Opera Collection (page 35)

Maria Felicia Malibran
Singer, born in Paris. Eldest daughter of Manual Garcia. In 1825 performed for the first time in London with the Italian Opera Company

Georgette Leblanc 1899
GEORGETTE LEBLANC French opera singer, in the role of Carmen

Meyrianne Heglon / Opera
MEYRIANNE HEGLON French mezzo-soprano, seen here in the role of Delilah

Offenbach / Orphee / Satire
(Orpheus in the Underworld) A satirical comment on Offenbachs opera

Marie Camargo
MARIE CAMARGO, Brussels-born dancer at the Paris Opera, responsible for the introduction of many technical innovations. (from a picture by Lancret.)

Salle, Dancer
MADEMOISELLE SALLE dancer at the Paris Opera, rival of Camargo, who had great sucess in London in the 1740s. (from a picture by Lancret.) Date: flourished 1720s-1740s

Tetrazzini Recording
LUISA TETRAZZINI She performed in opera houses all over the world and is seen here recording a peformance

Rosenkavalier 1st Night
Richard Strauss with Max Reinhardt (3rd from left, back), librettist Hoffman- sthal (behind the composer) and other VIPs, on the first night at Dresden, 26.1.1911

Delna / Berlioz / 1900
Mlle DELNA French opera singer in the role of Cassandra in Berlioz The Trojans

Reyer / Sigurd Performed
Performance at L Opera, Paris of the opera by Ernest Reyer after the poem by Camille du Locle and Alfred Blau

Richard Tauber / 1927
RICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer in the leading role in Lehars operetta The Tsarevitch, performed in Berlin and Vienna

Jenny Lind / Bellini 1848
JENNY LIND Soprano singer, seen here in the role of Amina in Bellinis opera La Sonnambula

Schutzendorf-Koerner 27
JULIE SCHUTZENDORF-KOERNER Opera singer in the role of the Marschallin (Princess of Werdenberg) in a Dusseldorf Theatre production

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian opera composer, best known for his one-act work, Pagliacci

Meyerbeer / Robert Diable
Cambons decor for Act One, in the Paris revival of 1870, staged at the Paris Opera

Scene from Falstaff
A scene from the first production at La Scala, Milan, Ford and Dr Caius search for Falstaff

PARIS / L OPERA / 1854 / ILN
The interior of the Paris Opera House, with a full auditorium watching a performance in progress

Gounod / Balestrieri / Faust
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer depicted composing his opera Faust

D andrade as Dongiovanni
The Spanish singer D Andrade as Don Giovanni confronts the statue while Leporello cowers nervously behind him

Donizetti / Eichhorn
GAETANO DONIZETTI Italian opera composer

Donizetti / Anon
GAETANO DONIZETTI Italian opera composer

Fire / Opera Comique / 1887
As fire takes hold of the Opera Comique theatre in Paris, firefighters attempt to rescue those trapped on the roof by ladder

Auber Score / Muette
Part of the score of Aubers opera La Muette de Portici

Paris Opera / 1905
People milling about in front of the Opera

Paris / Avenue Opera 1904
Avenue de l Opera: photograph showing both cars and horse-drawn carriages on the streets of central Paris

Leoncavallo / Eichhorn
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO Italian opera composer

Leoncavallo / Postcard Pho
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO Italian opera composer

Jlc Garnier / Postcard
CHARLES GARNIER French architect, designer of the Paris Opera

Charles Corri / Lee
CHARLES CORRI Conductor of The Old Vic Opera company

Crystal Palace / Opera
In consequence of the great pressure for lodgings, the Proprietor of Her Majestys Theatre allows parties visiting the opera to live in their boxes until the next day

G Charpentier / Louise Op
GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER French composer with a scene from his opera Louise

Halevy / La Juive / Rachel
LA JUIVE Rachel, the heroine

Luisa Tetrazzini / Cig
LUISA TETRAZZINI Italian opera singer

Christine Nilsson / Cig
CHRISTINA NILSSON Swedish opera singer

Caruso / Downey Postcard
ENRICO CARUSO Italian opera singer

Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
SIR FREDERIC HYMEN COWEN English composer and conductor

Clara Butt / Cig Card
CLARA BUTT Opera singer (contralto)

Aino Ackte / Herwine
AINO ACKTE Finnish opera singer, seen here in 1900 in the role of Herwine in La Cloche du Rhin

Edward Vii / P Journal 03
Edward VII attends the Paris Opera, not so much for love of the music as to demonstrate his wish for friendly relations between Britain and France

Ethel Smyth
ETHEL SMYTH musician, writer and feminist

Panier Dress ?1777
A lady, in a gown with low, square decolletage and wide hoops or paniers, enters a box at the opera. Possibly a grande robe a la francaise

ROSSINI, SET FOR TELL
A strikingly naturalistic set for the second act, at La Scala, Milano

Verdi / Ballo / Liebig 5
Act 3 scene 8 : at the masked ball Oscar reveals what costume Riccardo will be wearing

Verdi / Ballo / Liebig 3
Act 2 scene 5 : Amelia reveals her identity to the plotters

Verdi / Ballo / Liebig 1
Act 1 scene 5 : Riccardo, governor of Boston, holds court

Saint Saens / Samson / Lieb6
Act 3 scene 3 : Samsons hair has re-grown, giving him the strength to bring down the temple of Dagon on the heads of his Philistine captors

Saint Saens / Samson / Lieb4
Act 2 scene 3 : Samson has revealed the secret of his strength, Dalila has cut his hair and now calls the Philistine warriors to take him captive

Saint Saens / Samson / Lieb3
Act 2 scene 3 : Dalila tries to get Samson to reveal to her the secret of his strength

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