Operatic Collection

Lina Cavalieri, Italian opera singer and actress
Natalina (Lina) Cavalieri (1874-1944), Italian operatic soprano and actress. circa 1900

Music / Opera / Verdi / Aida
AIDA Mlle Soyer as Amneris in a production at the Academie Nationale de Musique, Paris

Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s

ADELINA PATTI 1843-1919
ADELINA PATTI American operatic soprano born in Madrid of Italian parentage. Sang roles in operas of Bellini, Rossini and Gounod

Maggie Teyte / Theatre 07
MAGGIE TEYTE (Maggie Tate) English operatic soprano, seen here in the role of Glycere in Circe at the Opera Comique, Paris

Leontyne Price / Warfield
LEONTYNE PRICE American operatic soprano with William Warfield in Gershwins Porgy & Bess

Sir Granville Bantock
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK English composer and operatic conductor

Francesco Matania
Chevalier Francesco Matania (1884-1957), operatic singer and professor of singing, pictured in The Tatler at the time of his return to London in 1920

Pauline Mailhac - Austrian Soprano - Role of Brunhilde
Pauline Mailhac (1858-1946) - Austrian Operatic Soprano. Photograph of her farewell performance in Wagners Gotterdammerung on 15th June 1901 in the role of Brunhilde - Karlsruhe Opera. Date: 1901

Poster, Moody Manners Opera Company
Theatre poster, Moody Manners Opera Company, from Covent Garden, London, touring to principal cities with productions including Carmen, Lohengrin and Faust

Cartoon, Signor Foli, Irish bass opera singer
Cartoon, Signor Foli (Allan James Foley, 1837-1899), Irish bass opera singer -- He has studied Bradshaw (probably a reference to his travels and tours). 1884

Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company
Characters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust

Aladdin, touring to the Opera House, Northampton, 22 February 1909(?) This seems to be a stock poster. The reverse boasts of The Funniest Pantomime ever produced. circa 1909

Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
Mademoiselle Vera Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano in a historical role. Date: circa 1906

Mme Adelina Patti
ADELINA PATTI American operatic soprano born in Madrid of Italian parentage. Sang roles in operas of Bellini, Rossini and Gounod

Gertrude Callam, as Rosina
Gertrude Callam, soprano, as Rosina in The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini

Les Cloches de Corneville by Clairville and Charles Gabet. It was adapted into English by H. B. Farnie and Robert Reece. Reverse of the previous flyer for the Halifax Amateur Operatic Society

Caruso / Anon Postcard
Enrico Caruso ((1873 - 1921), Italian operatic tenor

Paul Franz (1876-1950). Baritone and operatic actor, born in France. Date: circa 1912

Ella Ivemy, pianist and accompanyist to Nellie Melba (operatic soprano). Date: 1931

Giuseppe de Begnis, Italian operatic bass singer
Giuseppe de Begnis (1793-1849), Italian operatic bass singer Date: early 19th century

Julius Harrison
A portrait drawing of English composer and conductor, Julius Allan Greenway Harrison, 1885-1963. Known for his interpretation of operatic works, he also wrote books on music

Madame DAlvarez
A portrait painting of Marguerite d'Alvarez, an English contralto who sang on various operatic and concert stages, including Samson and Delilah performed in Rouen in 1907

Scene from Alice in Wonderland
Scene from the tea part in Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll) performed at the opera comique in 1898. Miss Rose Hersee as Alice and Mr

The resting place of Sir Arthur Sullivan (Maybe 1842- November 1900) at St Pauls Cathedral. Service was in in the chapel Royal, St James

Dearborn Portrait Advertisement
An advertisement for Dearborn Ltd, providers of cosmetics, including face powder, shampoo and face cream. The portrait photo is of Signorina Toti Dal Monte, a brilliant operatic prima donna

Maggie Teyte, opera singer
Maggie Teyte (1888-1976) was an English soprano. Her career began at the Opera House in Paris. Here she is depicted at the time of her English debut

Marie Alexandrowicz, opera singer
Marie Alexandrowicz, here depicted at the age of 17, having just signed up for a five year engagement at the Opera House, Paris. Date: circa 1910

Ruth Vincent with her son
Ruth Vincent (1877-1955), an English opera singer and actress. She began her career with the D'Oyly Carte opera company at the age of 17, and went on to appear in musical comedies

Covent Garden Opera stars
Edith Evans (not the actress of the same name), Maria Kousnietzoff (1880-1966) and Louise Edvina (1878-1948) starred in the 1910 opera season at Covent Garden London. Date: circa 1910

Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) the Italian opera singer. Here her engagement to Robert Winthrop Chandler, the great-grandson of William B Astor, is announced

Maria Labia, Italian operatic soprano (1880-1953), theatrical studio portrait in character. Captioned, A Comic Opera Gold Medallist'

Music cover, Puccini, Madame Butterfly (German edition)
Music cover, Puccini, Madame Butterfly (German edition, Die Kleine Frau Schmetterling, containing three individual items for vocalists and piano). 1910

Yevgeny Raikov, Russian opera singer. Date: circa 1950s

Georg Solti, renowned orchestral and operatic conductor
Sir Georg Solti (1912-1997), renowned Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor. Date: circa 1970s

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

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

A portrait of Tilly Losch, 1931
A portrait of the Viennese dancer Tilly Losch, 1931 Date: 1931

Queen Mary on a visit to Bethnal Green in the east end of London, accompanied by the Mayor after enjoying a performance of I Pagliacci by the Oxford House Choral Society at the Excelsior Cinema in

Ann Brown and George Mattocks in the operatic version
Miss Ann Brown and Mr. George Mattocks in the characters of Miranda and Ferdinand in an operatic version of William Shakespeares The Tempest, Covent Garden Theatre, 1776

Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Faure, French opera singer
Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), French opera singer (baritone) and art collector. 1880s

G Mario Sammarco (1868-1930). Born in Palermo, Sicily. Operatic baritone of worldwide renown. Date: circa 1912

John McCormack (1884-1945). Born in Athlone, Ireland. Famous operatic tenor. Date: circa 1912

Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931). Born near Melbourne, Australia. Operatic singer of worldwide renown. Date: circa 1912

Cartoon, Little birds who can sing and don t sing must not be surprised if they have to pay fifty pounds sometimes. John Sims Reeves (1821-1900), operatic, oratorio and ballad singer

Cartoon, Mr Joseph Ms, English tenor singer
Cartoon, Mr Joseph Ms (1847-1886), English tenor singer, before he sacrificed his moustache. He was principal tenor with the Carl Rosa Opera Company. 1885

Members of the Operatic Association dressed for a Toy Ballet at the British Industries Ball at the Dorchester House Hotel, London, 1927

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