Soprano Collection

The soprano Maria Callas in the main role of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. Photography

Lina Cavalieri, Italian opera singer and actress
Natalina (Lina) Cavalieri (1874-1944), Italian operatic soprano and actress. circa 1900

Jenny Lind / 1850 Print
JENNY LIND Swedish soprano, known as The Swedish Nightingale and The Queen of Song, depicted exchanging her notes for gold

Nellie Melba / 1904
NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano, probably in the role of Bizets Carmen

ADELINA PATTI 1843-1919
ADELINA PATTI American operatic soprano born in Madrid of Italian parentage. Sang roles in operas of Bellini, Rossini and Gounod

Maggie Teyte / Theatre 07
MAGGIE TEYTE (Maggie Tate) English operatic soprano, seen here in the role of Glycere in Circe at the Opera Comique, Paris

Leontyne Price / Warfield
LEONTYNE PRICE American operatic soprano with William Warfield in Gershwins Porgy & Bess

Mme Adelina Patti
ADELINA PATTI American operatic soprano born in Madrid of Italian parentage. Sang roles in operas of Bellini, Rossini and Gounod

Gertrude Callam, as Rosina
Gertrude Callam, soprano, as Rosina in The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini

Nellie Melba / Faust Role
NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano in the role of Marguerite in Faust

Hortense Schneider / Waler
HORTENSE SCHNEIDER French soprano singer who appeared in many of Offenbachs operettas

Nellie Melba / Postcard
NELLIE MELBA (born Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano

Emma Eames - American opera singer
Emma Eames (1865-1952), American opera singer (soprano) performed in Europe and America from 1889 to 1916. Date: 1890

Lilian Norton Nordica - American opera singer
Lilian Norton Nordica (1857-1914), American opera singer (soprano) at the piano. Date: 1890

Hatto / Brunnhilde / Theatre
HATTO (Marguerite Jeanne Frere) French soprano in the role of Brunnhilde

Woman in fancy dress costume as Night (la Nuit)
Woman in costume as Night (la Nuit) in a dress decorated with stars and zodiac signs for a masquerade ball, late 19th century, Paris

Ella Ivemy, pianist and accompanyist to Nellie Melba (operatic soprano). Date: 1931

Adelina Patti (1843-1919), 1873, by Raimundo de Madrazo
Adelina Patti (1843-1919). Italian Soprano. Portrait by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920), 1873. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in her dressing room
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in her dressing room at the Theatre des Varietes. Date: 1867

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in travelling clothes
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in travelling clothes. Date: circa 1850s

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in evening dress
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in evening dress. Date: circa 1850s

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in costume
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in costume in the role of the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Date: circa 1867

Scene from Alice in Wonderland
Scene from the tea part in Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll) performed at the opera comique in 1898. Miss Rose Hersee as Alice and Mr

Madame Ada Patterson, soprano, studio portrait in corseted bodice, with fur shoulders. Born in Plymouth, studied with Alfred Weekes, and later at the Royal Academy of Music with Signor Manuel Garcia

Louise Pounds, actress, singer, theatrical studio portrait
Louise Pounds, actress and singer, (1872 ?? 1970), theatrical studio portrait, in gown and frilled hood, captioned Miss Louie Pounds'

Vanni Marcoux, H G Moore and Lalla Miranda
Signor Vanni Marcoux (L), bass, H G Moore (R), assistant stage manager, Mme Lalla Miranda, soprano Date: 1910

Marie Louise Edvina, opera singer
Mme Marie Louise Edvina, opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Maria Kousnietzoff, opera singer
Mme Maria Kousnietzoff, opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Emmy Destinn, opera singer
Mlle Emmy Destinn, opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Amy Evans, Edith Evans and Fernando Gianoli-Galletti
Miss Amy Evans (L), soprano, Miss Edith Evans (R), soprano, Fernando Gianoli-Galletti, bass, opera singers Date: 1910

Maurice D'Oisly, Helene Demellier and Zorah Dorly
Maurice D'Oisly, tenor, Mlle Helene Demellier (L), soprano, Mme Zorah Dorly (R), soprano, opera singers Date: 1910

Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer
Madame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Minnie Saltzmann-Stevens, American opera singer
Madame Minnie Saltzmann-Stevens, American opera singer, soprano, in the role of Brunnhilde Date: 1910

Luisa Tetrazzini, opera singer
Madame Luisa Tetrazzini, opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Louis Lestelly, Arthur Lheureux and Marie Knupfer-Egli
Louis Lestelly (L), baritone, Arthur Lheureux (R), tenor, Mme Marie Knupfer-Egli, soprano, opera singers Date: 1910

Maggie Teyte, opera singer
Maggie Teyte (1888-1976) was an English soprano. Her career began at the Opera House in Paris. Here she is depicted at the time of her English debut

Emmy Destinn
The opera singer Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) on the cover of The Tatler'. She was due to have performed at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris with the New York Metropolitan operatic company

Maria Labia, Italian operatic soprano (1880-1953), theatrical studio portrait in character. Captioned, A Comic Opera Gold Medallist'

Illustration by Norman Morrow, of Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter. Captioned, Salome without the Baptist's Head'

Illustration Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter. Captioned, Salome without the Baptist's Head! Aino Ackte (1876-1944), Finnish soprano, had recently been cast to play Salome

Photograph of Aino Ackte (1876-1944), Finnish soprano, theatrical studio portrait. Captioned, The New Salome'. Aino Ackte had recently been cast to play Salome, in a long-forbidden opera

Elizabeth Amsden, soprano (1881-1966), studio portrait in soft focus. Captioned, A Beecham Primadonna, with description, Miss Elizabeth Amsden (Toinette In "Le Chemineau" At Covent Garden)

Photographs of opera personalities, within illustrated frame with fuchsias. Including, Mr Robert Radford; A very fine basso, who has long been popular on the concert platform

Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here with his wife, the Russian soprano Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (b 1926). The couple married in 1955

Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here (centre) with the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (left) and the English composer Benjamin Britten (right)

Elisabeth Rethberg, German soprano
Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976) German soprano, here photographed in the part she created as the title role in Richard Strauss's Die agyptische Helena Date: November 1928

Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, Mozart
Louise Michaeli as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote). Date: 1865

Florence Dysart, English mezzo-soprano and actress Date: 1890s

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