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1926réf. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973réf. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown books
1992réf. 167709Chicago: 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. 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. 17 x 11 inches folded twice vertically. Tickets 5.25 x 2.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Club Stodola unknown books
1959réf. 161071New York: United Press International 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 film including one glossy and single weight and one matte finish borderless and double weight. One photograph shows actor Sidney Poitier talking with producer Sam Goldwyn and the other shows Poitier with actors Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the versos. Based on DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel "Porgy" and its subsequent 1927 opera adaptation by DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorothy with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. One of the great enduring American musicals following a disabled man in a small fishing village in South Carolina who harbors a woman attempting to flee her disreputable past. Set in South Carolina shot on location in Stockton California with some scenes shot near the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in California. Matte photograph 11 x 8 inches glossy photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with matte photograph slightly curled. National Film Registry. United Press International unknown books
1988réf. 159709San Francisco: The Folcrom 1988. Vintage flyer announcing four performances of an opera entitled "Watt" adapted from the Samuel Beckett novel performed by The Tiny Dead Bodies Opera Company at The Folcrom San Francisco October 21 and 22 28 and 29 1988. Based on the 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett. The Folcrom was a non-profit installation and performance space located at 2150 Folsom Street San Francisco from 1987-1991. 8.5 x 14 inches on pale yellow paper. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and a small crease to the lower left corner. The Folcrom unknown books
1989réf. 159645San Francisco: San Francisco Opera 1989. Vintage flyer advertising a costume sale by the San Francisco Opera SFO on April 22-23 1989 at the War Memorial Opera House. The SFO has held costume sales nearly every year for the last few decades frequently leading to lines stretched around the block. The SFO's costume sales serve not only to clear items from productions no longer performed to make room for new costumes but to generate much needed additional income for the arts organization. In recent years the SFO has begun holding their annual costume sale online. 8.5 x 11 inches on goldenrod paper. Very Good plus with light creasing overall and two small bruises on the bottom edge. San Francisco Opera unknown books
1943réf. 156117N.p.: Herzog Film 1943. Vintage program for the 1943 German film. Titles and text in German. A skilled amateur dancer gets her big break when she is discovered by a musical composer despite the objections of her father. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus lightly age-toned. Herzog Film unknown books
1986réf. 154238Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers and director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1983 film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1873réf. 360111873. GOUNOD Faust. Opera 5 felvonásban. Göthe Után irták Barbier Gyula és Carré Mih. Forditotta Ormai. Zenéje Gounod Károlytól. Pest: Nyomatott Emich Gusztáv 1864. Octavo. Plain dark pink wrappers. 35 pp. Faust was Performed in Hungary for the first time on 2 September 1863. MEYERBEER Proféta. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Egressy Bèni ès Szerdahelyi. Zenéjét szerzé Meyerbeer. Pest: Nyomatott Herz Jánosnál 1856. Octavo. Plain light green wrappers. 3 pp. Le Prophete was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 June 1850. MEYERBEER Hugonotok. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Nádaskai Lajos. Zenéjét Mayerbeer!. Pesten: Nyomatott Lukács Lászlónál 1852. Octavo. Plain ivory wrappers. 48 pp. Les Huguenots was performed in Hungary for the first time on 6 November 1852. THOMAS Mignon. Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Göthe "Meister Vilmos Tanuló Évei" czimü regénye után irták Carré es Barbier. Forditotta Ormai Ferencz. Zenejét szerzé Thomas Ambrus. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinand 1873. Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 36 pp. Mignon was performed in Hungary for the first time on 20 September 1873. WAGNER Tannhäuser; és a Wartburgi Dalnok Verseny Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Szövegét s zenéjét irta Wagner Richard. Magyarra forditotta Ãbrányi Kornél. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinánd 1871. Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 20 pp. Tannhäuser was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 March 1871. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Some browning and foxing. From the first or early performances of these operas in Hungary. unknown books
1986réf. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1984réf. 151105N.p.: International Spectrafilm Distribution 1984. Vintage reference photograph of Jean-Luc Godard and Valerie Dreville from the 1984 US release of the 1983 French film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. International Spectrafilm Distribution unknown books
1980réf. 34416Jamaica New York: Chung-Cheng Art Gallery 1980. Folio. Original publisher's ivory illustrated wrappers printed in dark red and black. 63 vii pp. Together with 2 programs both illustrated some in color: - The National Chinese Opera Theater 1st North American Tour September 1973 - January 1974. Folio. 32 pp. - Peking Opera. North America 1980. Folio. 34 pp. Chung-Cheng Art Gallery unknown books
réf. 29868Image size ca. 212 x 142 mm. sheet size 321 x 190 mm. The design depicts a man dressed in an exotic Egyptian costume deocrated with numerous armlets anklets necklace earrings headdress etc. Executed in watercolour and gold paint on heavy wove paper. Slightly worn; browning to outer edges from old mat; remnants of mounting paper to verso. unknown books
1957réf. 208291957. Press photograph archive of African American women opera singers 1957-1977 documents the emergence and international recognition of Black performers within mid twentieth century classical music and operatic institutions. The images center on four prominent singers whose careers developed during and after the era of segregation when access to major stages and audiences expanded unevenly for Black artists. Figures such as Marian Anderson who broke barriers at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 established a precedent for subsequent generations; the performers represented here advanced that presence through sustained international careers providing visual evidence of African American participation in elite cultural institutions during a period of social and cultural change. Six black and white silver gelatin press photographs each approximately 8 x 10 inches with captions and markings on recto and verso. Subjects include Adele Addison in two studio portraits from the 1950s later known as the singing voice for Bess in Porgy and Bess 1959; Shirley Verrett in two images including an early news photograph prior to a performance at Ambassador College Auditorium and a later 1976 stage portrait in formal concert dress; Martina Arroyo in a 1977 portrait during the height of her international career; and Grace Bumbry depicted in costume as Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera in 1965. The photographs capture both staged publicity portraits and performance contexts documenting professional presentation and artistic identity. Produced during decades of expanding civil rights advocacy and gradual institutional integration the archive situates African American women within a field historically shaped by exclusion and limited access. Their visibility in major opera houses and concert venues reflects broader shifts in cultural recognition and professional opportunity while also underscoring the continued significance of performance as a site of racial and gendered representation. Minor edge wear; captions remain legible; overall very good condition. unknown books
1947réf. 209021947. Anderson Marian group of eight items dating from 1946 to 1959 documents the concert career and international recognition of Marian Anderson a central figure in twentieth century African American music and a pivotal presence in the desegregation of American performance spaces. By the mid twentieth century Anderson's career intersected with both domestic civil rights developments and U.S. cultural diplomacy abroad following earlier milestones including her 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert and her 1955 debut at the Metropolitan Opera. The materials trace her concert programming repertoire and public reception including performances featuring European composers such as Franz Schubert alongside African American spirituals as well as her role in international cultural exchange. Photographs document formal recognitions including a ceremony in Tokyo where Princess Takamatsu of the Japanese Red Cross awarded Anderson a medal of merit following her performances benefiting Japanese orphans and a 1958 presentation at the American National Theatre and Academy marking her participation in presidential cultural initiatives. Anderson Marian. Archive of concert programs and press photographs. Various locations: University of Minnesota and S. Hurok management 1946 to 1959. Eight items total comprising four concert programs and four black and white silver gelatin press photographs. Programs range from approximately 5 x 8 inches to 9 x 12 inches and include: a University Artists Course program for the 1946 to 1947 season at the University of Minnesota featuring Anderson's recital with repertoire including Schubert and spirituals; multiple S. Hurok managed programs presenting Anderson as a leading concert artist with biographical essays photographs and repertory notes; and a 1955 program continuing similar documentation of her touring career. Photographs measure approximately 8 x 10 inches with three retaining original press captions on verso or margins including images of Anderson receiving honors in Japan posing with a sculpted bust by Napoleon Veloso Abueva and accepting the Gimbel National Award in 1959. These materials situate Anderson within mid twentieth century performance networks that linked concert stages international diplomacy and public recognition of African American achievement. The programs document how her repertoire bridged European classical traditions and African American musical forms while the press photographs emphasize her role as a cultural ambassador during the Cold War period when artists were enlisted in international outreach initiatives. Honors such as the Japanese Red Cross recognition and the Gimbel National Award underscore the transnational and humanitarian dimensions of her career while the sustained documentation of her concerts reflects her continued prominence in American cultural life following breakthroughs in segregated institutions. Minor edge wear to programs and light creasing to one photograph; materials remain clean and well preserved. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1923réf. 370639New York 1923. Mounted photograph of the Opera House. Calligraphic presentation leaf extracts from programs inlaid in large folio leaves 120 2 index ff. 1 vols. Folio. Full deep red morocco gilt spine with five raised bands boards with triple fillet borders navy blue doublures silk flyleaves t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing. Fine. Mounted photograph of the Opera House. Calligraphic presentation leaf extracts from programs inlaid in large folio leaves 120 2 index ff. 1 vols. Folio. Elaborate and attractive album of extracts from the printed programs of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York a record of opera productions from 1915 to 1922 listing the principal performances and also retaining the lists of box holders which functions as a who's-who of New York society. There are several newspaper clippings including an account of the farewell performance of Mrs. Geraldine Farrar in Tosca. Presented to Henry Fletcher by his wife Ethel née Thompson on the tenth anniversary of their wedding. Henry Fletcher 1877-1953 of Greenwich Connecticut was a member of the Grolier Club until his death and a major benefactor of the Yale libraries. unknown books
1938réf. 209421938. Anderson Marian archive of six concert programs dating from 1938 to 1953 documents the touring career of Marian Anderson during a period when her performances intersected with national debates over race access to public space and cultural representation. By the early 1940s Anderson had achieved international recognition following appearances at the White House and before British royalty as well as her widely attended 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial where she performed before an audience of 75000 after being barred from Constitution Hall. The programs trace her sustained concert activity across North America including major tours and individual performances in Canada and the United States and document the presentation of her repertoire which combined European art song traditions with African American spirituals. Anderson Marian. Archive of six concert programs. Various venues including University Artists tour circuits and concert halls in Toronto Brooklyn and Denver 1938 to 1953. Six programs in staple bound wrappers ranging from approximately 5 x 8 inches to 9 x 12 inches. Includes a program from her 1941 to 1942 coast to coast tour with extended biographical content and photographic illustrations depicting Anderson in performance receiving honors and in personal settings with family and manager Sol Hurok. A later illustrated program from the 1951 to 1952 tour presents similar material reflecting her continued prominence. Additional smaller programs document specific engagements at Eaton Auditorium in Toronto 1946 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 1950 and Denver Auditorium 1953. These programs provide a record of Anderson's sustained public presence during a period when African American performers navigated segregated venues and expanding national audiences contributing to shifts in cultural access and representation. The inclusion of biographical narratives photographic imagery and repertory selections illustrates how her career was framed for concert audiences and how her public identity was constructed through touring circuits. Her performances in major cities across North America demonstrate the geographic reach of her influence and the institutional contexts in which her work was received offering material for the study of music history race and performance culture in the mid twentieth century. Minor edge wear with some foxing to several programs and manuscript notation to the Eaton Auditorium program; overall clean and stable. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1883réf. 56458Providence 1883. Folio broadside approx. 13" x 5¾" text in a single column beneath the running head; light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish drama in three acts made for the benefit of the Brownson Lyceum as well as a synopsis of each of the three acts and seat prices. The Irish poet Oscar Wilde had lectured at Low's the preceding September. unknown books
1887réf. 56496N.p. Providence 1887. Folio broadside approx. 12" x 4¾" text in a single column beneath the running head light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish comedy in four acts a summary of which is appended as well as a list of the Providence Opera House Orchestra and an announcement of two matinees Atkinson's Aphrodite and Peck's Bad Boy. unknown books
1885réf. 140511885. Neurdein Frères Paris Opera circa 1887 to 1890 documents the Palais Garnier and the concentrated carriage and pedestrian traffic surrounding one of the principal public buildings of late nineteenth century Paris. Completed in 1875 the opera house stood within the rebuilt urban landscape of the Second Empire and early Third Republic while the traffic visible before its façade records the everyday movement of people and horse drawn vehicles through the surrounding streets. Albumen print approximately 8 x 11 inches mounted on paper. The view centers on the elaborately ornamented façade of the Palais Garnier with numerous horse drawn carriages and pedestrians filling the foreground and the square before the building. The "X Phot." mark identifies the image with Neurdein Frères who used the mark from 1887. The firm produced extensive photographic views of Paris for circulation as tourist and architectural images including monuments civic buildings streets and other recognizable features of the capital. The combination of monumental architecture and active street traffic preserves both the appearance of the Palais Garnier and the transportation patterns of Paris before the widespread replacement of horse drawn vehicles by motor traffic. Excellent condition. A sharp late nineteenth century view combining architectural documentation of the Paris Opera with closely observed evidence of everyday movement through the surrounding urban space. unknown books
2009réf. 130310New York: Aperture 2009. First edition. Hardcovers. Three volumes. Curtis Mann with an essay by Rod Slemmons John Opera with an essay by Karen Irvine and Stacia Yeapnis with an essay by Natasha Egan. Each book with numerous illustrations. All books in fine condition and in a fine cardstock slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. Aperture unknown books
1808réf. 31530Paris: 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
1886réf. 55097Denver: Denver Lith. Co 1886. 1 vols. 10 in x 7 in lithographed card with printed silk cover overlay. One inch tear in card at fold silk spotted with creases and very small holes. 1 vols. 10 in x 7 in lithographed card with printed silk cover overlay. Denver Lith. Co unknown books
1930réf. 144431930. 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. An attractive image showing the great Wagnerian soprano in street clothes seated. unknown books
réf. 41573Oblong folio. Contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. In a single hand throughout. 1 Orlandini Giuseppe Maria 1676-1760 Duetto a due voci Bassi Musique d'Orlandi. 19 i blank pp. With text commencing "Perchè hà detto mio padrone." From Pergolesi's La serva padrona "The large number and wide spread of performances of his operas confirm the opinions of Burney La Borde Martini and Quadrio that Orlandini was highly celebrated as a composer of dramatic music. He was best known for his comic intermezzos in which genre his importance almost certainly outweighs that of Pergolesi." John Walter Hill and Francesco Giuntini in Grove Music Online 2 Curcio Giuseppe Maria 1752-1832 Di marte la Tromba. Duo di G. Curcio. For Zulema and Gonsalvo. 13 pp. With text commencing "Zulema e dunque in vano t'ho salvato o Zamoro." From Zulema first performed in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo on 13 August 1797. "Curcio composed operas for Naples Florence Rome and other cities and librettos from 1797 onwards indicate that he was a member of the Florence Accademia degli Armonici." Ugo Gironacci in Grove Music Online 3 Nicolini Giuseppe 1762-1842 Duetto del Opera il Coriolano. 25 pp. With text commencing "Fra i perigli onor mi chiama." From Coriolano first performed in Vienna no date and in Milan and Turin in 1808. "For about 20 years principally between 1811 and 1820 Nicolini could count on an enormous public even outside Italy who exalted him to the level of the most celebrated masters. In 1807 in Rome his Traiano in Dacia starring the castrato Velluti defeated Cimarosa's much-loved classic Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi in a contest for popular favour. His operas were performed by the best virtuosos of the time including besides Velluti Bonoldi Pasta Pisaroni and the young Catalani." Andrea Lanza in Grove Music Online 4 Catrufo Giosefo 1771-1851 Duo de l'Intrigue au Chateau Musique de Catrufo. 9 i blank pp. For Lorange and Florville. With text commencing "Vous jurez de rester fidele." From L'Intrigue au Chateau. "Known chiefly for his stage works . Catrufo followed closely in the footsteps of the opéra comique composers of the beginning of the 19th century. He possessed a fresh melodic inspiration and a spontaneous popular and simple style." Francesco Bussi in Grove Music Online 5 Gluck Christoph Willibald Ritter von 1714-1787 Scene & Duo d'Iphigénie en Tauride. 1f. recto title verso blank 7 i blank pp. For Oreste and Pylade. With text commencing "O moment trop heureuse!" From Iphigénie en Tauride. Tragédie in four acts by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck to a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard after Guymond de la Touche's Iphigénie en Tauride itself based on Euripides was first performed in Paris at the Opéra on 18 May 1779. 6 Berton Henri-Montan 1767-1844 Duo de Françoise de Foix. 1f. recto title verso blank 12 pp. 1f. blank. For Françoise and the King. With text commencing "Jamais l'ars ne fut mon partage." Françoise de Foix first performed in Paris at the Opéra Comique on 28 January 1809 was the "last really popular work" of this French composer teacher and writer. David Charlton in Grove Music Online With manuscript index to verso of front free endpaper listing 5 additional works not part of the present volume. Binding worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking; upper board detached. Minor internal wear browning and showthrough; front endpaper and first 4 leaves detached. unknown books
