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Bellini, Vincenzo 1801 - 1835Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini. Sicilian opera composer and the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera
Rossini, Gioachino Antonio 1792 - 1868Gioachino Antonio Rossini. Italian composer in Paris in 1865
Ambroise Thomas 1811 - 1896(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas. French opera composer
Donizetti, Gaetano 1791-1864Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti. Prolific Italian composer, famed for his many operas but also composer of numerous orchestral and chamber works
Weber, Carl Maria von 1786 - 1826Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber. German composer and one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school
Lesueur, Jean Francois 1760-1837Jean Francois Le Sueur (Lesueur). French composer of the classical era, best known for his operas and oratorios
Berton, Henri Montan 1767 - 1844Henri Montan Berton. French composer, mainly of operas. Son of composer Pierre Montan Berton (1727 - 1780)
Paisiello, Giovanni 1728 - 1800Italian musical composer of the Classical era. Famed for his many operas, oratorios and religious works
Dalayrac, Nicolas 1753 -1809Nicolas Dalayrac. French composer, best known for his opras-comiques
Mehul, Etienne 1763 - 1817Etienne Mehul. French composer whose most important contribution to music were his operas, many of which composed during the French revolution
Piccinni, Niccolo 1728 -1800Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera
Boieldieu, Francois Adrien 1775 - 1834Francois Adrien Boieldieu. French composer, mainly of operas
Poster advertising the Pirates of PenzancePoster advertising a production of The Pirates of Penzance, a comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster at the operaThe Duke and Duchess of Leinster at the Grand Opera season at Covent Garden. The Duchess of Leinster married the Duke in December 1932 and was previously Mrs Van Neck
A lady at the operaA well-dressed, smiling young lady, wearing a hat with feathery plumes, looks out of her opera box, a glove in one hand, mask in the other
Theatre PosterPoster for the D Oyly Carte Opera Company
Thomas Beecham and Sir Herbert TreeThe English Actor-Manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree (seated), pictured with Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor and impresario together in Trees study at His Majestys Theatre in London
Irish Unionist Meeting in London, 1886Engraving showing the Great Unionist Meeting at Her Majestys Opera House, Haymarket, London, April 1886. A patriotic audience (bottom) acclaims Earl Cowper (centre, standing)
Women in Opera DressesLadues in opera dresses
L Jansenne, SingerThe principal tenor of the Opera Comique stands beside a piano
Sophie ArnouldSOPHIE MADELEINE ARNOULD leading French singer, depicted in the opera of Pyrame et Thisbe
Captain MacheathGays character of Captain Macheath is borrowed for a political cartoon
Donizetti Fille RegimentFerdinanda Carletti Prospera as Marie, the daughter of the regiment, first performed 1840
Lady in Opera DressLady in an opera dress
Stage SailorM Phillips in the character of Young Hartwell in the Opera of Up All Night
Lafontaine as ValentineLafontaine in the role of Valentine
Countess BlessingtonThe countess of Blessington at the opera
Opera Amadis De GreceA character in this heroic opera staged at Paris
Prevost as ZerlineMademoiselle Prevost in the role of Zerline
Lyceum Theatre, LondonThe Proscenium of the English Opera House, in the Strand, formerly the Lyceum : with Walkers display of his EIDOURANIAN (showing the movements of the stars)
Verdi VeltenGIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer in middle age
Gay Beggars FentonMiss Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum
John Gay HollJOHN GAY English poet, playwright and theatre manager, famous for The Beggars Opera
Verdi Full LengthGIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer at the time of writing Falstaff, c1893
Verdi GrammGIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer in middle age
Verdi Time of FalstaffGIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer, at the time he was writing his comic opera Falstaff
Gay Beggars Duetfinal scene of Act I: Mr Matocks as Macheath and Mrs Cargill as Polly, saying farewell to each other
USA / Met Opera / FrontNEW YORK front entrance of the recently built theatre, on Broadway
Bicycle Race at the Velodrome d Hiver, Paris, 1921Illustration showing a Six-day bicycle race held at the Velodrome d Hiver Circuit, Paris, 1921. The cyclists raced for 144 hours to see who could cover the greatest distance over a six-day period
Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894Engraving showing the scene on the deck of a Royal Navy Warship in the Mediterranean, at Christmas. The women have come onto the warship to sell figs, nuts, apples
Carmen at BlackpoolWatching a performance of Carmen at the Blackpool Opera House, England
Strauss / Salome / DestinnEmmy Destinn, in a production at the Koniglich Opera, Berlin, contemplates the head of Johannes : should she have it mounted, she wonders ?
LA SONNAMBULAArminas habit of sleepwalking worries the villagers - Ah, non giunge ! they exclaim, with feeling
Verdi Rigoletto ParisFrezzolini, Alboni, Mario and Corsi in the celebrated last act quartet, in the production at the Theatre Italienne, Paris
Prussian Victory Parade in Berlin at the end of the Franco-PIllustration showing the Prussian victory parade in Berlin at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, with troops passing before the Emperor on the Opera Place
Cherubino - CharlesThe actress Eliza Charles in the role of Cherubino in the opera The Marriage of Figaro
