Performed Collection (page 5)

Khachaturian Sabre Dance
His ever-popular Sabre Dance from the Gayaneh Suite is performed with verve by the Andrews Sisters

Verdi / Otello / Garcia
Garcia in the role of Otello Date: first performed 1887

Verdi / Ernani / Photo
Donna Elvira is about to be wed to the aged Silva, though she loves Hernani, a bandit chief though really, of course, a nobleman disguised who... well, you can imagine Date: first performed 1844

Glucks Armide
Mademoiselle Maillard in the role of Armide, an enchantress whose hobby is seducing Crusaders. She adds the hero Renaud to her list of victims, but only by using magic. Date: first performed 1777

Mascagni / Amico Fritz
Scenes from the first production at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome : the story is from a French novel by Erckmann-Chatrian Date: first performed 1891

Gluck / Iphigenie En T
Rose Caron as Iphigenia in a Paris production, at the Theatre National de l Opera- Comique, 1900 Date: first performed 1779

Moliere / Bourgeois Gent
LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME Nicole tells her master she won t laugh at him any more Date: first performed 1670

Tristan, Isolde, Philtre
Act one, scene 5 : the love philtre Date: first performed 1865

Tristan - Ludwig Schnorr
Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, who created the role of Tristan at Munchen, 1865 Date: first performed 1865

Isolde - Malvina Schnorr
Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld, who created the role of Isolde at Munchen, 1865 Date: first performed 1865

KEEP FIT CLASS / 1930 S
A Keep fit Class. Exercises are performed on the floor to enhance posture. Date: 1930s

Corneille / LA Galerie
LA GALERIE DU PALAIS The character of Celibee Date: first performed 1634

Gigue Anglaise Croisee
GIGUE ANGLAISE CROISEE (also known as the Sir Roger de Coverley ) performed by four ladies and their military friends Date: circa 1880

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

Racine / Mardochee
ESTHER Mardochee, Esthers uncle Date: first performed 1689

Racine / Hippolyte
PHEDRE Hippolyte, son of Theseus Date: first performed 1677

Racine / Achilles
IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE Achilles Date: first performed 1675

Racine / Monime
MITHRIDATE Monime, queen of Pontus Date: first performed 1673

Racine / Bajazet
BAJAZET Roxane, sultana, favourite of the emperor Amurat Date: first performed 1672

Racine / Mithridate
MITHRIDATE Mithridates, king of Pontus &c Date: first performed 1673

Racine / Plaideurs
LES PLAIDEURS the character of La Comtesse Date: first performed 1668

I Masnadieri, by Verdi
(The Robbers) Jenny Lind and Luigi Lablache in the sixth scene of the first production, at Her Majestys Theatre, London, where it was coolly received. Date: July 1847

Dauglish Bread Maker (1)
Dr Dauglishs bread-making machine, London : every stage in the process is performed by machine (1 of 2) Date: 1860

Dauglish Bread Maker (2)
Dr Dauglishs bread-making machine, London : every stage in the process is performed by machine until the bread reaches the shop (2 of 2) Date: 1860

Racine / Athalie
ATHALIE Athalie, the widow of Joram Date: first performed 1691

Music cover, My Day Will Come When Your Days Gone, by Monte Carlo and Alma Sanders, performed by the Vincent Lopez Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra. 1924

BARNARD, Christian Neethling (1922-2001). South African cardiac surgeon who performed the worlds first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Oil

British Country Scene - Girl and Horse
Colour lantern slide of a girl with a horse and foal.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. The Whip is a melodrama by Henry Hamilton (playwright) and Cecil Raleigh

Sheet Music Bother the Men. Suffrage song, performed by Mrs. Howard Paul (1833?-1879), in the guise of Miss. Grym a feminist and lecturer on Womens Rights

Suffrage Actresses Franchise League. Programme of an Entertainment and Pageant of Famous Men and Women. B.C. 7, 000 - A.D 2914 Arranged by the joint committee of the Actresses Franchise League

Suffragette Child Sheet Music. A small boy holds up a charred copy of a piece of suffrage sheet music, Bother the Men performed by Miss Grym, a lecturer on Womans Rights

Suffragette Naughty Child. A small boy holds a burnt copy of suffragette sheet music. The song was called Bother the Men and performed probably in the music hall by Miss Grym a stereotypical lecturer

Ole Bill printed fabric doll with wood and button detail, representing the First World War character by Bruce Bairnsfather

Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)

Haydns Toy Symphony performed
Performance of Haydns Toy Symphony by children of the Royal Asylum of St Anne, Redhill, Surrey. Date: 1887

Sheet music cover, Love Like a Star Dear Shall Shine on our Way. A comic duet sung nightly by Miss Lottie Venne (1852-1928) and M Marius, in Alfred Lees burlesque, The Lying Dutchman

John Knowles Paine
JOHN KNOWLES PAINE American music teacher and composer, whose symphonies, oratorios, cantatas, songs, chamber music and organ pieces are seldom if ever performed. Date: 1839 - 1906

Performance by British POWs during WWII
A Christmas Show (Pantomime) performed by British Prisoners of War - during WW2. Possibly one of the less glamorous chorus lines of the 1940s (foreground) !!! Date: circa 1942

RUSSIA. Moscow. Design by Alexander Benois for

GOGOL, Nikolai Vasilievich (1809-1852). Russian novelist and playwright. Portrait of the actor that performed the role of the mayor

Schubert and Friends
FRANZ SCHUBERT A scene at one of the gatherings of Schubert and his friends. A charade is being performed. Josef Spaun is second from the right. Date: 1797 - 1828

Andrea Chenier
Scene from act three : Chenier before the Revolutionary Tribunal : from the original production at La Scala, Milano Date: first performed 1896

NFS (London Region) amateur variety show, WW2
Firemen and firewomen put on variety shows for their friends and colleagues at their sub-station (55V) in Forest Hill Central School, Brockley. London SE4

Celebrated trotting horse John Stewart as he appeared on the twentieth mile: In his great match against time over the fashion course L.I. Tuesday Sept. 22nd 1868

Religious play, The Miracle, Olympia, West London
A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911

Holborn Schools Band
Boys brass band at Holborn Schools, Mitcham. The boys are posed in uniform with instruments. A large carriage is visible behind

Singer Le Mans
Singer 1.5 litre Le Mans two- seater has indeed performed well on the Le Mans circuit, where sturdy build is as important as high performance. Date: 1936

Masks of Lucifer Ballet
A striking scene from The Masks of Lucifer, portraying Satan as Intrigue, Hate and Fear, performed by Madame Bosenweisers Ballet, Austria. Date: 1930

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