Kellogg, Clara Louise [operatic soprano]Biblio.com
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1880H22609St. Petersburg 1880. Very Good. 5 x 4 inches chromolithograph card one of a series of four panels published by Marcus Ward & Co. in 1880 in the style of Kate Greenaway. Inscribed on the verso "To my old friend Mr. Kingsley with kind and affectionate remembrances from Clara Louise Kellogg St. Petersburg 15/27 December 1880." Kellogg was a famous American soprano. unknown
186896515July 1868. 1868. Very good. - Over 15 words penned on her 6-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide "Burnham House Finchley Road" stationery with the address and the motto "Ex Una Omnia" surrounding the image of a bird embossed in red at the top. The soprano expresses her "pleasure in complying" with the recipient's request for an autograph. Signed "H. Lemmens-Sherrington". Once folded the note has been mounted with glue from the verso onto heavier stock which has been clipped from an album. Very good. <p>The English concert and operatic soprano Helen Lemmens-Sherrington 1834-1906 was born in Northern England though she spent much of her early life in Belgium studying at the Brussels Conservatory. Her London debut came in 1856 after having performed throughout Europe. Though she mostly sang roles in concert performances through the earlier part of her career she started appearing in operatic soprano roles in the first half of the 1860's performing at Covent Garden among other leading theaters. She later taught at the Brussels Conservatory as well as London's Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Manchester College of Music. July, 1868. unknown
189096379circa 1890's. 1890's. Good. - Toedt's autograph on creamy white 1-1/4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide paper is mounted on heavier card stock. He has inscribed "Yours truly" and signed his name "Theo. J Toedt". The paper is unevenly darkened along the top and left edges. Good. <p>The American tenor Theodore Toedt 1855-1920 was best known as a boy soprano. He was a boy chorister at Trinity Church in New York City. His principal number was "Robert toi que j'aime" from Meyerbeer's ROBERT LE DIABLE which he sang at age 16 in a concert at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. A contemporary review stated that the piece was given with "the fire and spirit of an accomplished prima donna".<p>A RARE autograph. circa, [1890's]. unknown
188634662New York: November 19th 1886. 1886. Good. - The singer has penned in black ink "Very truly yours / Geraldine Ulmar / New York / Nov. 19.1886." on a piece of cream-colored card 3-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide There are areas of offsetting to the card & its top corners have been unevenly rounded off. Remnants of paper & glue adhere to the verso where the card has been removed from an album. Good. <p>Geraldine Ulmar 1862-1932 was an American singer and actress best known for her performances of soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She was hired to play Yum-Yum in the company's first American production of The Mikado at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City. The production ran from 1885 to 1886 and she then played the part in a touring company in England and Germany. She later played parts in Ruddigore The Pirates of Penzance. and The Yeomen of the Guard. New York: November 19th, 1886. unknown
19003636Paris 1900 in-18 aucune reliure Lettre autographe signée de 2 pp. in-18 sur bristol bleu pâle à son en-tête du 169 bd Haussmann, circa 1900.
187997543Cincinnati 1879. 1879. Good. - A 4-5/8 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide sheet of creamy white paper removed from an autograph album inscribed & signed "Yours Most Sincerely / Marie Roze-Mapleson / Cincinnati 1879". The left edge of the sheet is rough and there is dampstaining along the top and right side of the page not affecting the inscription or signature. Good. <p>The French Operatic Soprano Marie Roze Mapleson 1846-1926 studied under Mocker and Auber at the Paris Conservatoire. She made her debut at the Opera-Comique in 1865 at the age of 16. She toured Britain and Scotland with the Carl Rosa Opera Company for 10 years singing roles ranging from Carmen and Manon to Marguerite. Engaged by the Max Strakosch Opera Company she performed in Philadelphia as Leonora in Donizetti's "La favorita" in January of 1878. She returned to tour in the U.S. with the Carl Rosa Opera Company from 1883 to 1889. Marie Roze was first married to the operatic bass Jules E. Perkins and subsequently to Henry Mapleson the son of the noted London and New York impressario. Cincinnati, 1879. unknown
188634588Philadelphia PA: 19th November 1886. 1886. Very good. - Nine bars of music penned on a six-sided piece of cream paper with the text written in English below the music. Inscribed "in kind remembrance of Pauline l'Allemand / Philadelphia 19th Nov 86." There is a diagonal crease & a light paper-clip mark near the left side of the paper. Its left edge is darkened. There are 3 light glue marks & surface rubbing to the verso where the paper has been removed from an album. Very good. <p>Pauline l'Allemand gave the first American performance of Delibes' opera "Lakme" at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on November 17 1886. This quotation from the opera which was sung in English was thus penned two days after the opening.<p>Born in Syracuse NY Pauline l'Allemand 1856-1944 made her debut as an operatic soprano in Stratton's "The Fairy Grotto" at Wieting Opera House in her home town. She subsequently studied singing in Dresden Stuttgart and Paris. After successfully touring in Europe she returned to America performing "Lakme" in Philadelphia. After her attempt to create her own opera company failed she retired to a farm in Black River Falls Wisconsin with her grown son. They lived in extreme poverty and both were eventually pronounced insane and in 1920 were remanded to the Mendota State Hospital for the insane in Madison Wisconsin. L'Allemand was memorialized in the cult classic "Wisconsin Death Trip" by Charles Van Schaick and Michael Lesy.<p>Rare. Philadelphia, PA: 19th November, 1886. unknown
1863100670<p>Boston: Transcript Job Printing Office 1863. 1863. Very good. - An original 10-3/8 inch high by 6-5/8 inch wide broadsheet announcement for the Grau Italian Opera Company's performances of "Norma" "Les Noces de Jeannette" "La Traviata" and "Lucrezia Borgia" with a 2-7/8 inch high by 6-5/8 inch wide tipped-on overlay advertising the following week's performances of "I Puritani" and a performance of "Oratorio and Sacred Concert" several featuring the Opera Soprano Madame Lorini in the title roles. The broadsheet advertises the Friday February 27 performances of "Norma" and "Les Noces de Jeannette" and the following Saturday & Sunday's performances of "La Traviata" and "Lucrezia Borgia" with the Following week's Monday performance of "I Puritani" and the Tuesday performance of "La Juive" printed on the recto of the overlay tipped on over the Saturday program with that Sunday's "Oratorio and Sacred Concert" advertised on the verso of the overlay. The Broadside is dated "Sunday Evening March 1 1863 under the announcements of "La Traviata" and "Lucrezia Borgia". There is some minor foxing and darkening and the broadsheet is mounted from the verso onto slightly larger heavy cream paper. Very good.</p><p>The Brau Italian Opera Company began a six week engagement at the Boston Academy of Music on February 9th. This was the last time that what became "The Boston Theatre" was called "The Academy of Music". Among the singers were Madame Lorini Mlle Morensi Signor Maccaferri Signor Susini Mademoiselle Cordier Signor Dubreul etc.</p><p>The November 15 1862 New York Herald review of an earlier performance of "Norma" at the Academy of Music possibly the Brooklyn Academy of Music in that case highly praises the quality of the Soprano's voice "It follows as a matter of course from what we have just stated that Madame Lorini's debut last night was a success. She had sung but a few passages when the audience recognized the beautiful quality of her voice--pure round and fresh--and though not as powerful as one would wish to hear in Norma still with volume sufficient to give a perfect interpretation of the music of the part. Her method is excellent and exhibits evidence of her Italian training."</p> [Boston]: Transcript Job Printing Office, 1863.
189646401884Buenos Aires, Monkes, 1896 ; in-8, cart. impr. d’éditeur. 429 pp., 1 f. blanc, 1 f. appendice, XIII pp. de table.Histoire des guerres du XVIe siècle pour la conquête du Tucuman, établissement de la colonie espagnole dans la vallée de Catamarca, christianisation. Evolution aux XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIX e siècles ...
