[Opera] Scotto, Renata. (b. 1934) & Stratas, Teresa (b. 1938) & Stevens, Risë. (1913–2013) & Sutherland, Joan. (1926–2010) & Tebaldi, Renata. (1922–2004) & Te Kanawa, Kiri (b. 1944) & Domingo, Placido. (b. 1941) & Pavarotti, Luciano. (1935–2007) & Cross, Milton. (1897–1975)
Signed title pages and other signed documents
Signed title pages and other leaves cut from books, inscribed to Paul McMahon unless noted otherwise. In excellent condition unless noted otherwise. As follows:Renata Scotto and Octavio Roca, Scotto: More than a Diva (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984). Inscribed by Scotto. 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm).
Leaf (pp. 139-140) from unidentified periodical with stills, production data and cast list of Franco Zeffirelli's film version of Verdi's La Traviata (1982) starring Teresa Stratas. Inscribed by Stratas. 9 x 6.25 inches (23.2 x 16 cm).
Kyle Crichton, Subway to the Met: The Risë Steven Story (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1959). Inscribed by Stevens. 8.25 x 5.5 inches (20.7 x 13.8 cm).
Russell Braddon, Joan Sutherland (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1962). Inscribed by Sutherland. 8.25 x 5.5 inches (21 x 13.8 cm).
Brian Adams, La Stupenda: A Biography of Joan Sutherland (Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Hutchinson, 1983). Inscribed by Sutherland. 9.25 x 6.25 inches (23.5 x 16 cm).
Victor Seroff, Renata Tebaldi: The Woman and the Diva (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1961). Inscription by Tebaldi dated "1964." 8 x 5.25 inches (20.3 x 13.2 cm). Browned.
Walter Panofsky, Renata Tebaldi ([West] Berlin: Rembrandt, 1961). Inscription by Tebaldi dated "1964." 7.25 x 5.5 inches (18.5 x 13.5 cm). Cut edge frayed; creases to lower right corner.
David Fingleton, Kiri Te Kanawa: A Biography (New York: Atheneum, 1983). Inscribed by Te Kanawa. 9.25 x 6.25 inches (23.5 x 15.7 cm).
Plácido Domingo, My First Forty Years (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983). Inscribed by Domingo. 9.25 x 6 inches (3.5 x 15 cm).
[Luciano] Pavarotti, My Own Story (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1981). Inscription by Pavarotti dated "81." 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm).
Milton Cross' Complete Stories of the Great Operas (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1952). Inscribed by Cross. 8.25 x 5 inches (21 x 12.8 cm). Cross was a radio announcer known as the "Voice of the Metropolitan Opera."
From the library of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. (22163)
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