Performed Collection (page 7)

Verdi Rigoletto Paris
Frezzolini, Alboni, Mario and Corsi in the celebrated last act quartet, in the production at the Theatre Italienne, Paris

Green Old Age at the Vaudeville Theatre, 1874
Engraving of a scene from the play Green Old Age, as performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1874. As can be seen, a couple of old sailors are causing mischief for their companions

Dutch Tightrope Walker
This female Dutch tightrope walker performed in London during the reign of James II - the print is dated 1794

Germany Oberammergau
General view of the village, famous for its passion play performed by the villagers

Trovatore - 1
Manrico the troubadour serenades Leonora but is overheard by the Count di Luna who of course is also in love with Leonora

Trovatore - 2
Manrico the troubadour and the Count di Luna confront each other and prepare to fight a duel

Trovatore - 5
Leonora tells Manrico he is free, but at the price of giving herself to the Count

Paper Chase Scrap
Paper chase, a sport rarely performed today because of the risk of polluting the evironment and the destruction of trees involved

Great Eastern Polka
The mighty ship inspires countless spin-offs : Charles Coote juniors The Great Eastern polka is actually performed on board the ship by Macfarlanes Band

Roman Suovetaurilla
A purifying sacrifice performed by the Romans - notably at the census or on military occasions) : a boar, a ram and a bull were the requisite victims

Steam navvy used to make the new dock at Swansea. By the late nineteenth century, chores traditionally done by workmen were being performed by steam engines

Dancing Women
A highly improbable dance performed for the benefit of a European visitor : the anonymous Italian artist has given free rein to his imagination

Puccini / Boheme / Melba
Nellie Melba as Mimi

Saint Saens / Samson 1
The spectacular finale of this opera brings the house down in every sense of the word

DONIZETTI / Linda di Chamounix
The malediction scene from Act 2, from the English production, with Catherine Hayes, Tamburini and Mlle. Meric at the Royal Italian Opera, London

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

G&s / Pirates, India 2
Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry... the pirates as portrayed in an amateur production by the British community at Simla, India

Leblanc as Carmen - 4
Georgette Leblanc as Carmen at Paris : as she appears in the fourth act

Leblanc as Carmen - 3
Georgette Leblanc as Carmen at Paris : as she appears dancing the seguedilla in the second act

Leblanc as Carmen - 2
Georgette Leblanc as Carmen at Paris : as she appears in the second act

Leblanc as Carmen - 1
Georgette Leblanc as Carmen at Paris : as she appears in the first act

Calve as Carmen 1893
Emma Calve as Carmen at Covent Garden, London

Massenet / Cid / Ballet
Somewhat incongruously, Massenet manages to introduce a ballet scene into his second act - a Spanish dance performed in the main square of Burgos

Chinese Sword Dance performed by a male dancer

Cyrano at the Theatre
Cyrano at the theatre

Rienzi and Followers
Rienzi at the head of his followers

Tannhauser & Elisabeth
Tannhauser and Elisabeth in the woods

Corneille / Cinna
CINNA The emperor Augustus, whose clemency is the subject of the drama

Attila (In Corneille)
ATTILA, KING OF THE HUNS as portrayed in Corneilles tragedy, 1667

Aristocratic Ballroom
An intricate step performed by two ladies and one man so impresses the rest of the dancers that they stop in their tracks to admire

Garrick Gaieties Show
A scene from the show Garrick Gaieties, performed at the Garrick Theatre, New York

Puccini Butterfly Arrang
Arrangement of Un bel di vedremo (One fine day) for soprano and piano

START OF 100 YEARS WAR
Edward III sends his challenge to Philip VI de Valois thus starting the 100 Years War; the Bishop of Lincoln & others wear an eyepatch until they have performed a gallant deed

Racial / Snake Dance 1908
Snake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain

Maria Felicia Malibran
Singer, born in Paris. Eldest daughter of Manual Garcia. In 1825 performed for the first time in London with the Italian Opera Company

Oratorio at Cambridge
Oratorio performed in St Marys Church, Cambridge

Tetrazzini Recording
LUISA TETRAZZINI She performed in opera houses all over the world and is seen here recording a peformance

Rosenkavalier 1st Night
Richard Strauss with Max Reinhardt (3rd from left, back), librettist Hoffman- sthal (behind the composer) and other VIPs, on the first night at Dresden, 26.1.1911

Black Mass 20th Century
A Twentieth Century messe noire performed by Parisian decadents

Reyer / Sigurd Performed
Performance at L Opera, Paris of the opera by Ernest Reyer after the poem by Camille du Locle and Alfred Blau

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

Sophocles / Antigone
ANTIGONE performed at Covent Garden Theatre, 1845

Entertainment / Tricks
INDIAN ROPE TRICK performed by Karachi (Arthur Claud Darby) and his son Kyder : a demonstration

Meyerbeer / Robert Diable
Cambons decor for Act One, in the Paris revival of 1870, staged at the Paris Opera

Corneille / Sophonisbe
SOPHONISBE the character of Sophonisbe

Corneille / Sertorius
SERTORIUS the character of Pompee

Corneille / Nicomede
NICOMEDE the character of Nicomede

Corneille / Don Sancho
DON SANCHE D ARAGON The character of Carlos

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