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1927D12058Milan 1927. Ephemera. Very Good. Broadside advertisements for the performance of "Piccolo Harem" at Teatro Manzoni 4 large printed in color; 7 handwritten letters by Costa 5 of them signed with content related to the drama; 78-pp. typescript of the play in French "Petit Harem" signed by Costa; and 7 contemporary newspapers containing reviews. Condition is VG or better. The broadsides are particularly striking -- some flattened creases from folding but boldly designed and colors remain bright would display nicely. <br/><br/> unknown
1925037024New York: George H Doran 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Photographs. 339 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing With Doran Logo On Copyright Page. Very Clean Worn And Frayed A Little At Corners Rear Hinge Partly Cracked 5/8" Tear At Bottom Edge Of A Few Pages Near Center. Signed As "Nellie Melba" On The Half-Title. Also Signed By Lewis Addison Armistead A Descendant Of The Civil War General On Front Pastedown And With His Initials On Title Page Dated 1926. <br/> <br/> George H Doran hardcover
19383114056NP: Merle Armtage. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Souvenir program for the first revival of George Gershwin's operatic masterpiece staged in Los Angeles and San Francisco in 1938 in the pattern of director Rouben Mamoulian original production. Very good in yellow oversize printed wrappers. 9" X 12" 22pp. Couple short edge tears and traces of mild shelf-soiling. Features several photographs of the principal artists involved as well Gershwin and others. Surprisingly uncommon. ; 9" X 12"; 22 pages . Merle Armtage. paperback
1985x-0393018881W W Norton & Co Inc 1985. Hardcover. New. 584 pages. 9.50x7.00x1.50 inches. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
194158323New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1941. 8vo. 8 304 pp. Illustrated title page w/ illust. of the soprano aria Caro nome from Verdi’s Rigoletto as well as larger facsimile plate of the sheet music. Tan cloth purple lettering minor shelfwear slightly cocked w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of looming house & yellow lettering minor chipping head of spine minor creasing & edgewear still a VG/VG copy. First edition of this La Grande Oregon author’s first mystery set against the backdrop of the murder of an imperious coloratura soprano. After being lured out of retirement and joining the Monte Calvo Opera Company based in San Francisco California the opera diva is killed by a knitting needle at Lucifer’s Pride a half-finished castle in the Columbia River Gorge. Meyers who was an avid singer opera aficionado modeled his murdered soprano after the great Luisa Tetrazzini 1871-1940 and the “Lucifer’s Pride†castle built for her as a would-be wedding present on the famed Maryhill Museum dedicated in 1926 by Queen Marie of Romania and opened in 1940. Hubin I p. 570. Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover
1980KOS01205383TBD 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS01205383 TBD paperback
19282092902138300351Not Available 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
195191989USA: Angel Records 1951. USA 3517 C Three mono LP records in Original jackets in the original box with the libretto booklet. Tullio Serafin conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Opera House with Maria Callas in the title role Mario Filippeschi Ebe Signani Nicola Rossi Lemeni and others. No visible faults to surfaces Fine in Near Fine box includes the libretto booklet. 2.3 JM FRT01. Vinyl LP. Fine. Vinyl LP records. Angel Records Paperback
19772090202118202733Geijutsu gendai-sha 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Geijutsu gendai-sha paperback
19922083002116402685Shinsho-kan 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shinsho-kan paperback
1976051810Leningrad: Izd-Vo "Muzyka 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Photographs Throughout. 158 Pp. Illustrated Boards. First Printing One Of 35000 Copies But My Search In Worldcat Shows Only One Institutional Holding In New Zealand. Near Fine No Marks. <br/> <br/> Izd-Vo "Muzyka hardcover
199721059London: Bibliographical Society 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bibliographical Society Hardcover
1938047910London nUK: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. X 388 Pp. Purple Cloth Stamped In White And Pink. First Printing With Seal And A On Copyright Page. Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.75 Light Wear Small Losses At Corners Small Internal Tape Reinforcements With No Show-Through. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1945136503Gloucester: Ford & Branch LTD c1945. Undetermined. fine. 14.25" X 10" 36 X 25.5 cm. Original boardside with black and red text and illustration. Two small holes and string hanger at top. Slight crease to top else is clean and bright. fine Broadside from an English Opera House advertising two plays. A decorative border encases the title at the top and a dark illustration depicting a stage and packed seats is to the top right. The first play Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers is to take place on March 26th for one week no perfomance Good Friday and is accompanied by the subtitle "nine victims- and one unknown killer- marooned on a desert island.". The play was first published by Christie in 1939. The book was named after a popular nursery rhyme of the same name. The American edition was "Ten Little Indians". The name was later adapted to the last line of the rhyme "And Then There Were None". "The Happiest Days of Your Life" the second play on the broadside by John Dighton and produced by Leslie Phillips was to take place April 2nd for one week as a special Easter Holiday Attraction. It is described as "A wildly funny farce about a boys' school and a girls' school- on the same premise! The most hilarious evening of your life!". In 1950 the play was turned into a film by Frank Launder. The broadside also provides details of performances and box office. 1945 Ford & Branch, LTD unknown
1945136506Gloucester: Ford & Branch LTD c1945. Undetermined. near fine. 14.25" X 10" 36 X 25.5 cm. Original boardside with black and red text and illustration. Two small holes and string hanger at top. Slight crease to top with subtle red line across bottom half. Else is clean and bright. near fine Broadside from an English Opera House advertising two plays. A decorative border encases the title at the top and a dark illustration depicting a stage and packed seats is to the top right. The first play Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers is to take place on March 26th for one week no perfomance Good Friday and is accompanied by the subtitle "nine victims- and one unknown killer- marooned on a desert island.". The play was first published by Christie in 1939. The book was named after a popular nursery rhyme of the same name. The American edition was "Ten Little Indians". The name was later adapted to the last line of the rhyme "And Then There Were None". "The Happiest Days of Your Life" the second play on the broadside by John Dighton and produced by Leslie Phillips was to take place April 2nd for one week as a special Easter Holiday Attraction. It is described as "A wildly funny farce about a boys' school and a girls' school- on the same premise! The most hilarious evening of your life!". In 1950 the play was turned into a film by Frank Launder. The broadside also provides details of performances and box office. 1945 Ford & Branch, LTD unknown
1993058980New Haven: Yale University Press 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xii 612 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing Indicated. Massive Cultural History Of Opera Extensive Footnotes At End. Fine In Fine Dj. Inscribed To "Jim" From The Author. <br/> <br/> Yale University Press hardcover
20002111902160305451Shinsho-kan 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shinsho-kan paperback
195605622UK: Royal Opera House Covent Garden 1956. UK Owner's notation about Tosca opera to front cover soft crease to cover about Very Good. SIGNED by Argeo Quadri the conductor; Melchiore Luise who sings the part of the Sacristan and Scipio Columbo in the role of Baron Scarpa all autographs on page 8. 19 x 12 cm paper covers no page numbers 16pp. B&Willustrations to the ads. This is the programme for the Covent Garden productions of Puccini's Tosca with Zinka Milanov singing the title role. Ferruccio Tagliavini as Cavaradossi David Tree Ronald Lewis Noreen Berry Rhydderch Davis. List of the opera chorus and orchestra members. Local ads: Horrockses; SNCF French Railways; His Master's Voice Records. Argeo Quadri 1911-2004 was an Italian conductor best known for his work with Italian and French opera. From 1957 he was largely resident at the Vienna State Opera. 1.0 JM ITF2 docket 42. Signed. Staple Bound. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Programme. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Paperback
197699606<p>Monte-Carlo Comite de Gestion de l'Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo 1976. 1976. Fine. - An original invitation from the Palais de Monaco printed on 9-3/8 inch high by 6-1/8 inch wide glossy card stock with an integral attached blank leaf with the country's seal at the head. Mostly printed with "Monsieur et Madame Hugues Gall" and "ils seront" invites penned in ink. The invitation to the gala held at the Opera de Monte-Carlo on the occasion of the Fete Nationale is to be held on Friday November 19th 1976 "Par ordre de Leurs Altesses Serenissimes l'Aide de Camp a l'honneur d'informer Monsieur et Madame Hugues Gall qu'ils seront invites a la soiree de gala. en l'honneuyr de Leurs Altesses Serenissimes le Prince Rainier III et la Princesse de Monaco." The invitation is accompanied by the program for the Opera de Monte-Carlo November 20 1976 gala choregraphique. The 10-5/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide program is bound in stiff cream wraps titled in gilt with a color illustration mounted on the front cover. The 8-page program includes performances of "Le Pecheur et son Ame / creation mondiale avec Tetsutaro Shimizu Yoko Morishita Egon Madsen et le Ballet de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo" and "Les Grands pas de Deux avec par ordre alphabetique Richard Cragun - Michael Denard - Marcia Haydee - Egon Madsen - Yoko Morishita - Merle Park - Tetsutaro Shimizu - Ghislaine Thesmar - Helgi Tomasson" as well as short extracts from other works. Near fine.</p><p>The National Day of Monaco was first celebrated on November 19th 1952 by decree of Prince Rainier III. The day is marked every year by celebration music and festivals etc.</p><p>The French opera manager Hugues Gall 1940-2024 was head of the Grand Theatre de Geneve and the Paris Opera. He held several influential positions in art and cultural organizations and was director of the Fondation Monet in Giverny.</p> Monte-Carlo, Comite de Gestion de l'Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, 1976. paperback
1992167709Chicago: Club Stodola 1992. Vintage poster for a performance by bands 3 Penny Opera Righteous Podiatrist and Boney Pile circa 1980s at Chicago's Club Stodola. Stapled to the top left corner of the poster are four tickets for the event noting a date of June 19. Poster folded twice and addressed for mailing on the verso with a postmarked date of June 10 1992. <br /> <br /> Located on Chicago's north side Club Stodola was a neighborhood Polish bar-turned-music-club in the 1980s and 1990s that frequently hosted punk bands.<br /> <br /> 17 x 11 inches folded twice vertically. Tickets 5.25 x 2.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Club Stodola unknown
1968049592London 1968. Soft cover. Very Good. Original b/w photo-advert. 20 x 14 cm. Signed and inscribed by Korat to "Bedros bey" as '. my play-friend'. Dated 1.16.1968. Advert of Rigoletto Place des Arts - Montreal S. A. Goumsky - London. Korat also known as Korad was a Turkish female opera artist. She made her stage debut as 'Lucia' at Ankara State Opera. He studied on the Italian operas at the Deutsche Oper in Hannover and at the La Scala in Milan. In 1959 she was a soloist in the interpretation of the 9th Symphony in the Beethoven Festival Germany. She played the leading roles in the opera stages of European US and African countries. In 1966 she participated in the Verdi Festival in Montreal with famous artists. With her powerful and colorful soprano voice interpretation and technique she has gained widespread fame. Scarce. <br/> <br/> paperback
1927011921Los Angeles CA: J.M. Moskowitz. Offered is an original letter dated January 11 1927 written and signed by J. M. Moskowitz Chairman of the Los Angeles Grand Opera Choral Society to Mr. Vitti who I could not identify in my research of the San Carlo Grand Opera Company. Measuring 8-3/16" by 9" it reads in full: "Los Angeles Cal. - Jan. 11 1927 - Mr. Vitti - c/o San Carlo Grand Opera Company - Dear Sir: I understand that during your stay in Los Angeles you will complete the process of organizing into a union chorus the Los Angeles Grand Opera Choral Society and also present the charter. Please inform me as to the evening most convenient for you to be with us so that everything as far as we know will be prepared. Cordially Yours J.M. Moskowitz Chairman L.A. Grand Opera Choral Society - street number Arlington Ave. Los Angeles Cal." Lacks mailing envelope; previously folded twice possibly for mailing or delivery purposes. . Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. 1927. J.M. Moskowitz unknown
1937039047Hollywood: A. R. Hromatka 1937. First Edition Thus . No Binding. Very Good. Panoramic Photograph Of The Entire Audience At The Concert In The Hollywood Bowl. 44" X 10" 8" At Side Now Clipped Away. Photographer's Logo At Lower Right. "Otto Klemperer Will Direct Symphony Before Audience Of 20000 In Hollywood Bowl. More Than 20000 Persons Will Be Guests At The General Motors Symphony Concert In The Hollywood Bowl This Afternoon When Dr. Otto Klemperer Will Direct The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra In A "Good Neighbor" Program Honoring The Pacific Coast. The Broadcast Will Be Heard Over Kfi And Other Nbc Stations At 4 O'clock. Soloists Will Be Lucrezia Bori Soprano Now Known As "The Savior Of The Metropolitan" And Joseph Bentonelli American-Born Tenor At The Metropolitan. Bori And Bentonelli Will Sing A Concert Presentation Of Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" Including Solos And The Celebrated Duet "0 Soave Fanciulla." It Was In "Marion" That Bentonelli Made His Debut A Couple Of Years Ago Singing With Miss Bori. <br/> <br/> A. R. Hromatka unknown
19782083002117402298Taimasa Shoji Publishing Department 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Taimasa Shoji Publishing Department paperback
19782092902138302100Taimasa Shoji Publishing Department 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 372p Size: 21cm Taimasa Shoji Publishing Department paperback