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1960réf. 88091CULTURAL REVOLUTION MODEL OPERA Manuscript Ledger Master Inventory: General Record of Stage Props for a traveling Chinese theatrical repertory company introducing Revolutionary Opera into its program including costs for creating silk stage props sets costumes and scenery with various paper slip receipts some loose dated from 1963 to 1969. Oblong album measuring 7-3/4 x 10-5/8 inches contents with 20 numbered leaves of double-sided ruled ledger; bound in brown cloth-backed plain light blue paper board with lettered pink paper label decorative pattern endpapers originally with ribbon-tied spine now lost contents loose. Includes entries for the revolutionary opera Taking Tiger Mountain 1968 with one entry bearing signature of Wang Xiu Wen dated 12 September 1967. Includes a pink silk armband laid into the album inscribed "Mei Ying Shan" which could be translated as Huaying Mountain. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cjE0LDNycE8 There is also reference to a 1961 novel which the Bejing Film Studio made into a movie called Lie Huo Zhong Yong Sheng Living Forever in Burning Flame its IMDB title translated as Red Crag based partly on fact by Chinese authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan former inmates in a Kuomintang prison in Sichuan. It was set in Chongqing during the Chinese Civil War 1949 and featured underground communist agents under the command of Zhou Enlai fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang. The story takes place in Huaying Mountain. hardcover books
1864réf. 32020Pest: 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. 25 overtures for solo piano: Auber: Fra Diavolo Auber: Der Maskenball. Báléj Auber: Die Stumme von Portici. Portici néma Beethoven: Coriolan Beethoven: Egmont Beethoven: Fidelio Beethoven: Leonore 1805 Beethoven: Leonore 1806 Beethoven: Prometheus Bellini: Norma Bellini: Der Pirat. Piráták Bellini: Die Puritaner. Puritánusok Bellini: Romeo et Julia Bellini: Die Nachtwandlerin. Alva járó Bellini: La Straniera Boildieu: Johann von Paris. Párisi János Boildieu: Die weisse Dame. Fehér Nő Cherubini: Lodoiska Cherubini: Der Wasserträger. A vizhordó Donizetti: Belisar Donizetti: Der Liebestrank. Bájital Donizetti: Lucia von Lammermoor Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia Gluck: Alceste Gluck: Armida 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
1983réf. 313841983. Image size 556 x 352 mm overall size 630 x 430 mm. On glossy dark red stock. From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934. Edges slightly worn; verso of mount foxed. "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
1759réf. 29663Paris: Basan 1759. 385 x 260 mm. Printed on laid paper. The outdoor scene with trees and statuary depicts Caroline and Charlotte daughters of Frédéric Sluyter performing in a production of Pygmalion at the Schouwberg Theatre in Amsterdam. The dancer at left is on her right foot with arms outstretched costumed in a dress with a low rounded neckline pointed waistline and a wide panniered skirt; the dancer at right is on her left foot with arms outstretched wearing male attire including cocked hat frock coat with stiff flared skirt breeches and heeless shoes. Browned; small stain to lower right corner. Scarce. NYPL: b12155632. BM 1854 0614.342. Caroline and Charlotte Frédéric were part of a troupe of child performers active in Amsterdam in the 1760s. Basan unknown books
réf. 24428Small quarto. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers printed in light purple stapled. 16 pp. With synopses of the 9 ballets in the repertory Les Présages Le Beau Danube La Concurrence Scuola di Ballo Le Lac des Cygnes Beach Prince Igor Petrouchka and Nocturne notes the works to be performed each day between August 14th and August 26th principals and soloists and orchestral players listed by instruments. A printed revised list of works to be performed on a smaller sheet laid in; one work has been crossed out in manuscript with another added in its place. unknown books
1965réf. 951New York: Viking Press 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Illus. Folio. The Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York. Viking Press hardcover books
1919réf. 34015Milano: G. Ricordi & C. 1919. Octavo. original publisher's purplie wrappers titled in ivory. 1f. recto title verso copyright 1f. cast list verso blank 5-19 pp. Publisher's blindstamp dated February 2 1919. Wrappers slightly worn and creased; "18" in red pencil to upper. Uniformly browned. First Edition. "As a composer Pick-Mangiagalli excelled in light ballet music: already in Il salice d'oro there is a pleasing if facile tunefulness combined with Viennese dance rhythms and spiced with harmonies and orchestration reminiscent of Strauss and Ravel. In Il carillon magico Pick-Mangiagalli's most successful stage work this promise reached fulfilment: though slight the style is recognizably personal with frequent unrelated triads chromatic slithers unusually placed augmented triads and diminished 7th chords and so on. Musical means are perfectly matched to dramatic context." John C.G. Waterhouse in Grove Music Online. G. Ricordi & C. unknown books
1874réf. 31443Brighton England: T. Phillips 1874. Large narrow folio ca. 760 x 250 mm. 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." Notable performers included Costa Catalani Grazzi Casaboni Roze Singelli and Titiens. Slightly worn and torn; lower right corner repaired; creased at folds. T. Phillips unknown books
réf. 27798Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers printed in colour. 32 pp. Includes an essay on the company the stage the music and the actors by A.C. Scott together with synopses of operas in the repertoire. With photographic illustrations in colour and black-and-white throughout. Slightly worn. unknown books
1957réf. 27822London 1957. Quarto. Wrappers. 72 pp. With short historical articles synopses of ballets and their productions and repertory list. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and occasional colour photographs of performers several of which are autographed by their subjects including Margot Fonteyn Svetlana Beriosova Nadia Nerina Maryon Lane and Kenneth Alwyn conductor. unknown books
réf. WALTER-FILM004294No binding. Very Good. FIne Art Print Scott Joplin book music Washington D.C. 1975. Vintage original 22 x 14"" 56 x 36 cm. window card poster some wear and handling at edges some light creases but VERY GOOD or better with bright colors. Scott Joplin master of ragtime music wrote this opera in 1911 a celebration of African-American life and culture set on an Arkansas plantation in a variety of musical styles. It never got a full performance in his lifetime. In the 1970s the opera began to be rediscovered. This poster is for a Washington tryout of a Houston Grand Opera production prior to a Broadway run. unknown books
1994réf. 244083Tucson: University of Arizona 1994. Four-panel playbill folded to 7x8.5 inches program on interior panels with participant list production staff on rear cover illustration of Mexican traditional dress very good on light blue stock. University of Arizona unknown books
1968réf. 215764San 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
2008réf. 41936London: Vintage Books 2008. First edition limited issue of 1000 numbered copies signed by McEwan and Berkeley on the title page. Copy #329. Printed label affixed to half-title page as issued. Perfect-bound illustrated card wraps with French-fold flaps. Fine condition. McEwan's libretto for Berkeley's opera which was first performed on May 31 2008. Signed by Author & Composer. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Vintage Books Paperback books
1933réf. 26486NY: Metropolitan Opera Association 1933. Program Saturday afternoon January 7 1933. The Emperor Jones after Eugene O'Neill's play. By Louis Gruenberg. Lawrence Tibbett as Brutus Jones. Scenic production designed by Jo Mielziner. Also Pagliacci. Conducter Tullio Serafin. VG. Metropolitan Opera Association unknown books
1938réf. 15899NY: Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc 1938. 4to pp. 68. VG cover little worn at edges slightly worn dj. List of Met artists 1938-39 glued on pastedown. Owner's signature on flyleaf. OP. Photographs and details about pre-1938 performances and artists. Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc unknown books
1941réf. 18141New 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. Norton hardcover books
1995réf. 33894Vichy 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" unknown books
1864réf. 32827Boston: F. A. Searle Printer 118 Washington Street 1864. VG some creasing folding and wrinkling to edges small horizontal tear to mid left edge. One broadside sheet printed recto only. 18-1/4" x 6-1/4" A scarce broadside playbill from an early American production of Gounod's Faust in five acts as originally performed at Paris' Theatre Lyrique in 1859 which would later be selected as the inaugural opera performance of the New York Met in 1883. This bill advertises research suggests the same Opera Company as first brought Faust to the States initially performing it at the Philadelphia Academy of Music 1863 cf. Armstrong. RECORD Of The OPERA In PHILADELPHIA. Includes advertisement for Miss Maggie Mitchell on May 16 1864 performing Fanchon The Cricket. F. A. Searle, Printer, 118 Washington Street unknown books
1950réf. 285American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House October 8 to November 5 S. Hurok Presents Fall Victory Season of Russian Ballet by the Ballet Theatre with Massine Gollner Kaye Laing Chase Hightower Petroff Karnilova Romanoff J. Reed Tudor Kriza Alonso Orloff Robbins Lang R. Reed. Guest Artists: Anton Dolin Riabouchinska Youskevitch Lichine Eglevsky Argentinita Pilar Lopez & Co. and by Special Arrangement Tamara Toumanova. Antal Dorati Musical Director Mois Zlatin Associate Director. A snake-broadside 79 cm x 7 cm announcing the repertory for performances at the Metropolitan Opera from October 8 to November 5 1950. While there is no year published on this broadside George Balanchine's Waltz Academy had its world and New York premieres on October 5 and 11 1944 respectively and Pas de Deux had its premiere on April 9 1946 featuring Alicia Alonzo and Andre Eglevsky. Sunday fell on October 8 and 22 only in 1950 and 1944. This surviving snake-broadside is folded and in pristine condition. Blue ink on cream paper. A rare surviving ephemeral document listing the repertory and legendary dancers of Ballet Theatre in the years immediately following World War II. S. Hurok books
1967réf. 134377New York: Harkness Ballet 1967. Hardcover. VG- ex-library. binding has some wear and soiling. most programs are well preserved though some have toning or minor flaws. Blue library buckram. Unpaginated. Most programs are bw with a few in color. The title is a descriptive title as the book was not published as such. This volume contains a collection of approximately 35 programs from performances by the Harkness Ballet of New York bound together. The programs come from venues where the company toured January 31 1967 to Dec 10 1967 and the few missing programs Frederick MD Detroit MI Chicago NYC Broadway are noted. Includes mulitple copies of Broadway Theatre Playbill Program Vol. 4 No. 11 November 1967. Harkness Ballet hardcover books
1943réf. 130877New York: Program Publications 1943. Softcover. VG- edges slightly darkened and 1.5 inch tear along lower spine. Pink and blue stapled wraps with color illustrations. Approx 56 pp. Profuse black and white photos four full-colour half-page reproductions two by Marc Chagall one by Roberto Montenegro one by Julio Castellano. From the "Commuique from S. Hurok": "Ballet in time of war is not merely a form of amusement. In a world threatened with a forced return to the dark ages the ballet spotlights the future and the reward of vistory." Program Publications paperback books
1989réf. 14592Japan: Kyoto Shoin International 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Unpaginated. Brief text in English and Japanese by Peter Schjeldahl. Illustrated with many full-page color photographs. Dance as painting. A near fine copy in illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. Kyoto Shoin International hardcover books
1936réf. 14000New York: Nicolas Publishing Co 1936. First edition. Paperback. Good . Tall quarto. Unpaginated. Program guide for the 1936 - 37 season for S. Hurok's Ballets Russes. Filled with photographs advertisements and descriptions of coming events and the players involve. Covers worn. A good to very good copy in tall illustrated stapled wrappers. Nicolas Publishing Co paperback books
1999réf. 008664New York: Alfred Knopf 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this 426 pp book of photographs and text by Suki Schorer on Balanchine's dance technique. A near fine oversize clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by Suki as well as SIGNED BY SEVEN MEMBERS of the New York Ballet including Dana Hauson Peter Boal and others. Unique copy. Signed by Author. Alfred Knopf hardcover books
