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Leblanc As Carmen - 1899Georgette Leblanc as Carmen at Paris Date: first performed 1875
Carmen - Don Jose - BullAt the tavern of Lillas Pastia, Carmen taunts Don Jose. Date: first performed 1875
Faust - LiebigFAUST While Mephistopheles woos Marguerites neighbour Marthe, Faust successfully courts Marguerite. Date: first performed 1859
Watching I PagliacciWatching I PAGLIACCI (The clowns) from a private box at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1914
LEAVING OPERA HOUSEOpera-goers leaving the Opera House (His Majestys Theatre), London Date: 1820
SCHUTZENDORF-KOERNER 27JULIE SCHUTZENDORF-KOERNER Opera singer in the role of the Marschallin (Princess of Werdenberg) in a Dusseldorf Theatre production Date: in 1927
ADVERT / VERDI OPERA 1953Verdi festival at Verona - Aida, Il Trovatore, and La Forza del Destino Date: 1953
EDWARD VII Visiting the Paris Opera 1903EDWARD VII Visiting the Paris Opera Date: 1903
JENNY LIND / WALKERJenny Lind as Armina, the heroine of Bellinis opera LA SONNAMBULA (the sleepwalker) Date: 1840s
MASSENET / THAIS SCENEJULES MASSENET French composer with a scene from his opera Thais Date: 1842 - 1912
PARIS LOPERA 1853Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie leave the Paris Opera House Date: 1853
PURITANS / BELLINI OPERAA group of musical Puritans from Bellinis opera of that name. Date: circa 1860
Balfe - SatanellaSATANELLA A dramatic scene in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection Date: 1858
LIGHTING AT LOPERA 1887The illumination of the new stage lighting and gas and electric lights at lOpera, Paris. Date: 1887
VIENNA OPERA HOUSE or Staatsoper Date: 19th century
VERDI & BOITO AT PIANO VERDI & BOITO AT PIANOGIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer with his librettist, Arrigo Boito Date: 1813-1901
THEATRE GOING / MET OPERAa crowd of operagoers in the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, waiting for their carriages and motors Date: January 1913
USA / MET OPERA / LOBBYNEW YORK the lobby after the opera - waiting for carriages and motors Date: January 1913
Women at Theatre 1814Crape gown, demi-train, shawl of cashmire, amber jewellery; hair a la Grecque with gold comb. Round dress, long lace sleeves, gold jewellery, black lace shawl; hair: Romano-Greek. Date: 1814
KINGS THEATREA view of the stage and the audience at The Kings Theatre, Haymarket (formally known as The Opera House) Date: 1816
Mademoiselle FalconDate: early 19th century
EVENTS / SWEDENGustav III is assassinated at a masked ball at the Opera House by Jakob Johan Anckarstrom Date: 16 March 1792
Domenico Crivelli (1793-1857) Italian opera singer
Faust by Charles GounodFaust starring Carvalho and Faure at Monte Carlo Date: 1880
Rose of Araby, musical play, Opera House, NorthamptonRose of Araby, a musical play, at the Opera House, Northampton. early 20th century
San Toy! musical comedy, Opera House, LeamingtonSan Toy! a musical comedy at the Opera House, Leamington, previously at Dalys Theatre, London. Showing Sing Hi, The Emperor and Ko Fan. circa early 1900s
Passing of the Third Floor Back, Opera House, Tunbridge WellPassing of the Third Floor Back, a play by Jerome K Jerome, at the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells. circa 1910s
He Didn t Want To Do It, Opera House, NorthamptonHe Didn t Want To Do It, by George Broadhurst and Walter Hackett, at the Opera House, Northampton, previously at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
A False Wife, by F Marriott Watson, Opera House, TorquayA False Wife, by F Marriott Watson, at the Opera House, Torquay. 1908
The Devil Smiles, Opera House, NorthamptonThe Devil Smiles, at the Opera House, Northampton
Les Cloches de Corneville, Theatre Royal, Bath, E St Albans Comic Opera Company. 1905
The Chocolate Soldier, musical comedy, Opera House, CorkThe Chocolate Soldier, musical comedy, at the Opera House, Cork, previously at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, starring Horace Percival, music by Oscar Straus
And So To Bed, by J B Fagan, Opera House, ManchesterAnd So To Bed, a new three-act comedy by J B Fagan, Opera House, Manchester, prior to London production. Starring Edmund Gwenn, Mary Grey, Allan Jeayes and Yvonne Arnaud
Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - photograph by DowneyLily Langtry as Aphrodite in A Society Butterfly at the Opera Comique, London. Date: 1894
Paris, France - Theatre de L Opera (1862-1875) Date: circa 1940
La Place Bresson, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1907
May Yohe performing as Little Christopher ColumbusMary Augusta " May" Yohe (1866-1938) - American musical theatre actress. Performing In the title role of Little Christopher Columbus in the Revue Come Over Here
Madame Clara Butt and her childrenMadame Clara Butt (1872-1936) - Contralto concert Singer - and her children Date: 1905
The Opera House and Gloucester Street, JerseyThe Opera House and Gloucester Street, St Helier, Jersey - built in 1865. Date: circa 1910s
Scene from the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - also features his portrait profile and signature. Date: circa 1900s
The Chicago Civic Opera House. - a 42 stories high building built in 1929, occupying an entire block between Madison and Washington Streets - home of the Chicago Civic Opera. Date: circa 1930s
Court gown and evening dress for the opera, 1930On the left, a court dress from Reville of Hanover Square, carried out in shimmering white satin manufactured in Britain. On the right
Cleo de Merode in Come Over Here by Mizner and PembertonCleo de Merode in Come Over Here, Revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton at the London Opera House, Kingsway. De Merode gave the revue Parisian glamour
Mado Minty 1913Mado Minty, in theatrical spiders costume in Come Over Here, appearing in The London Opera House and also photographed in her private life. 1913
La Boheme - Puccini - Act II - Toy Seller and ChildrenLa Boheme by G. Giacosa and L. Illica with music by Giacomo Puccini - a scene from the premiere performance showing the original stage props in action
Asmaras Opera (Teatro Asmara), EritreaOpera theatre building built in 1918 according to the plans of Italian architect Odoardo Cavagnari in Asmara, capital of Eritrea. Date: circa 1920
Performance of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini in Barcelona theatre Liceu (19th c.). Engraving by Onofre Alsamora. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona City History Museum
Montserrat CaballCABALLE, Montserrat (1933). Spanish soprano. 28/12/2009. SPAIN. Barcelona. Gran Teatre del Liceu