Operetta Collection (page 3)

Florence St. John (1855 1912), English singer and actress of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, famous for her roles in operetta, musical burlesque, music hall

Cartoon, the late Mr Joseph Eldred, operetta singer
Cartoon, the late Mr Joseph Eldred -- Poor Joe! He was an operetta singer who ran his own production company, Joseph Eldreds Dramatic and Opera Bouffe Company. 1884

Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi and Alexander Henderson
Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi, theatre director (in the background) -- I had engaged to give those people a taste of The Beggar Student, and now there is Alexander Henderson on the same job

Characters and adverts in Princess Ida programme
Two characters and adverts in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London. circa 1880s

Advertisement in Princess Ida programme
Advertisement for Liberty Art Fabrics in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London, with three men in armour. circa 1880s

Afgar by Fred Thompson and Worton David, music by Charles Cuvillier, based on the operetta by Andre Barde and Michel Carre fils (Theatre des Capucines, Paris, 2 April 1909)

Greetings card in the shape of an HMS Pinafore cap
Greetings card in the shape of an HMS Pinafore naval cap. Date: circa 1890s

Franz Lehar - Austro-Hungarian Compser - The Merry Widow
Franz Lehar (1870-1948) - Austro-Hungarian Composer - mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow. Date: circa 1910s

Music cover, Der Letzte Waltzer, operetta in three acts, by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grunwald, with music by Oscar Straus, arranged for voice and piano, and piano duet. 1920

Caricature of Fred Leslie, English actor and singer
Caricature of Fred Leslie (Frederick George Hobson, 1855-1892), English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist. Seen here in the role of Rip Van Winkle

Caricature of Howard Paul, American writer and performer
Caricature of George Henry Howard Paul (1830-1905), American writer, playwright, comic actor and theatre manager, active in the UK

Caricature of Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer
Caricature of Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), composer and musician, with his colleagues Ws Gilbert (1836-1911) and Richard d Oyly Carte (1844-1901) in the background

Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert -- The Latest Converts to Aestheticism. A reference to their latest operetta, Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement. 1881

Caricature of the French actor and singer Claude Marius
Caricature of the French actor, singer and stage manager Claude Marius (Duplany), known to English audiences as Mons. Marius. He acted regularly at the Strand Theatre, London

Caricature of the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan
Caricature of Sir Arthur Sullivan, English composer of operettas with the librettist Ws Gilbert, as well as other works. One of the Parents of the Pirates (referring to the Pirates of Penzance)

Caricature of the actor Shiel Barry in the role of Gaspard, a miserly old farmer, in the operetta The Chimes of Normandy. circa 1878

Merry Widow Feather Hat
Actress Elizabeth Firth (as Natalie, wife of Popoff) in Lehars operetta, " The Merry Widow", wearing a hat or headdress composed mostly of feathers. Date: 1907

Merry Widow hat, Elizabeth Firth
Actress Elizabeth Firth (as Natalie, wife of Popoff) in Lehars operetta " The Merry Widow" wearing a plume laden hat - a style later named after the opera. 1907

Lehar / Widow / Elsie Photo
Lily Elsie (as Sonia) in Lehars operetta " The Merry Widow" in a hat with a deep crown decorated with tulle & ostrich plumes which became synonymous with the name. Date: 1907

Verne / to the Moon
DE LA TERRE A LA LUNE (From the Earth to the Moon ) performed with immense success as a magical operetta at the Theatre de la Gaite, Paris Date: 1875

Three Little Maids from School - Grey, Braham and Bond
Three Little Maids from School - Sibyl Grey, Leonora Braham and Jessie Bond in Gilbert & Sullivans The Mikado. 1885

Posada, Cover design, El Rey Que Rabio
Cover design, El Rey Que Rabio -- The King Who Went Mad, a comic zarzuela (Spanish operetta) with lyrics by Miguel Ramos Carrion and Vital Aza, and music by Ruperto Chapi

See-See by Charles Brookfield
Promotional postcard for See-See by Charles Brookfield; music Sidney Jones. Adapted from La Troisieme Lune by F. Gresac & Paul Ferrier. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 20th June 1906

Merrie England by Basil Hood
Promotional postcard for Merrie England by Basil Hood; music Edward German. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 2nd April 1902

George Grossmith as Gilbert & Sullivans The Mikado
George Grossmith in the role of Gilbert & Sullivans The Mikado, Emperor of Japan. 1885

Kitty Grey adapted by J Smyth Pigott
Kitty Grey adapted by J. Smyth Pigott from Les Fetards by Antony Mars and Maurice Hennequin (1897); music Lionel Monckton et. al. First produced at the Apollo Theatre, 7th September 1901

Indiana by H B Farnie
Promotional flyer for Indiana by H. B. Farnie; music Edmond Audran. First produced at the Avenue Theatre, London 11th October 1886

H Ms Pinafore by Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Promotional postcard for H. M. S. Pinafore by W. S. Gilbert; music Arthur Sullivan.First produced at the Opera Comique Theatre, 25th May 1878. For the Windsor Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

The Gipsy Princess adapted by Arthur Miller and Arthur Stanley from the original by Leo Stein & Bela Jenbach; music Emmerich Kalman (Johann Strausstheater, Vienna, 17th November 1915)

Sir Henry Alfred Lytton, English actor and singer
Sir Henry Alfred Lytton (1865-1936), English actor and singer famous for his roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas at the Savoy Theatre. Date: early 20th century

Ivy Tresmand (1898 - 1980), actress and singer. Appearing in Dalys production of the part of Frou-Frou in The Merry Widow. Date: 1923

Scene from The Sorcerer, Gilbert and Sullivan
Scene from The Sorcerer, operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, at the Opera Comique. The central characters are, presumably, Alexis and Aline (in bridal gown)

Miss Ivy Tresmand by Madame Yevonde
Miss Ivy Tresmand (1898-1980) by Madame Yevonde. She was an actress and singer appearing mainly in musical theatre. In 1921 she was appearing in an operetta entitled Sybil at Dalys Theatre

Maud Branscombe, actress and singer
Maud (or Maude) Branscombe, actress and light opera singer. She performed in New York and London. Date: circa 1870s

Sir Arthur Sullivan
SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR SULLIVAN English composer, organist and choirmaster. Collaborated with Ws Gilbert on series of highly successful comic operas Date: c. 1880

Anna Judic Photo
ANNA JUDIC French singer, queen of operetta, especially associated with the works of Offenbach : photo about 1875. Date: 1850 - 1910

Home Sweet home - 2
The interior of the home of writer John Howard Payne, whose song Home, sweet home featured in an operetta. Date: 1823

Home Sweet home - 1
The exterior of the home of writer John Howard Payne, whose song Home, sweet home featured in an operetta. Date: 1823

Corneville-les-Cloches, Eure, France - The Bells. Date: 1914

Miss Gabrielle Ray in The Merry Widow
Miss Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), English actress, dancer and singer in The Merry Widow, an operetta by the AustroHungarian composer Franz Lehar

Cincinnati Federal Theatre presents Mikado a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Mikado at the Emery, Walnut & Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio

Adah Richmonds Operetta Bouffe Troupe. Date c1878

Poster advertising The Sorrows of Satan

Edwardian performers in oriental costume, Mid Wales
A group of Edwardian performers in oriental costume, with fans and parasols, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. The most likely production would be The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan

Mikado cast members with sailor
Six female cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado, with a man in a sailor suit who looks as if hes wandered in from HMS Pinafore

Seven Mikado cast members
Seven cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado -- six women and one man. The women are wearing kimonos and holding fans, and one has an open parasol over her shoulder

Mikado cast members in kimonos with fans
Six female cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado, wearing their kimonos and brandishing their fans

Music cover for Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille
Music cover for Charles Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille, based on airs from Herves popular opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic

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