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606789"Susie Kirwin" in black fountain pen ink on Wilbur Kirwin Opera Company letterhead Salt Lake City Utah June 12 1901. 5" x 7 7/8"; 3 separate pages; very good staple holes in the upper left corner of each page; mounting traces on the back of page 3; minor signs of handling; 1901. To William W. Marmon: Susie Kirwin praises Marmon's skin cream and offers a business proposition ". . .we have 35 people using 'cold cream'. .send me the pound jar at once. . .". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
2011263455Spoleto: Archivio Fotografico 2011. Two related items in a clever slipcase cum snap-closer box: largely captioned portrait and group photography b&w only in the Gian Carlo Menotti honor-fest vivid color in book devoted to Carla Fendi. Neither volume paginated Fendi's is lengthy and bound in laminated colorphoto boards the Menotti in openweave black cloth and dust jacket and much shorter. Item shows very classy upper-class doings the men in formal attire the women quite variously dressed there are g-strings for burly-que fun. Readers musically in tune will recognize many faces here this cataloguer was merely Oooo! Pavarotti! Both Menotti and Fendi make people open up; he for example is the only party host who ever publicly drew out Jackie Onassis' reserve; his congrats to her on RFK's win in the 1968 CA primary was met with her flairing "Why they will just kill him like they killed my husband" a remark that made European media but not here. Archivio Fotografico unknown books
608297Los Angeles 1930. 10 7/8" x 8 1/2"; 1 large sheet front and back; very good one fold in the middle; minor signs of handling; 1930. 1. La Argentina - Spanish Dancers With Miguel Berdion pianist Thursday night January 9 1930 & Saturday night January 11 1930. 2. Wagner's "The Ring" with Juliette Lippe and Johanna Gadski and The German Opera Company. Vintage Original 1930 Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium Brochure. 2 Page Advertising Program. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, 1930. unknown books
1973113401973. Softcover. VG. Green wraps. 156 pp. 126 bw plates. Five-page introduction by James Gleeson catalogue of 126 annotated works each illustrated by a fine plate. unknown books
1968215764San Francisco: the Club 1968. 36p. staplebound booklet 8.5x11 inches minor handling wear and dust soil. Includes photos of performers explanatory text and advertisements. the Club unknown books
200040471NY:: St. Martin's. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0312244185 . Part of The New Grove Composers Series. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . St. Martin's, hardcover books
19622221988<p>First edition second printing. Octavo. 16 illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped; a few nicks; short tears. Very good. 256 pages.</p><p>Boldly inscribed on front free endpaper by Sutherland 1926 - 2010 famous Australian soprano: "Sincerely Joan Sutherland."</p> Collins hardcover books
199323688Urbana: University of Illinois Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0252019741 . First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . University of Illinois Press hardcover books
199914955JAbsecon: MagicImage 1999. First Edition First Printing. Laid in is an Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Philbin co-star with Lon Chaney Sr. in the classic film written to the book’s author Philip J. Riley. Dated September 11 1989 Philbin writes: “Dear Mr Riley: I am sorry about the delay in returning the book and papers. I would appreciate eleven complimentary copies of The Phantom of the Opera book or if you cannot then as many as possible. Thank you Mary Philbinâ€. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed envelope from Philbin’s home in Los Angeles. Philbin died before the book was published so this is as close as one can come to a signed copy. Large 317 page paperbound book. Profusely illustrated. Near fine copy enclosed in a handsome morocco leather and cloth clamshell box. MagicImage hardcover books
14051Original Albumen photographic print of 19th century Paris. In the foreground several carriages are crossing paths in front of the Paris Opera. Circa 1880s. by X.phot. as credited in the title bar. A superb image capturing a period of time in 19th century Paris. 8" x 11". A sharp clean image. In excellent condition. unknown books
199138360North Pomfret:: Trafalgar Square Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0943955335 . First American edition. Remainder mark on top edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Trafalgar Square Publishing, hardcover books
30832Executed in ink pencil gouache and silver paint on wove paper. Unsigned but with monogrammatic handstamp to lower left corner. With annotations in ink in Russian relative to various parts of the costume. 13.125" x 8.75" 332 x 222 mm.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and soiled; some edge tears and repairs; upper right corner with erasure resulting in minor paper loss. Korovine designed costumes for productions of Russian operas including Borodin's Prince Igor Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina and Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko and Le Coq d'Or.<br/><br/>"Konstantine Korovine is one of the most famous of Russia's twentieth-century stage designers. He made his debut as a theatrical painter in 1885 when he executed the sets and costumes for the production of Snegurochka at Savva Mamontov's Private Opera after Vasnetsov's designs and thereafter he emerged rapidly as an independent stage designer - decorating according to one souce 80 operas 37 ballets and 17 dramas during his lifetime. Korovine brought to the Russian stage a vibrancy and richness that was lacking in the traditional Imperial theaters. He felt more at ease when called upon to design operas and ballets treating of Russian history and legend such as Prince Igor Sadko and The Golden Cockerel and he designed sets and costumes for such spectacles at home and abroad." Bowlt: Russian Stage Design Scenic Innovation 1900-1930 from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky pp. 175-176. MacDougall Arts Ltd. London auction June 9 2011 lot 413 catalogue p. 17. unknown books
199533894Vichy 1995. Brown and gold wrap around photographic image on paper wrappers with white title lettering to front wrapper. A Nr Fine book. 112 pp. Several photographic images. 12" x 9" <br/><br/> unknown books
12631Bold autograph signature of the important baritone closely associated with the roles of Wolfram Hans Sachs Kurnewal and Amfortas and creator two major Strauss roles including Herr von Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier. On an album page measuring 12 x 15.5 cm and dated Dreseden December 1902. unknown books
12700Used; Like New/Used; Like New. AMQS of four measures from the aria "Si les filles d'Arles sont reines" from Gounod's opera "Mireille" signed by one of the great stars of the English and world opera and concert stages for more than half a century beginning in 1857. He was closely identified with the title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah which he first performed in 1858. Santley whose sister Kate Santley was herself a musical and comedy star wrote four books two of them autobiographical. In 1907 he became the first singer to be knighted.<br><br />Neatly penned in blue ink on a slip printed with a quotation from Shakespeare. Laid down on pink backing paper with slight wrinkling but otherwise in fine condition. 9.7 x 7.6 cm. unknown books
10572Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Full length jumbo 1884 Mora of NY cabinet photograph of the great soprano. Edges in gilt in very fine condition and rare in this large format. 7.5 x 13 inches 19 x 33 cm. unknown books
186432020Pest: Rozsavölgyi & Comp. PN N.G. 1051-1075 1864. Folio. Publisher's original wrappers. 1f. decorative lithographed title by Langen 3-146 pp. Engraved. Each work with separate caption title and pagination. <br/><br/>25 overtures for solo piano:<br/>Auber: Fra Diavolo<br/>Auber: Der Maskenball. Báléj<br/>Auber: Die Stumme von Portici. Portici néma<br/>Beethoven: Coriolan<br/>Beethoven: Egmont<br/>Beethoven: Fidelio<br/>Beethoven: Leonore 1805<br/>Beethoven: Leonore 1806<br/>Beethoven: Prometheus<br/>Bellini: Norma<br/>Bellini: Der Pirat. Piráták<br/>Bellini: Die Puritaner. Puritánusok<br/>Bellini: Romeo et Julia<br/>Bellini: Die Nachtwandlerin. Alva járó<br/>Bellini: La Straniera<br/>Boildieu: Johann von Paris. Párisi János<br/>Boildieu: Die weisse Dame. Fehér Nő<br/>Cherubini: Lodoiska<br/>Cherubini: Der Wasserträger. A vizhordó<br/>Donizetti: Belisar<br/>Donizetti: Der Liebestrank. Bájital<br/>Donizetti: Lucia von Lammermoor<br/>Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia<br/>Gluck: Alceste<br/>Gluck: Armida<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and frayed; tape repairs to corners; spine reinforced with paper tape; previous owner's handstamp and ink titling to upper. Light foxing and offsetting throughout. Mona 1925. Rozsavölgyi & Comp. [PN N.G. 1051-1075] unknown books
1965951New York: Viking Press 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Illus. Folio. <br/><br/>The Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York. Viking Press hardcover books
12692Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Impressive collection of AMQS and inscriptions addressed to the celebrated soprano Delphine Ugalde on both sides of a large album leaf measuring 31.5 x 23.5 cm 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Fine. <br><br />The recto with: eight measures written and signed by the French composer Charles Lecocq from his wildly successful "La fille de Madame Angot" which when premiered in Paris in 1873 was performed for more than 400 nights consecutively. Inscribed to Ugalde and dated 20 May 1873; an unidentified inscription; a heartfelt inscription from Rossini's friend and biographer Alexis Azevedo dated 17 July 1870. <br><br />The verso with: a three-measure 1869 quotation by Fauré celebrated French baritone and composer creator of important roles by Massé Thomas Meyerbeer Verdi and others who has penned a selection from his own Sacred Song for Voice and Piano "Les Rameaux" with a trimmed albumen photograph of him affixed beneath; a heartfelt 1869 inscription by Capoul the great French tenor creator of Offenbach's Vert-Vert and Masse's Paul et Virginie who writes that he is "so happy of your return to us that I embrace you as strongly as I admire you"; an 1870 inscription from Dejazet important French actress who writes that her "voice remains always charming even when it is speaking it is your great heart which sings" and with a trimmed albumen photograph of her affixed beneath; with one additional unidentifed inscription lower left dated 1873. <br><br />Ugalde "studied in Paris with Cinti-Damoreau and made her début in 1848 at the Opéra-Comique as Angèle in Auber's Le domino noir a role created by her teacher. In 1851 she sang at Her Majesty's Theatre London as Delilah in Auber's L'enfant prodigue. In 1858 she sang Leonora Il trovatore at the Paris Opéra and was then engaged at the Théâtre Lyrique. In 1863 she moved to the Bouffes-Parisiens where in 1867 she sang in her own operetta Halte au moulin. She retired in 1871." Elizabeth Forbes Grove Online unknown books
1930144431930. Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches overall. 1 vols. Fine condition. Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches overall. 1 vols. Inscribed Photograph of Kirsten Flagstad. An attractive image showing the great Wagnerian soprano in street clothes seated. unknown books
12406Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An evocative image dated 1904 and signed lower right in an unknown hand not Chaliapin!. Fine. Approx 9 x 14 cm. unknown books
187431443Brighton England: T. Phillips 1874. Large narrow folio ca. 760 x 250 mm. <br/><br/>Works to be performed included Auber's "Caterina" Balfe's "Il Talismano" and Mozart's "Don Giovanni." With an announcement of the Christmas pantomime "Froggy Would a Wooing Go! Or Harlequin Lily White Duck The Pretty Princess and the Fairies of the Dancing Waters."<br/><br/>Notable performers included Costa Catalani Grazzi Casaboni Roze Singelli and Titiens. <br/><br/>Slightly worn and torn; lower right corner repaired; creased at folds. T. Phillips unknown books
194118141New York: Norton 1941. First edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover. 8vo. 305 pp. Inscribed of the front free endpage to Rudolf Bing Austrian-born opera impresario who worked in Germany the United Kingdom and the United States most notably being General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972.  "To Mr. Rudolf Bing with all best wishes for his important work "The Opera and its Future in America" from Hubert Graf / New York X-Mas 1949."  Blue cloth binding sunned and stained with tears and wear to corners internally fine. <br style=""><br><br><br /><br style=""> Norton hardcover books
180831530Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud 1808. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary blue morocco-backed boards maroon morocco label. Some rubbing some light spotting and soiling primarily margina else very good. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. A poem written in praise to the two male dancers Vestris and Duport. Chez Giguet et Michaud unknown books
13467Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A large and beautifully composed album with 26 pages of autographs of opera singers conductors and other musicians including Marian Anderson Salvatore Baccaloni and Jussi Björling collected in the late 1940's at the Metropolitan Opera. Each page has been carefully arranged with the name of the artist printed in white on black paper a clipped signature a clipped portrait and in many cases a Polaroid of the artist on the evening of the performance. Many of the signatures are dated and the roles played are indicated. Unfortunately several of the signatures have been traced over in pen see below. Included are 10 further loose clipped signatures two further clipped portraits 4 excellent candid Polaroids of stars and a concert program. In a large embossed cream faux-leather photograph album bound with a cord in very fine condition. A lovely record of some of the most important opera performers of the mid-twentieth century. 15 x 11.5 inches 38.2 x 29 cm.<br>The mounted autographs are from:<br>Marian Anderson mezzo sopranoSalvatore Baccaloni bassJussi Björling tenorEmil Cooper conductorCloe Elmo contraltoEdward Johnson General Manager Metropolitan OperaLeonard Warren baritoneRudolf Firkusny pianist tracedVictor DeSabata conductor Chicago Symphony OrchestraAntal Dorati conductorPercy Grainger pianist-composer tracedMack Harrell baritone tracedJerome Hines bassFelix Knight tenorRichard Tucker tenor tracedCharles Kullman tenorRobert Merrill baritoneJames Melton tenorNicola Moscona bass tracedJan Peerce tenorEzio Pinza bassRegina Resnik soprano tracedEleanor Steber soprano tracedFerruccio Tagliavini tenorItalo Tajo bassGiuseppe Valdengo baritoneRamon Vinay tenorPia Tassinari soprano<br>Further loose signatures include:<br>Leonard Warren baritoneMarimi del Pozo sopranoItalo Tajo bass hardcover books