OPERA

1

ABBADO, Claudio

SPC  DG promo photo

  $  40

2

ALAGNA, Roberto

SP  5x7 Color.  Initial Pen did not work.  He has gone over his sig. With a marker.  Priced accordingly.

 $  20

3

ALBANESE, Licia

SP  8x10 Color photo  SP 8x10 Color portrait

$   30

4

ANDERS, Peter

ANS  Berlin June 7, 1942

$   35

5

ANTINORI, Nazareno

SP  5x7 Half-tone

$   20

6

ARAGALL, Giacomo

8x10 as the Duke in “Rigoletto”

$   30

7

ARAIZA, Francesco

SP  8x10 Color by Fayer

$   30

8

ARMILIATO, Fabio

SP  5x7 in color as Met Radames

$   25

9

BAILLIE, Dame Isobel

SPC  of the British soprano

$   30

10

BALTSA, Agnes

SPC

$   30

11

BALTSA, Agnes & TOMOWA-Simtow, Anna

SP  8x10 w/Judith Blegen

$   30

12

BARTOLI, Cecilia

SP  8x10

$   30

13

BASSI, Amedeo

Sig on 4x7 album page

$   50

14

BAUMER, Margarete

SPC  Leipzig ’39 w.  note on verso

$   40

15

BELTRAN, Tito

SP  8x10 Color portrait of the Chilean tenor

$   25

16

BANACKOVA, Gabriela

SPC  as Jenufa

$   30

17

BERGANZA, Teresa

SP  5x7

$   30

18

BERGONZI, Carlo

SP  8x10

$   50

19

BERLIN, Irving

Sig w. photo matted to overall 9x12

$ 200

20

BLEGEN, Judith

SPC

$   25

21

BOESCH, Christian

SPI  8x10

$   30

22

BONISOLLI, Franco

SPC  by Payer

$   35

23

BORODINA, Olga

SP  as Met Dahlila

$   30

24

BOTTION, Aldo

SPCI  as Alfredo

$   25

25

BRILIOTH, Helge

SP  6x5 x 9.5 of the Swedish tenor

$   30

26

BRITTEN, Benjamin

SPC  Ballpoint sig. Moderate contrast

$ 255

27

BRUSON, Renato

SP  8x10 in Andrea Chenier

$   30

28

BUMBRY, Grace

SP  8x10 as Lady Macbeth

$   35

29

BURCHULADZE, Paata

SP  5x7 at La Scala

$   25

30

CABALLE, Montserrat

SP  8x10 color potrait as Met Adriana

$   35

31

CANIGLIA, Maria

SP  8x10 Half-tone photo on heavy stock

$   55

32

CAPPUCCILLI, Piero

SPC as “Simon Boccanegra”

$   25

33

CAROSIO, Margherita

SPC  c. 1941

$   50

34

CARRERAS, Jose

SPC  Potrait 1978

$   50

35

CARROLI, Silvano

SPC  as Scarpia

$   25

36

CARUSO, Enrico

ANS  on postcard

$ 375

37

CEROUETTI, Anita

SP  8x10 as Norma

$   50

38

CHALIAPIN, Feodor

Uns  5x7 Recital book of songs.  Good/fair

$   75

39

CHALIAPIN, Feodor

SPI  Youthful Vintage Cabinet Photo.  Corners clipped and chips in left and right margins.  Some soiling.

$ 325

40

CHARPENTIER, Gustave

SPC  of the composer of “Louise”

$ 245

41

CIANNELLA, Giuliano

SP  5x7 as Cavaradosi

$   25

42

CONI, Paola

SPC  Color

$   25

43

CONLON, James

SPI  3.5x5 Portrait by Hefferman

$   40

44

CORELLI, Franco

SPC  from “La Fanciulla del West”, c. 1956

$ 100

45

CORTEZ, Viorica

SPC  as Dahlila at La Scala  1971

$   25

46

COTRUBAS, Ileana

SPC  by Payer as Sophie in “Der Rosencavalier”

$   35

47

CRESPIN, Regine

SP  4x6 Portrait

$   35

48

CUBERLI, Lella

SPI  5x7

$   30

49

CULP, Julia

SPI  6.5x8 Vintage sepia matte portrait from Vienna

$ 100

50

D’ANDRADE, Francisco

ANS  5 line sentiment in Italian.  Berlin 1897

$ 125

51

DELLA CASA, Lisa

SP  3x5.5 as Butterfly

$   35

52

DESSAY, Natalie

SP  8x10 as Olympia

$   30

53

DEUTEKOM, Cristina

SP  4x6 Philips promo photo of Dutch soprano

$   30

54

DEVIA, Mariella

SP  5x7 Color photo by Heffemann

$   30

55

DIMITROVA, Ghena

SP  5x7 as Turandot at La Scala 1984

$   25

56

DISTEFANO, Giuseppe

SP  8x10 Matte repro of early portrait

$   75

57

DOMGRAF FASSBAENDER, Willi

SPC  of the German baritone/film star

$   85

58

EGGERTH, Martha

SP  8x10

$   35

59

FERRAUTO, Augusto

SPCI  in “Le Maschere” at La Scala

$   30

60

FISCHER-DIESKAU, Dietrich

SP  8x10 Part of signature is in a dark area.

$   40

61

FRENI, Mirella

SP  8x10 as Susanna in Met “Figaro”

$   30

62

FRITTOLI, Barbara

SP  8x10 as Micaela

$   35

63

FURLANETTO, Ferruccio

SP  4x6 as Don Giovanni

$   30

64

GANASSI, Sonia

SP  8x10 Columbia Artists photo

$   25

65

GEDDA, Nicolai

SPC  EMI Records portrait of the Swedish tenor

$   25

66

GHIAUROV, Nicolai

SP  7x9.5 as Attila.  Some minor flaws.

$   30

67

GIANNINI, Dusolina

SPI  8x10 Vintage sepia matte portrait

$   65

68

GIGLI, Beniamino

SPC  by Reale Roma 1941

$ 175

69

GOLDBERG, Reiner

SP  5x7 Color photo as Tannhauser by Fayer

$   25

70

GONZALES, Dalmacio

SP  5x7 Portrait

$   25

71

GORIN, Igor

SP  5x7 Vintage sepia matte photo c.131

$  50

72

GOUNOD, Charles

ALS French 1p. Slight tear, otherwise very good matted w. photo of etching to overall 11x14

$ 250

73

GRUBEROVA, Edita

SP  4x6 Color as Donna Anna

$   35

74

HADLEY, Jerry

SPC

$   25

75

HAGEGARD, Hakan

SP  5x7 as Malatesta by Heffernan

$  30

76

HAMPSON, Thomas

SP  8x10 as the Count in “Barbiere” at the Met

$   25

77

HASEGAWA, Toshiko

SPCI  Corner loss/some wear.  Sig. on dark area.

$   45

78

HEPPNER, Ben

SP  3x10 as the Met Meistersinger

$   30

79

HOFMANN, Peter

SP  8x10 Portrait

$   25

80

HORNE, Marilyn

SP  4x6 in “Die Italienerin in Algier”

$   35

81

HVOROSTOVSKY, Dimitri

SP  8x10 in Met “Pique Dame”

$   30

82

HYNNINEN, Jorma

SP  8x10 as Rodrigo by Heffernan

$   30

83

JANACEK, Leos

Signature w. photo matted to overall 8x10

$ 500

84

JERITZA, Maria

SP  3.5x5 Vintage matte photo as Tosca from Vienna

$   75

85

KABAIVANSKA, Raina

SPC  Color photo of the Bulgarian soprano

$   20

86

KARAJAN, Herbert von

SPC  shown conducting

$ 250

87

KLEIBER, Carlos

SP  4x6 color of the German conductor

$ 100

88

KOLLO, Rene

SPC  Color portrait

$   25

89

KRAUS, Alfredo

SPC  Early photo as Alfredo.  Signed in 1985

$   30

90

LANDI, Bruno

SPI  4.5x7 Matte photo as the Duke in “Rigoletto”

$   75

91

LARMORE, Jennifer

SP  8x10 Color

$   30

92

LA SCALA BROADSIDES

Signed by the conductor. 

 

 

 

A.

Nabucco 3/16/96 – R. Muti  11x15

$   35

 

 

B.

Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala w. M. Pollini (piano) 4/25/85 – C. Abbado 11x15

$   35

 

 

C.

Oberon 1/26/89 – S. Ozawa  11x15

$   35

 

 

D.

Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala  11/21/83 – L. Maazel  11x15

$   35

 

 

E.

Orchestra e Coro Della Scala w. L. Popp, J. Ligi & P. Seiffert ’84 – W. Sawallisch 11x15

$   35

 

 

F.

Orchestra Della Scala w. M. Argerich (piano) 6/23/78 – Z. Mehta  11x15

$   35

 

 

G.

Armide 12/7/96  (Opening night) –  R. Muti 7x10.5

$   30

93

LEHAR, Franz

AMQS  w. photo.  Matted/overall size of 11x14

$ 225

94

LEHMANN, Lotte

SP  4x6.5  Half-tone magazine weight photo

$   45

95

LEIFERKUS, Serge

SP  4x6  Irregular ink flow on signature

$   40

96

LEVINE, James

SP  4.5x6.5

$   50

97

LUDWIG, Christa

SPC  Met photo by Melancon

$   35

98

MAAZEL, Lorin

SP  5x7 Color portrait

$   50

99

MALIPONTE, Adriana

SP  5x7.5  Heffernan photo as Luisa

$   25

100

MARTINI, Nino

SP  8x10 Vintage portrait, early 1930’s

$   35

101

MARTON, Eva

SP  8x10  Color photo from “Die Frau Ohne Shatten”

$   25

102

MASUROK, Yuri

SP  8x10 as Onegin

$   50

103

MATZENAUER, Margarete

SPI  Vintage photo by De Mirjian.  Slight vertical crack, barely noticeable, not affecting image or signature.

$   75

104

MAUTI NUNZIATA, Elena

SPI  4x6 as Margherita in “Mefistofele”

$   25

105

MAZURA, Franz

SP  3.5x5  Color photo from “Lulu”

$   25

106

MEHTA, Zubin

SP  6x7.5 Sony Classical promo photo

$   30

107

MELBA, Nellie

ANS  w. vintage photo matted to overall 11x14

$ 150

108

MELCHIOR, Lauretz

SPI  8x10

$   95

109

MERRILL, Robert

SP  8x10 Melancon photo as the elder Germont

$   40

110

MILANOV, Zinka

SPI  8x10 Portrait.  Some wear.

$ 100

111

MILNES, Sherrill

SP  8x10 as Iago

$   25

112

MOTEN, Etta

SPI Vintage portrait by Bloom, Chicago

$   75

113

MUZIO, Claudia

SPI  3x4  4p. half-tone brochure

$ 125

114

NETREBKO, Anna

SP  8x10 in Glinka’s “Ruslan and Lyudmila”

$   30

115

NILSSON, Birgit

SP  7x9.5 as Elisabeth in “Tannhauser”

$   60

116

NORMAN, Jessye

SP  8x10 Early photo

$   30

117

NUCCI, Leo

SPI  4x6 in “Barbiere di Siviglia” from La Scala

$   25

118

OLIVERO, Magda

SP  8x10 as Violetta

$   40

119

PAMPANTNI, Rosetta

SPCI  as Mimi

$   75

120

PARAZZINI, Maria

SP  8x10 as Aida

$   25

121

PAVAROTTI, Luciano

SPC  of the “3 Tenors” signed only by Pavarotti

$   40

122

PINZA, Ezio

SP  3x4.5  Smiling portrait of the great basso

$   75

123

PIZZO, Roberta

SP  4x6 as Adina in Turin, ‘80

$   25

124

PONSELLE, Rosa

SPI  3x5x5.5 wearing a jewelled crown.  Signature 1973

$ 125

125

PREVIN, Andre

SP  8x10 Columbia Artists portrait

$   60

126

PREVITALI, Fernando

SPC Portrait dated 1941

$   50

127

PREY, Hermann

SP  8x10  Handsome portrait

$   50

128

QUILICO, Gino

SP  8x10  Portrait

$   25

129

QUIVAR, Florence

SP  4x5  Color photo as Carmen

$   20

130

RAFFANTI, Dano

SPI  5x7 Color photo as Alfredo

$   25

131

RAIMONDI, Ruggero

SP  7x10 Matte photo as Don Giovanni

$   40

132

RAMEY, Samuel

SP  3.75x5.25

$   30

133

RICCIARELLI, Katia

SP  8x10 Early portrait

$   25

134.

ROSSINI, Gioacchino

AES  5x9 in Italian “With reference to the subject of your last letter, I hereby declare that the carpets which M. Doria ordered from the Royal Factory in Tournai have arrived in Bologna in good condition…”  Postscript adds, “In a subsequent letter I will go into greater detail; this however, will acknowledge receipt from the factory.”  Boldly penned & signed G. Rossini.  ALS lp. (Top portion of same page) Milan, Jan. 17, 1838 is to Signor Severini, Director of the Royal Italian Theater in Paris, from M. Doria who states that the carpets have arrived safely and the money will be debited to his account.  Severini never received this letter.  The Theatre was destroyed by fire 3 nights earlier and Severini was killed trying to escape.  Postmarked address panel w. green embossed seal.  Lightly toned, slight foxing, some folds.  Very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

$1500

135

ROST, Andrea

SP  5x7  Gorgeous color portrait.

$   35

136

ROSWAENGE, Helge

SP  4.5x5.5  Half tone portrait on cardstock

$   40

137

ROTHENBERGER, Anneliese

SPC as “Violetta” by Fayer

$   30

138

SAINT-SAENS, Camille

ALS  lp in French.  Jan. 15, 1917 w. photo matted to overall 12x16

$ 350

139

SAYAO, Bidu

SPI  4x6 as Violetta.  Slight corner bend and some wear.

$   65

140

SCHIPA, Tito

ANS  1929 w. photo matted to overall 9x12

$   70

141

SCHOCK, Rudolf

SPCI  Portrait.  Some slight feathering and discoloration.  Hardly noticeable.

$   30

142

SCHWARZKOPF, Elisabeth

SP  7x9 Piccagliani photo from La Scala “The Marriage of Figaro.”  Felt-tip signature has faded.

$   65

143

SCOTTO, Renata

SP  8x10 Color w. redish tint by Heffernan

$   30

144

SHICOFF, Neil

SP  5x7 in “Adriana Lecouvreur” at the Met

$   30

145

SILLS, Beverly

SP  8x10 as Violetta

$   30

146

SIMIONATO, Giulietta

SPCI  by Piccagliani as Adalgisa in “Norma”

$   50

147

SINNONE, Aldo

SPCI  Camuzzi photo as the Duke in “Rigoletto”

$   35

148

SLEZAK, Leo

SPC  Vintage sepia.  Pin holes and some wear.  Generally good.

$ 100

149

SOLDERSTROM, Elisabeth

SP  8x10 Color photo

$   30

150

SOLTI, Georg

SP  4x6 Color Decca promo

$   55

151

STAPP, Olivia

SP  5x5  Star of NYC Opera and later in Europe

$   25

152

STEVENS, Rise

SPI  Offstage portrait in later years

$   45

153

STILLWELL, Richard

SP  8x10 as Billy Budd at the Met

$   25

154

STRAUSS, Richard

ANS on pc  Munich, Dec. 29, 1917 w. photo matted to overall 9x12

$ 375

155

SUTHERLAND, Dame Joan

SP  8x10 as Lucia at the Met

$   35

156

SWARTHOUT, Gladys

SPI  8x10 Portrait.  Minor smudge on signature

$   50

157

TALLEY, Marion

SPI  8x10 by Lumiere signed in white ink ’26.  Slight spotting & chips on two corners of white border

$   60

158

TE KANAWA, Kiri

SP  8x10 Early

$  40

159

TELVA, Marion

SPI  10.75x13.75  Light signature.  Some damage to edges not affecting signature or image.

$   75

160

TERFEL, Bryn

SP  8x10

$   30

161

TIBBETT, Lawrence

SPI  8x10 Vintage matte portrait.  Minor chipping on lower edge.

$ 125

162

TOMOWA-SIMTOW, Anna

SP  8x10 Color by Heffernan in Rosencavalier

$   30

163

TUCCI, Gabriella

SP  5x7 Portrait

$   30

164

VERONELLI, Ernesto

SPC  Color portrait

$   25

165

VISCONTI, Piero

SP  4.5x7  Paper stock photo

$   25

166

VOIGHT, Debra

SP  5x7 Color backstage portrait w. flowers

$   20

167

VON STADE, Frederica

SP  8x10 Early offstage headshot

$   35

168

WEIKL, Bernd

SP  5x7.5 Fayer color portrait in “Der Fledermaus”

$   30

169

Welitsch, Ljuba

SP  7x9.5 as Tosca in Vienna.  Signature ‘76

$   75

170

ZEANI, Virainia

SP  8x10 as Tosca

$   30