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1986223029Sichuan.: 四川美术出版社. Sichuan meishu chubanshe. 1986. Poster showing 56 captioned Chinese Sichuan Opera facepaint masks. Text in simplified Chinese characters 76 x 52.5cm occasional light creasing corner pinholes in very good and bright condition. In Chinese opera individual characters are distinguished by highly codified facial make-up often described as painted “masks” and in some regional traditions particularly Sichuan opera by the use of actual masks. These visual conventions function as an interpretive guide for audiences signalling a character’s identity personality and moral attributes. Musical style facial design and costume vary markedly between regional operatic forms including Beijing opera Sichuan opera Yue opera and Cantonese opera reflecting distinct local performance traditions and aesthetic systems. . 四川美术出版社. [Sichuan meishu chubanshe]. unknown
1937450519Paris : Delagrave 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth Art Deco binding. Spine bands panel edges and corners slightly dust-toned and rubbed. Front hinge slightly cracked. Some light marginal foxing within and pages gently tanned as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 93 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; ""Livres pour distribution de prix. Série B. Texte abrégé et expurgé."" Subjects; French fiction 18th century. Satire French. Paris : Delagrave hardcover
1984008770Los Angeles: William Granger 1984. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine. Photographs. One of apparently only 100 copies of this outstanding privately published summary of the careers and Metropolitan Opera performances of several hundred singers. The book was given to some of those who provided photographs and other copies given to selected public libraries; the correspondence of the author and his respondents indicate that only 100 copies were printed but the actual number is unknown. In any case it is very scarce. This particular copy is a clean and near-new presentation copy and comes with an extensive file of miscellaneous correspondence relating to the author's requests for photographs and other matters relating to publication and distribution of the book. An extensive file of signed and unsigned memorabilia including the photographs in the book are also available individually in our Opera catalog. <br/> <br/> William Granger hardcover
1988159709San Francisco: The Folcrom 1988. Vintage flyer announcing four performances of an opera entitled "Watt" adapted from the Samuel Beckett novel performed by The Tiny Dead Bodies Opera Company at The Folcrom San Francisco October 21 and 22 28 and 29 1988.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett. The Folcrom was a non-profit installation and performance space located at 2150 Folsom Street San Francisco from 1987-1991.<br /> <br /> 8.5 x 14 inches on pale yellow paper. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and a small crease to the lower left corner. The Folcrom unknown
190964260New York: Frderick A. Stokes 1909. 4to. xv 1 172 2 pp. Colour frontisp. 6 colour plates title pages & chapter initials all decorated in lavender-coloured Celtic knotwork illustrations and borders. Black publisher’s cloth blue Celtic design borders gilt lettering colour plate mounted front cover black topstain as issued minor shelfwear light rubbing slight bumping to couple corners still a VG copy w/ former ownership marking on ffep. First edition of this translation and recounting of the epic Wagnerian opera set against the backdrop of the Arthurian myth surrounding Tristan and Isolde including music scene movements and details on the development and early performances. Williams 1875-1932 began his career in New Jersey while running a large engineering business without formal instruction and began his illustration career with St. Nicholas Magazine and later Century. He illustrated works by Smollet Defoe and would later receive the Silver Medal at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Frderick A. Stokes, hardcover
1997240211020Decca 1997-10-13. audioCD. Like New. 5x6x3. Like New Inside and Out! Crisp Pages w/no markings! Decca unknown
19942110502150502368Ongaku no Tomosha 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Ongaku no Tomosha paperback
1966139935Columbia Records 1966. lp_record. Very Good. 0x0x0. All three discs without visible wear in clean sleeves with numbers notated in upper corners; 62-page libretto with photos is clean and unmarked with glossy cover; box has minimal wear. Columbia Records unknown
19882295180818002RCA Legacy 1988-03-29. Audio CD. New. Brand-new unused unopened in perfect condition. RCA Legacy unknown
1939030916Melbourne: Ruskin Press Pty Ltd 1939 Undated but 1939. 8vo. single folded sheet in card folder rubbed & creased slightly frayed a little toned & marked; pp. 6 last blank with original colour portrait of Vera Grist pasted inside folder. A very good copy. A programme for an evening of dance and music promoting Vera Grist a promising young Melbourne Dancer reviewed by The Argus 23rd Aug 1939; 'Dancer's Recital. A number of delightful and well-danced pieces in Miss Vera Grist's recital last night proved that the excellent reputation she has been gaining as a character dancer is thoroughly deserved. She has an adequate technique and used it to good advantage in her first four classical numbers but her forte was the more highly dramatic or comic pieces. Miss Grist's teacher Madame Saronova who arranged the dances appeared with her in a pretty Dutch clog dance. Among those who assisted Miss Grist were Misses Winifred Egan. Dorothy Simpson Roma Smith Ruth Michael and Valda Johnstone and Mr. Kelvin Plant.' The Bulletin similarly reported on another event the previous year 'A Jack Cato camera made this picture of Vera Grist a young Melbourne dancer winner of the Vic. Society of Dancings scholarship. Vera was chosen to take part in the augmented ensemble scenes of 'Le Coq dOr' and even her teacher Saronova didnt recognise her pupil in the wings just before the ballet commenced for she was completely disguised as a dwarf with a beard and ruddy cheeks. Vera is thrilled because Anton Dolin has promised to give her lessons.' Inscribed in folder next to her portrait 'To my dear teacher Lucie Saronova with my grateful thanks to all you have done Vera'. Madam Lucie Saronova 1900-1988 a student of Maestro Enrico Cecchetti and was the founding organizer and first chairman of the Australian Cecchetti Society branch of the imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing; her term of office covering a record span of 37 years from 1934-1971. Signed by Subject. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. Ruskin Press Pty Ltd paperback
199828043<p>VARIETY 1998. MAGAZINE NEWSPAPERS LIGHT RUB WEAR 1ST EDITION 1998 VG 10 1/2 IN X 14 1/4 . Musical Show which also launched career of Sarah Brightman Female lead Christine who was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom based on a Gaston Leroux novel various articles & color pictures other shows etc Born 1942 & is British who was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom based on a Gaston Leroux novel . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.</p> VARIETY paperback
1976100846<p>New York April 19 1976. 1976. Fine. - Over 60 words typed on 10-1/2 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide "MET: Metropolitan Opera Association Lincoln Center" stationery. The executive director of the Metropolitan Opera Anthony Bliss replies to City Center's former producer and director Jean Dalrymple's suggestion that she could be helpful to City Center again in managing the four ballet companies associated with the MET "Regardless of what kind of arrangements we may make on behalf of the ballet companies we certainly will want to get the benefit of your ideas and experience." Signed "Tony". Folded for mailing else fine.</p><p>Together with the retained copy of Jean Dalrymple's letter of April 6 1976.</p><p>The executive director of the Metropolitan Opera Anthony A. Bliss 1913-1991 gave up his law practice in 1974 to take over what was then a financially troubled organization. He co-operated with music director & chief conductor James Levine and the director of production John Dexter in the early 1980's. Bliss was also co-chairman of the Joffrey Ballet. Though tall and distinctive looking his wife Sally described him as "the most unsophisticated man I ever met. I pick out his clothes." and elaborated by saying "He has no gourmet instincts: I could feed him a can of Alpo." With a sense of humor Bliss then started keeping a can of dog food on his desk. President Lyndon Johnson appointed Bliss to the original National Council on the Arts.</p><p>The recipient Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.</p> New York, April 19, 1976. hardcover
198028607New York: October 14 1980. 1980. Very good. - sc Quarto 11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches high. 201 words typed on a sheet of cream paper with her address typed at the top. Signed "Constance DeJong". The left edge of the paper is darkened & there is a light paper-clip mark to the top left corner with a small light stain just below the body of the letter. Very good. <p>DeJong writes to Gary Wilkie of Contexts in Seattle to ask if she could present her new work there as part of a tour that will take her to Portland Oregon. She encloses a photo and resume: "It's not very up to date in terms of the new work I'd be presenting or the recently completed book and opera I wrote with Philip Glass." A publicity sheet from Art Performances New York states: "Constance DeJong is one of the young post-modern writers who has made performance a natural extension of her work as a writer. By blending some of the traditional techniques of theatre - lighting movement music - performances extend her work beyond the written word into an almost tactile presence a context where the narrative can come to life. New York: October 14, 1980. unknown
1977100063<p>New York: March 12 1977. 1977. Fine. - Over 55 words typed on her 10 inch high by 6-1/2 inch wide light blue personal stationery. The soprano Carole Farley expresses her's and her husband conductor Jose Serebrier's gratitude for Jean Dalrymple's "help and kindness". "You are one of the most beautiful human beings we know." "I hope you will accept these tickets for my first performance." Signed "Carole". Fine.</p><p>The first production of Alban Berg's "Lulu" at the Metropolitan Opera premiered on March 18 1977 with Carole Farley in the leading role in a production by John Dexter.</p><p>Born in 1946 the American opera soprano Carole Farley was principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera. In 1977 at the age of 19 Farley performed the title role of "Lulu" in the METs premiere production of Berg's opera. Her performances of Poulenc's "La Voix Humaine" and Menotti's "The Telephone" were filmed by Decca in co-production with the BBC and are now re-issued on DVD a best-seller in the New York Times charts. Farley is married to the conductor Jose Serebrier.</p><p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.</p> New York: March 12, 1977.
198296511New York September 23 1982. 1982. Very good. - Over 125 words typed on her husband Jose Serebrier's 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide embossed stationery. In her letter addressed to her friend and press agent Jean Dalrymple the soprano mentions the dates of her forthcoming performances: "I am singing LA VEUVE JOYEUSE The Merry Widow at Theatre Chatelet . 30-some performances in all. It is a new production especially for me." She then mentions heading to Puerto Rico and subsequently Australia where "I will be making a film of the Poulenc opera 'La Voix Humaine' for television." She concludes "Looking forward to our lunch on Thursday and catching up" signed "Carole". In a postscript Farley asks if Jean Dalrymple could "bring me a copy or copies of your release on Thur". Dalrymple's press release is included with the letter. Folded for mailing there are rust stains from a paper clip to the top and bottom edges. Very good. <p>Born in 1946 the American opera soprano Carole Farley was principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera. In 1977 at the age of 19 Farley performed the title role of "Lulu" in the METs premiere production of Berg's opera. Her performances of Poulenc's "La Voix Humaine" and Menotti's "The Telephone" were filmed by Decca in co-production with the BBC and are now re-issued on DVD a best-seller in the New York Times charts. Farley is married to the conductor Jose Serebrier.<p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. New York, September 23, 1982. unknown
192920354Paris: Opéra Privé de Paris 1929. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. <br /> RUSSIAN MODERNISM REBORN ON THE PARISIAN STAGE.<br /> A visually striking Première Saison program documenting the post-Diaghilev continuation of Russian operatic and theatrical culture in interwar Paris. Issued by the newly founded Opéra Privé de Paris in 1929 this richly illustrated production program for Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Tsar Saltan' preserves the artistic language of the Ballets Russes through tipped-in color costume and scenic designs after Ivan Bilibin and Alexandre Korovine.<br /> <br /> Founded immediately following the death of Sergei Diaghilev the Opéra Privé de Paris sought to sustain the creative energy of Russian émigré theater in Western Europe. This production united performers designers and musicians associated with the Russian diaspora transforming Pushkin's fairy-tale opera into a vivid expression of émigré modernism transplanted into the cultural life of Paris.<br /> <br /> PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Quarto format approximately 9.5 × 12.5 inches. Stapled illustrated wraps with full-color chromolithographic cover after Ivan Bilibin. Illustrated with six tipped-in color chromolithographs of costume designs after Bilibin executed from stage maquettes by Alexandre Korovine together with two additional tipped-in scenic plates and a tipped-in color portrait of Madame Maria Kousnezoff-Massenet by Nicolas Kousnezoff. Numerous illustrated period advertisements throughout including several full-page advertisements.<br /> <br /> CONDITION: One advertisement leaf detached but present. Plates remain vivid and visually strong with only light handling wear to the wraps. Staples sound. A well-preserved and unusually attractive example of interwar Parisian opera ephemera. Première Saison issue.<br /> <br /> Première Saison programs of the Opéra Privé de Paris survive in comparatively small numbers particularly examples retaining the full suite of tipped-in color plates after Ivan Bilibin. Comparable illustrated programs from this short-lived company appear only intermittently in the market especially in near-complete condition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -<br /> The Opéra Privé de Paris was co-directed by the Russian soprano Maria Kousnezoff-Massenet and functioned as an important cultural bridge for displaced Russian artists after the Revolution. Though short-lived the company preserved important elements of Russian operatic staging and Ballets Russes visual identity during a transitional moment in European theater history.<br /> <br /> Ivan Bilibin's influence on Russian stage aesthetics remained profound well into the twentieth century and his designs for productions such as 'Tsar Saltan' helped define the visual mythology of Russian folklore on the international stage.<br /> <br /> This program captures a pivotal moment in the evolution of Russian theatrical modernism after the dissolution of the Ballets Russes. Following Diaghilev's death in 1929 Russian émigré artists in Paris sought new institutional forms through which to continue the aesthetic innovations that had transformed European stage culture during the previous two decades.<br /> <br /> The production of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Tsar Saltan' adapted from Pushkin's fairy-tale poem provided an ideal vehicle for this visual and musical continuity. The decorative richness of Ivan Bilibin's folkloric imagery combined with the scenic interpretation of Alexandre Korovine preserves the highly ornamental stage language that became synonymous with Russian theatrical design in the early twentieth century.<br /> <br /> Beyond its theatrical importance the program also presents a vivid portrait of interwar Parisian cultural life. Its advertisements portraiture typography and chromolithographic inserts collectively illustrate the commercial and artistic environment surrounding Russian émigré performance culture in France between the wars.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Ballets Russes Legacy Ivan Bilibin Stage Design Russian Émigré Art Paris Theater History Rimsky-Korsakov Tsar Saltan Interwar Opera Culture Russian Opera In Paris Chromolithographic Illustration Illustrated Performance Programs Opera Ephemera Theater History Russian Modernism Illustrated Programs. Opéra Privé de Paris unknown
1983331045California: Chrysalis Records 1983. Record. Very Good record and jacket. Chrysalis Records unknown
1973146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. <br /> <br /> Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown
19661iDa0011New York: G. Schirmer 1966. Book. Good. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: between 6" - 9" tall . 301 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. No dj. Damage to spine. Light foxing on page edges. An Ex-New York Public-Library-Book with all the common standard and usual signs stamps stickers envelope etc. G. Schirmer Hardcover
19035135Paris Octave Doin 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two volumes. Quarto. Paginated consecutively. Pp. xiv 800; 801 to 1600. Plus 6 chromolithographic plates. With 215 illustrations to text. Many multicolour graphs. HARDCOVER uniformly bound in plasticized contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards plasticization bit chipped in places spines with raised bands between compartments gilt lettering-piece to each gilt embossed volume number small shelf label at foot; old institutional stamp small card pocket to each volume; occasionally a mark in blue pencil short nick at fore-edge of leaf. In good condition very good plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Psychiatric Institution Endegeest Leiden. C-3 <br/> <br/> Paris, Octave Doin hardcover
1963x00605<p>Minerva 1963. 4to. 351 pp. Very Good. Lettering to spine a bit faded 1" tear to rear endpaper. Facsimile.<br /><br /></p> Minerva hardcover
192451696New York NY; Hollywood CA; Taos NM: Underwood & Underwood Anderson Lumiere Guard Vitaphone Studios Metropolitan Music Bureau 1924-1927. Twenty seven items. With 24 photographs 3 sized 3.5 x 5.5 in.; 6 sized 5 x 7.75 in.; 1 w/ colour-tinted blue sized 7.25 x 9.5 in.; 16 sized 8 x 10 in.; many w/ annotations dating the photos in pencil some of the press photos and studio photos stamped on versos with attached newsreel information blurbs many w/ text in negative at lower corner of image; 1 very large colour lithograph poster printed on linen showing the young opera star seated and colours of pink gold and black sized 40 x 80 in. w/ wood bars at upper & lower for hanging some minor creasing from rolling but in Fine condition; and TLS from Lawrence H. Smith at Underwood & Underwood Inc. News Picture Division to Miss Marion Talley. These photographs and giant lobby poster provide splendid artifacts for the lavish attention paid to a young star at the beginning of her career during the Jazz Age. The very large poster is a beautiful example of colour lithography showing her demurely seated against a pink lozenge background with advertisements at the foot of the poster for Steinway Piano and Victor Records. Marion Talley 1906-1983 was the daughter of a telegraph operator for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and by 15 she was appearing in the Kansas City Grand Opera Company of Mignon by Abroise Thomas and quickly became a local celebrity often performing benefit concerts. She studied with music teacher Frank LaForge famed soprano composer who maintained a close relationship with the Metropolitan Opera and was placed under contract in 1925 by Giulio Gatti-Casazza at age 19 becoming the youngest principal female performer in the Met’s history to that point. Her debut performance was Feb. 17 1926 as Gilda the daughter of the title character in Verdi’s Rigoletto. The press photos show her surrounded by the many flowers she received in the 18 encores her performance on stage meeting the opera diva Ernestine Schumann-Heinck d. 1936 as well as her appearance on radio with Marguerite D’Alvarez and Giovanni Martinelli singing Home! Sweet Home!. In addition she also starred in the first Vitaphone short sound films released in 1926 with Don Juan starring John Barrymore and another Vitaphone short performing “Bella figlia dell’amore†from Rigoletto but the critics were savage criticizing her performances and her lack of appeal on camera. During this period she traveled extensively to Europe and through the southwest as evidenced by the series of photos showing her in Taos with the burros young Native American children and adults in regalia as well as her automobile. The photo of the young star by Samuel Lumiere 1878-1971 is a very nice example of his portrait work during the height of the 1920s when he was under contract to shoot celebrities for the Chicago Tribune. See: Barrios A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film pp. 20-29; Vitaphone Marks 80th Anniversary Vitaphone News The Vitaphone Project Vol. 8 No. 1 2006; Crafton The Talkies: American Cinema’s Transition to Sound 1926-1931 1999. Underwood & Underwood, Anderson, Lumiere, Guard, Vitaphone Studios, Metropolitan Music Bureau, unknown
1936300382Paris: Alliance de Publicite et de’Impression 1936. Full color program for the 1936-1937 season of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo presented by Col. de Basil. Cover illustration by I. Bilibine on silver paper jacket folded over plain covers~ ~66pp. with 4 pages of tipped-in color plates on both sides picturing different aspects of the production such as the costumes and scenery. Some wear to cover edges and bottom of spine. Good. Alliance de Publicite et de’Impression unknown
19521919Winnipeg Manitoba: The Winnipeg Ballet Company 1952. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 43. 4to measuring 31 cm tall. Beautifully illustrated stapled card covers. Includes profiles of notable members of the Company accompanied with many striking art-deco style photographs; many period advertisements by all manner of local and national businesses including such notables as the T. Eaton Co. Bird Building Supplies Hold Renfrew United Grain Growers Limited the Great-West Life Co. amongst many other prominent sponsors. Also comprises of a complete listing of the Officers Directors Choreographers members of the Company Honorary Patrons 'Foundation and Life Members'. <br/><br/>A wonderful snapshot of the Winnipeg art-scene. Rare in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #46620089. At time of cataloguing not in Peel BAC/LAC University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. [The Winnipeg Ballet Company] unknown
1982Q-0961054204The Washington Opera 1982-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! The Washington Opera paperback
