Opera Collection (page 9)

WOTAN ENCIRCLES ROCK
Act Three : Loge encircles the rock on which Brunnhilde is sleeping with a protective fire which only a true hero can penetrate (Siegfried will manage it, of course)

HUNDING SUSPICIOUS
Act One : Hunding notices the resemblance between his wife Siglind and the visitor, Sigmund (they are indeed brother and sister, and will be lovers)

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THE SLEEP OF BRUNNHILDE
Act Three : Brunnhilde sleeps, encircled by fire

BRUNNHILDE & VALKYRIES
Act Three : Brunnhilde instructs her Valkyries to save Siglind

SIEGMUND AND SIEGLINDE
Act One : Siglind offers mead to the stranger, Sigmund, unaware that he is her twin brother : their unwittingly incestuous love is going to cause a lot of trouble

FAFNER GUARDS THE RING
Act Three : Fafner, in the form of a dragon, guards the Ring

SIEGMUND AND NOTHING
Act One : Sigmund with the magic sword Notung which he has just pulled out of the tree where it had been magically thrust

BRUNNHILDE AND WOTAN
Act Two : Brunnhilde seeks to protect the unwittingly incestuous Sigmund from the wrath of her father Wotan

HUNDING'S DRAUGHT
Act One : Siglind prepares Hunding's draught

BRUNNHILDE AND HORSE
Brunnhilde leads her horse to the cave

WOTAN RIDES TO ROCK
Wotan rides to the rock of the Valkyries, angry that his daughter Brunnhilde is protecting the (unwittingly) incestuous Siglind (yet another of his children)

BRUNNHILDE AT CAVE
Brunnhilde and her horse at the entrance to the cave

Seen from the Box 1906
Two ladies exchange comments while their male escort watches the action through his opera glass. Date: 1906

LEHAR FIRTH
(THE MERRY WIDOW) Actress Elizabeth Firth (as Natalie, wife of Popoff) wears the famous Edwardian "Gainsborough" style hat in Lehar's operetta. Date: 1907

LEHAR WIDOW FIRTH
(THE MERRY WIDOW) Actress Elizabeth Firth (as Natalie, wife of Popoff) wears the famous Edwardian "Gainsborough" style hat in Lehar's famous operetta. Date: 1907

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Lily Elsie in Lehar's operetta
(THE MERRY WIDOW) Actress Lily Elsie (as Sonia) wears the famous Edwardian "Gainsborough" style hat in Lehar's operetta. Date: 1907

VERDI/MASNADIERI FINALE
(The Robbers) The corpse-strewn finale of this somewhat unsuccessful opera based on Schiller's play Die Rauber Date: first performed 1847

MUSIC/OPERA/WAGNER
THE RING - DIE WALKURE Date: circa 1900

Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, Mozart
Louise Michaeli as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote). Date: 1865

Mozart, The Magic Flute, Papageno, a wandering bird-catcher Date: first performed 1791

Meistersinger in Milano
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg at La Scala, Milan - the final scene. Date: 1890

A Scene from La Joueur de Viole at the Opera Comique, Paris (1926) Date: 1926

The Student Prince of Denmark scene from Americana at the Belmont Theatre, New York (1926) Date: 1926

A Portrait of Sonia Pavloff (1920-24), the beautiful premiere danseuse at the Opera Comique Date: 1920-1924

A portrait of Alice Cocea (1920-24) who appeared in En Chemyse and Le Singe Jui Parle Date: 1920-1924

Annie Myers, opera and stage singer Date: 1890s

Scott Russell as Bertuccio in Mirette
Scott Russell, English singer, actor and theatre manager, as Bertuccio in Mirette, comic opera by Messager Date: 1890s

Sigrid Arnoldson as Baucis in Philemon and Baucis
Sigrid Arnoldson, Swedish opera singer, coloratura soprano, as Baucis in Gounods opera Philemon and Baucis Date: 1890s

Luise Meisslinger as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel
Luise Meisslinger, Austrian mezzo-soprano, as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, an opera by Humperdinck. Date: 1890s

Esther Palliser, opera singer Date: 1890s

Marie Roze as Eily O Connor in The Lily of Killarney, an opera by Julius Benedict Date: 1890s

The Old Stadt Theater - Hamburg, Germany - inset illustration inside a piece of Silver Birch Tree Bark. Showing the new facade designed by Martin Haller in 1874. Date: 1900s

Amy Augarde as Mlle Lange in La Fille de Madame Angot
Amy Augarde, English actress and singer, as Mlle Lange in La Fille de Madame Angot, comic opera Date: 1890s

Adelina Patti, Italian opera singer Date: 1890s

High definition television, scene from new opera, Mr Pickwick, with music by Albert Coates, produced by Vladimir Rosing, presented by Dallas Bower

Herr Max Alvary as Siegfried in Wagners opera Date: 1890s

The Duchess of Dantzic, written by Henry Hamilton, music by Ivan Caryll, a romantic comic opera based on the French play, Madame Sans Gene. Touring to Sale Public Hall

Trafalgar Square Theatre, London - by day - comic opera every evening. (1 of 2) Date: late 19th century

Japanese opera singers, performers, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Japanese opera singers, performers, Japan

The Vienna State Opera Vienna, Austria
19th century vintage photograph: The Vienna State Opera is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria

Charles Windermere presents Grumpy, Burton-on-Trent
Charles Windermere presents Grumpy, at the Opera House, Burton-on-Trent, by arrangement with Cyril Maude. A play by Horace Hodges and T Wigney Percyval, a great success in London and New York

The Grand Duchess (of Gerolstein), Savoy Theatre, London, English version of the operetta by Offenbach, Meilhac and Halevy, words by C H Brookfield, lyrics by Adrian Ross. Date: 1897

Cavaliere F Castellano Grand Opera Co, Theatre Royal, Halifax - caricature of Castellano drawn by Caruso the Great Tenor, Dublin, 1909 Date: 1909

The Opera House, Paris, France
A car speeds past the Paris Opera House, with a busy street scene. Date: circa 1930s

Paris Opera House
Street scene with the Paris Opera House. Date: circa 1930s

Come Over Here! A new revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton at the London Opera House, Kingsway Date: circa 1913

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