andre Messager, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, based on the story by Booth Tarkington

Music cover, In Happy Moments Day by Day, ballad from the opera Maritana by William Vincent Wallace. Date: late 19th century

Production of The Trojans by Berlioz, 1957
A scene from the Covent Garden production of Berliozs opera Les Troyens (The Trojans) in 1957. Dido (Blanche Thebom) addresses her people in the second half: The Trojans at Carthage

Music cover, Orpheus Quadrille, after Offenbach
Music cover, Charles Godfreys Orpheus Quadrille, after Offenbachs operetta, Orpheus in the Underworld. Date: mid 19th century

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor
Pietro Mascagni, Italian opera composer and conductor. 1893

Bizets opera Carmen before Queen Victoria at Windsor
Bizets opera Carmen performed before Queen Victoria in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle. 1892

Sullivans Haddon Hall at the Savoy Theatre, London
Scene from Arthur Sullivans light opera Haddon Hall in production at the Savoy Theatre, London. 1892

Mackenzies New Opera The Troubadour
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzies New Opera The Troubadour - Act 3 - Guillem and Margarida. Guillem: " The Dawn! the dawn

Kingsway and London Opera House, London
View of Kingsway (looking north), with the London Opera House on the right. Date: circa 1910

Foyer of Paris Opera House, France. circa 1900

Ellen Terry visiting Sarah Bernhardt in her dressing room at the Royal Opera House. 1892

Backstage at a the Variety Theatre, Paris, France
Backstage at the Variety Theatre in Paris, before the show begins. Names include Castera, Duvernon, Brossard, Valentino, Dea, De Prony, Lassouche and Darbel

The Story of a Dress - Christian Dior
Double page spread from The Sketch drawn by Francis Marshall documenting the different stages of a Christian Dior dress. Top left the dress is designed by Dior himself while top right shows a

Poster, The Geisha, Japanese Opera, Dalys Theatre
Poster, The Geisha, Japanese Opera, at Dalys Theatre, London, production by Morell and Mouillot

Poster, La Poupee, Grand Theatre
Poster, La Poupee (The Doll), a comic opera. 1897

Poster, Haddon Hall, light opera by Arthur Sullivan
Theatre poster, Haddon Hall, a light opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by Sydney Grundy, depicting the main female character, Dorothy Vernon

Poster for the operetta Amorelle by Gaston Serpette
Poster for the operetta Amorelle (alternative title: Cuvee Reservee 1810), written by the French composer Gaston Serpette in 1903. 1903

Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1856), English actress and opera singer, as Don Giovanni. circa 1820

Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor
Caricature, Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor. 1893

At the Opera, What Next. 1893

Sketches of people at the Opera. 1870

Berlin Opera House - viewed from the stage. 19th century

Eleanor Souray, English actress
Eleanor Souray (1880-1931), English actress known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies, pantomime and light opera, later Eleanor Byng, Viscountess Torrington. Date: circa 1900s

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