Vintage bust-length photograph as Leonora in Verdi's La Forza del Destino, boldly signed in blue by the Croatian soprano whose superb voice was capable of translucent beauty and marvelous power. Photographed by De Bellis of New York. Two small tape remnants on the verso; overall in very fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Autograph album compiled 1935 - 1937 by the young opera singer, Aida Marusi in New York City, including individual pages signed in ink by Arturo Toscanini, John Barbirolli, John Corigliano, Ettore Panizza, Edith Mason & Rosa Raisa (same page), Giorgio Polacco & Rosa Ponselle & Giacomo Rimini (same page), Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Giovanni Imparato and a few other unidentified figures. Hardcover, green leather with elaborate gilt detailing, 7 x 9.5 inches, spine perished, else fine.
Signed 8 x 10 inch London Recording color cardstock promotional photograph of the legendary Italian tenor, one of the most commercially successful opera stars of all time. Inscribed "To Mickey / per caro ricordo/ Luciano Pavarotti." Fine.
Vintage signed photograph of the great Austrian soprano known for her triumphs in Wagner and Strauss' dramatic works. Rysanek is shown in a dramatic costume and has signed boldly across the image. Photographed by Louis Mélançon for the Metropolitan Opera. Light wear to the edges; overall in fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.4 x 25.3 cm).
Original photograph and autograph signature of the great Italian tenore di grazia, mounted together in an elaborate taupe colored mat with a windowpane design. Schipa is shown as photographed by Fernand de Gueldig of Chicago, and has signed on a small leaf: "Best wishes from Tito Schipa, 1935." Signature with one vertical crease; overall in very fine condition, though likely impossible to extricate from the current presentation. Photograph 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22 cm); signature 4.75 x 3.5 inches (12.4 x 9 cm); total size 16.5 x 14 inches (42 x 35.7 cm).
Signed portrait photograph of the American soprano, a popular star at the Metropolitan who also sang the world premiere in 1948 of Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, a work which she commissioned. Mounted on card and boldly signed in red ballpoint at the lower right. Photographed by Bender. 8 x 10 inches (20.2 x 25.3 cm).
Striking signed portrait photograph from the American soprano, a popular star at the Metropolitan who also sang the world premiere in 1948 of Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, a work which she commissioned. She is shown in costume as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, posing in a garden. Photographed for the William Morris Agency and boldly signed and inscribed across the image. In fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.6 x 25.5 cm).
Original photograph of the popular and powerful American tenor, signed and inscribed at the upper left to Marge and John, with wishes for a "quick recovery." In fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.2 x 25.5 cm).
A page removed from a 1966 New York City Ballet performance of Balanchine's celebrated ballet, the first wholly original evening-length ballet he choreographed in America. Signed by the celebrated ballerina who danced the role of Titania (alternating performances with Suzanne Farrell) and opposite a fabulous cast which included, among others, Suki Schorer, Patricia McBride, and Edward Villella. 14 x 23 cm. A few creases, otherwise fine.
Attractive postcard portrait of great choreographer by noted American caricaturist, Hirschfeld, who has boldly signed in blue ink next to the image. Very fine. 4.2 x 6 inches.
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[Dervishes]. Original Constantinople CDV Photograph of Dervishes
A rare and very interesting carte de visite photograph of four dervishes, photographed by Basile Kargopoulo of Constantinople and dated on the verso, 1880. Members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, here while one of the men plays a flute, another stands with his arms flung wide, as if in the midst of the sort of whirling dance ritual for which the group is best known. On the original photographer's mount with toning and some small spots and scratches, but overall in fine condition. 4 x 2.5 inches (10.5 x 6.4 cm).
8 x 10 Maurice Seymour photograph, boldly signed by the great English ballet dancer and choreographer, a star in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, who later went on to dance with Alicia Markova in the Vic-Wells Ballet and later in the Markova-Dolin Ballet. Several small creases, with one larger diagonal crease, signature slightly smudged but overall presentable.
An attractive glossy photograph of the great ballerina, boldly signed and inscribed at the foot to "Barbara." In very fine condition, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.6 cm).
Autograph document signed by the French ballet dancer, ballet master, violinist, and composer, listing the dancers who "had the honor of performing the Quadrille before Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses at the Tuileries Palace on February 17, 1806." Signed by Gardel and by the First Chamberlain to Napoleon I, Auguste Laurent, comte de Rémusat, the document lists several celebrated dancers of the era, including the "dieu de la danse" Auguste Vestris and Marie Taglioni, the first ballerina credited with dancing truly en pointe. While Vestris, Mme. Gardel and Emilie Bigottini were in the employ of the Emperor, the document shows that the sixteen other dancers were each paid between 72 and 240 francs for this engagement. An interesting piece of ballet history. One horizontal crease and some light toning; overall in very fine condition. 9.25 x 14 inches (23.6 x 35.7 cm). Read More...
Striking signed original 8 x 10 inch Maurice Seymour photograph, boldy signed and inscribed by the great Russian ballerina, for many years one of the leading ballerinas of the famous Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo.
Original press photograph ca. 1945 showing the former Prima Ballerina of the Imperial and State theatres of Moscow and St. Petersburg and wife of Nikolai Legat, teaching a class of dancers. She founded the Legat School of Ballet in Kent, the oldest residential ballet school in England, in 1939. A lovely image full of movement, in fine condition. 20.5 x 15.3 cm.
Signed richly printed black and white photograph of the great dancer, looking handsome in a winter coat and cap. He has signed boldly in black marker across the bottom half of the image. Photographed by Edward Griffiths, with the photographer's stamp on the verso. In very fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.2 x 25.3 cm).