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1952réf. List2814Homestead Pennsylvania 1952. 7 x 9 inch photograph. International News Photos and Tribune 4th Edition stamps verso with newspaper clipping. Marked “623” in pencil recto. Fine. Olive Moorefield b.1932 is an American opera singer and theater and film actress from Homestead Pennsylvania. As the newspaper clipping on the back of this photograph—from very early in Moorefield’s career—explains “She had earned $22 by baby sitting and decided to go to New York in hopes of auditioning for a play. She was given a try at a part in ‘My Darlin’ Aida’ . She made the grade”. Following Aida she was brought to Vienna by the US Information Service to sing for servicemen and would go on to sing for the Vienna Volksoper Oper Frankfurt Schauspielhaus Zürich and others. She would also star in a number of German and Viennese films. Offered here is a photograph of Moorefield’s mother sitting on the porch of Moorefield’s childhood home. The clipping states that her mother “urged her to try for the part” of Lolly in Aida. 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
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. 5034628" x 10". Half-length pose by John E. Reed Hollywood signed and inscribed to Joseph Huntley. Very good. Signed and inscribed to African-American usher and autograph collector Joseph Huntley. Bliss 1917-2014 soprano; in various operettas on Broadway. One film credit. unknown books
1980réf. 277981980. Quarto. 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
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
réf. 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. 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. "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. Provenance: MacDougall Arts Ltd. London auction June 9 2011 lot 413 catalogue p. 17. 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
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
1993réf. 23688Urbana: 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
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
réf. 14432LONDON GRAMOPHONE 1921. REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION VERY GOOD. LONDON, GRAMOPHONE, 1921 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
1697réf. 23479Oxford: Etheatro Sheldoniano 1697. leather_bound. Contemporary cambridge style binding in full brown calf. Very good. Folio6 A4-Ppp4 Qqq-Pppp Qqqq2-Zzzz2 Aaaaa-Mmmmm. The first English edition of the Greek text edited by Richard West & Robert Welsted. Engraved portrait of Pindar by M. Burghers facing the title page. DIBDIN II 289. "a beautiful and celebrated edition. on the whole we must allow that the editors of this magnificent work have taken infinite pains to bring together every thing which could illustrate and improve the reading of the poet". The editors compared the Mss held by the Bodleian with that of the Biblioteca Palatina. Engraved portrait of Pindar and large title page vignette by M. Burghers. Pindar c. 522 – c. 443 BC was an Ancient Greek lyric poet of the classical period from Thebes and the first Greek poet to reflect on the nature of poetry and on the poet's role. Errata. BRUNET IV p.659. Armorial bookplate. Raised bands spines richly gilt small front cover nick scrape lower front cover corner binding tight with leaves at end of text of Pindari Opera Omnia leaves Oooo-Mmmm toned. Etheatro Sheldoniano unknown books
réf. 606055not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Boris Karloff having a conversation with Warner Oland in a scene from the 1936 film "Charlie Chan at the Opera." Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. No Binding. Very Good. 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
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
1927réf. D12058Milan 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. 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
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
1915réf. 45639New York 1915. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy. 16 pp. 8vo. The playbill for "The Blue Bird" by Maurice Maeterlinck a popular work at the time at the Manhattan Opera House. 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
1938réf. 011029New York: Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild 1938 Pictorial boards with corner wear; matching dust jacket with light edge wear tears and small losses original price intact 5050. Adaptation of Wagner's opera with lovely color and b&w artwork as well as musical notation. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Alexandre Serebriakoff. Small 4to. Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild unknown books
1938réf. 010472New York: Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild 1938 Pictorial boards with minor shelf wear; matching dust jacket with light edge wear and faint foxing original price intact 5050. Adaptation of Wagner's opera with lovely color and b&w artwork as well as musical notation. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Alexandre Serebriakoff. Small 4to. Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild 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
