Opera Collection (page 18)

Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), American operatic soprano, born in Scotland, seen here in the role of Massenets Manon

Porgy and Bess Mus Sheet
A fine item of period artwork depicts the opera which, though not successful at first, eventually achieved immense popular acclaim as Americas greatest opera. Date: first performed 1935

Klingsors Castle
KLINGSORs CASTLE The sinister home of the evil magician Klingsor, featured in Wagners opera Parsifal

La Boheme, opera by Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME - the last scene of Act Three Date: 1896

Music cover, The Gipsy Duet from Verdis Il Trovatore
Music cover, The Gipsy Duet from Il Trovatore, opera by Verdi, in the version performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Sung by Fanny Huddart and Augustus Braham. circa 1850

Webster & Waddington, theatre ticket agents, London
Webster & Waddington Ltd, theatre, opera and concert ticket agents, Regent Street, London, with posters advertising concerts and productions. Date: 1906

The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle
Promotional postcard for The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from his own short story. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 4th June 1910. The scene is Holmess sitting room in Baker Street

Granny Takes a Trip blouse, 1966
Model wearing a Victorian style blouse from the famous 1960s Kings Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. The enamel fob watch is from F. Young and the opera glasses from Rita

Edwardian girls at the opera. Portrait of voluptuous young women at the opera. Artist: Philip Boileau Date: circa 1900

Baritone opera singer Leonard Hermann-Leon as the drum-major Gritzenko in L Etoile du Nord.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris 1853

Mme Cabel as Toinon in Adolphe Adams Le Bijou
Mme. Cabel as Toinon in Adolphe Adams Le Bijou Perdu at the Theatre Lyrique.. Marie-Josephe Cabel (1827-1885) was a Belgian soprano opera singer who performed in Paris

French soprano opera singer Mlle Leocadie Lemercier
French soprano opera singer Mlle. Leocadie Lemercier as Petronille in Le Sourd ou l Auberge Pleine.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique

Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold - French musical composer
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (1791-1833) - French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet

Paris fashion. Illustrations of the magazine Modes de Paris. Petit Courrier des Dames, published by S.and J.Fuller in London. Color lithograph, 1842. Litography. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

La Tour de Feu, opera by Sylvio Lazzari. Scenery by Maxime Dethomas. Mr. Thill (as the guardian of the lighthouse) and Fanny Heldy (his wife), 1928. Engraving

Richard Wagner. Siegfried
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). German composer of Romanticism. Skech of the dragon Fafner for the opera Siegried. Paris Opera. 1902

Richard Wagner. Parsifal
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). German composer of Romanticism. Scenario for the second act of the opera Parsifal, designed by Joseph Urban

Ballet dancers at Lanhydrock House, Cornwall
Two ballet dancers from the Royal Opera House dance a pas de deux from Swan Lake to entertain children from all over East Cornwall

Valetta, Malta - The Opera House. Date: circa 1904

Advertisement for Grand Theatre, Woolwich, SE London
Advertisement for Grand Theatre and Opera House, Woolwich, south east London, with a photo of the interior. Date: circa 1905

Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, 1866
The New Prince of Wales Theatre and Opera House, Lime Street, Liverpool in the year that it first opened. Later the building would be pulled down

Tatler front cover, Glyndebourne, June 1963
Front cover of The Tatler, June 1963, with a front cover suggesting their theme which is their summer number goes to Glyndebourne

Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni
Scene from the opera, Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni Date: c.1910

Scene from the opera, Carmen, by George Bizet Date: c.1910

Advert for Asprey clutch bags 1937
Asprey of Bond Street, London advertising a number of bags and clutches including a childs muff suede handbag, a pigskin pochette, a childs umbrella, a tweed scarf and handbag in various colours

In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not

Main characters from the opera Ivanhoe (1891)
" Main characters from the opera " Ivanhoe" (1891), libretto by Julian Sturgis and music by Arthur Sullivan, based on Walter Scotts novel

Miss Mary Finlay, the Scottish soprano

Heinrich Hensel (1874-1935) - a famous German Tenor, chosen by Wagner to sing the role of Parsifal at Bayreuth (1911-12). He also sang the role in the first production staged in London in 1914

Character from Il Trovatore -- Azucena
Depiction of the character Azucena from Verdis grand opera Il Trovatore (The Troubador), first performed in Rome in 1853. The gipsy woman Azucena (a mezzo-soprano or contralto role)

The Beggars Opera, piano music cover
Cover design on a book of piano music for The Beggars Opera, by John Gay, first performed in 1728. A plump man of the 18th century is depicted, taking a bow at the theatre footlights

Jack Point in Yeoman
C Herbert Workman in the role of Jack Point, the jester, in Yeoman of the Guard

FRA DIAVOLO (AUBER)
FRA DIAVOLO Scenes from the opera which involves robbers and travellers, an innkeeper and his daughter, and unrequited love and so on

Russian Opera at Paris
Russian opera - headed by the singer Chaliapin - visits Paris

HER MAJESTY S, 1809
In the Haymarket, London, this is at this time the largest theatre in Britain : used only for opera productions, it is known simply as The Opera House

Pauline Viardot-Garcia
A singer and composer whose musical and dramatic gifts were greatly acclaimed. As well as her singing career, she founf time to compose four operettas and much vocal music

Faust by Charles Gounod
FAUST at Her Majestys Theatre, London

The Four Just Men
Promotional postcard showing The Four Just Men from the story by Edgar Wallace for J. Bannister Howards Company touring to the Opera House in Northampton. There are two press quotes on the reverse

For the Love of Peg by H Schrier and C Lodge-Percy
For Love of Peg by Henrietta Schrier and C. Lodge-Percy. First produced at the Lincoln theatre on 18th January and Theatre Royal, Stratford East in London on 12th February 1917

Caricature, Carl Rosa, musical impresario
Caricature, Carl Rosa (1842-1889), German-born musical impresario who founded the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Don t get near him, Mr Snazelle, while he is like this! 1884

Cartoon, An Ironmaster at the Savoy
Cartoon, An " Ironmaster" at the Savoy -- the librettist Ws Gilbert in a suit of armour, with the much smaller figure of Richard D Oyly Carte looking up at him

German Theatre Costume - Tannhauser als Saenger und als Pilger (Tannhauser as Singer and as Pilgrim). He was a German Minnesinger and poet, dating back to the 13th century

Music cover, Il Trovatore, Quadrille
Music cover, Quadrille by Charles d Albert, based on music from Verdis opera, Il Travatore. 19th century

Three-part song, The flocks shall leave the mountains
Sheet music, three-part song (trio) in C minor for Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus, The flocks shall leave the mountains, the woods the turtle dove, the nymphs forsake the fountains

Falka by H. B. Farnie
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Two images from the flyer for Falka at The Royal Comedy Theatre in London. Date: 1880s

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Tancred, Falkas brother
Falka by H.B. Farnie. This is Falkas brother, Tancred, who is captured by brigands, but escapes. The caption reads You dear old man. Date: 1880s

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Folbach, Falkas uncle
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Shown here is Folbach, Falkas uncle. The caption reads Our motto is Prudence and Fall back. One can assume that these are all accurate depictions of the costumes. Date: 1880s

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Alexina de Kelkirsch
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Alexina de Kelkirsch, shown here, is a young heiress. The caption reads Ive got a mind of my own. Date: 1880s

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