Operetta Collection (page 4)

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

Music cover for Chilperic Quadrilles
Music cover for the Chilperic Quadrilles, based on airs from Herves opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic, arranged (probably for piano) by C H R Marriott

Miss Lily Elsie, The Merry Widow
The popular English actress, Lily Elsie here in the role of Franz Lehars operetta, The Merry Widow

Poster advertising the Pirates of Penzance
Poster advertising a production of The Pirates of Penzance, a comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan

Merry Widow Hat
Beautiful young lady wearing a rather large, plume laden hat - a style that became known as the " Merry Widow" after a hat worn by Lily Elsie in the operetta of the same name

Merry Widow Hat C. 1910
Beautiful young lady wearing a rather large, plume laden hat - a style that became known as the " Merry Widow" after a hat worn by Lily Elsie in the operetta of the same name

Messager / Veronique 2
Poster for a 1950s (?) production of this ever- popular operetta. Veronique swings, her friend Florestan pushes

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

1870 / COX & BOX / PUNCH
William Cox and Benjamin Box Satire on Gladstone and Disraeli. The reference is to an operetta by Burnand and Sullivan, based on a farce

Operetta Personified
Operetta personified ! Date: 1882

Lehar Operetta Cover
A scene from Lehars popular operetta

The Sorcerer Lancers, by Charles d Albert
Cover for The Sorcerer Lancers, arranged from Arthur Sullivans music by Charles d Albert

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