Performed Collection (page 10)

Mascagni / Marat / Liebig 5
Act three : the Prince, disguised as a revolutionary, with Mariella, who knows his identity and resolves to flee Paris with him

Mascagni / Marat / Liebig 4
Act two : the Prince, disguised as a revolutionary, recognises his mother at the Revolutionary Tribunal

Mascagni / Marat / Liebig 3
Act one : the prince (in disguise) embraces his mother, imprisoned by the Revolutionaries, through the bars of the prison

Mascagni / Marat / Liebig 2
Act one : the prince (in disguise) joins the Marats, the revolutionary guard, hoping he will be able to rescue his imprisoned mother, la Princesse de Fleury

Mascagni / Cav - Postcar
Turiddu, Lola and Santuzza in a dramatic confrontation, during this idyll of rustic life

Mascagni / Cav - Liebig
Sixty curtain calls greet the first production at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome - a resounding success which will be followed by enduring popularity

Verdi Falstaff Liebig
Falstaff is hidden in the laundry basket

LECOCQ / PLUTUS
The virtues of Plutus are celebrated in song and wine

Gounod / Reine De Saba
King Solomons court : Scene from Act 5, in the original Paris production

Gluck / Orphee, Brussels
Madame Dratz-Barrat as Eurydice : since this is a Belgian card, she presumably took part in a production at Brussels

Glinka / Ruslan & L - 3
Costumes for the two principal characters- Ruslan, a warrior, and Lyudmila, daughter of the Grand Duke: they are betrothed in Act One, and are united in Act Five after a deal of fuss

Glinka / Ruslan & L - 2
Setting for Act One : the castle of the Grand Duke of Kiev (Kyiv) whose daughter is betrothed to Ruslan, but he needs to sing his way through five acts before he gets her

Glinka / Ruslan & L - 1
Setting for Act Three : the castle of the witch Naina

Traviata - Liebig
Act one : Alfredo meets Violetta at her party, and is immediately captivated

Traviata - Liebig - 4
Act two, scene 14 : at Floras ball, Alfredo calls the company to witness that he pays his debts, and flings his gaming winnings at Violettas feet

Traviata - Liebig - 3
Act two, scene eight : Alfredos father, Georgio Germont, tries in vain to console him for the loss of Violetta who has nobly renounced him

Traviata - Liebig - 2
Act two, scene five : Alfredos father, Georgio Germont, visits Violetta and tells her she is ruining his son and also his daughters marriage prospects

Traviata - Liebig - 1
Act one, scene three : Alfredo and Violetta meet

Rubinstein as Saint Seb
Ida Rubinstein in the name part, which calls for a dancer/reciter rather than a singer : the show is more a mystery play than an opera

Dargomyzhsky Rusalka 2
Scene for Act Three, tableau 2 - village scene, where the rusalkas father, the miller, now mad, recognises the prince who seduced his daughter and throws him into the water

RIOTON AS LOUISE
Mlle. Rioton takes the leading role in the first production of Louise at the Theatre- Comique, Paris : the story of everyday life is a huge popular success

Borodin - Igor - 9
Khan Kontchak, though a Tartar bent on attacking Putivl, turns out to be very decent chap who allows Vladimir to marry his daughter and respects Igors gallantry

Borodin - Igor - 7
Vladimir Galitsky, Igors dissolute brother in law, who will fall for the Tartar Khans daughter Kontchakovna and find himself torn between love and duty

Borodin - Igor - 6
The prologue is set in the streets of Putivl which is threatened by the Polovtsian Tartars of Khan Kontchak : but not to worry, Igor will save the town

Borodin - Igor - 5
Kontchakovna, daughter of Khan Kontchak and beloved by Vladimir, friend of Igor whom Kontchak is attacking... amazingly, all ends happily !

Borodin - Igor - 4
Costume for a female dancer

Borodin - Igor - 3
Costume for a male (?) dancer carrying a bow, but dressed for ballet rather than battle

Borodin - Igor - 2
Set design for acts 2 and 3 : the camp of the Polovtsians, who are attacking Prince Igor

Boito Nerone Liebig 5
Scene from act four : in the entrance to the circus, Nerone learns of Simon Maguss plot to escape by setting fire to Rome

Boito Nerone Liebig 4
Scene from act three : in the home of the Christians, news comes that Simon Magus plans to betray them

Boito Nerone Liebig 3
Scene from act two : priest/magician Simon Magus seeks to trick Nerone, but his plan backfires

Boito Nerone Liebig 2
Scene from act one : on the Appian Way, outside Rome. Nerone is about to bury his mother, whom he has murdered, though he is now sorry he did it

DAME BLANCHE - 3
Scenes from his masterpiece, which marks a turning-point in French opera

DAME BLANCHE - 2
Scene from Act 2, Scene 12 : the opera is based on novels by Sir Walter Scott, which explains the kilted gent

DAME BLANCHE - 1
The celebrated duet, highlight of Boieldieus masterpiece which marks a turning-point in French opera

Carmen Card Series - 5
Carmen and Don Jose at the plaza de toros

Carmen Card Series - 4
Carmen and Don Jose in the mountains

Carmen Card Series - 3
Carmen and Don Jose at the posada (bar)

Carmen Card Series - 2
Carmen taunts Don Jose

Carmen Card Series - 1
Carmen and Don Jose

Bressler-Gianoli Carmen
Madame Bressler-Gianoli in the title role in the production by the Opera Comique, Paris

Berlioz Faust Liebig 6
While her seducer goes down to Hell, Marguerite, judged blameless though pregnant, is taken up to Heaven by sympathetic angels

Berlioz Faust Liebig 3
Mephistopheles summons his demons to work magic on the innocent Marguerite, while Faust peeks at her through the window

Berlioz Faust Liebig 1
Faust in his study watches the victorious soldiers ride past and compares their destiny with his own

Blockx, Opera
LA PRINCESSE A L AUBERGE (The Princess at the inn) performed at the theatre de la Monnaie, Bruxelles, Belgium

Faust - Liebig
FAUST Mephistopheles, summoned by magic, shows Faust a vision of Marguerite, offering him his youth restored in exchange for his soul

Faust - Liebig - 5
FAUST Mephistopheles finds Marguerite, now pregnant, in church, trying to repent in prayer; he prevents her and predicts her damnation

Faust - Liebig - 3
FAUST Faust courts Marguerite in her garden, and now she is more disposed to be friendly

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