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Nice typed letter with her address in Paris as letterhead, signed by her as "Maria", dated March 17,1971, addressed to her friend David McElroy, about personal matters. Size is 8.25 x 10.5 inches, 1 page, in very good condition. Its original envelope is ALSO INCLUDED.

Fine typed letter signed by her as simply "Maria" and dated May 30, 1975, addressed to her friend David McElroy, with a short greeting. Size is 6.25 x 9 inches, 1 page, in excellent condition.  Its original envelope is ALSO INCLUDED.

Fine typed letter with her address as letterhead, signed by her as "Maria" with a short sentiment and dated August 19, 1976, addressed to her friend David McElroy, about personal matters. Size is 6.25 x 9 inches, 1 page, some pencil markings by another hand, otherwise in excellent condition.  

Beautiful, original photograph of the great diva, shown on stage as Tosca, next to Tito Gobbi. This is in Act II, at Covent Garden, Jan/Feb 1964. Size is 8 x 9.5 inches, stamped on verso by photographer Houston Rogers, London. (Any vertical lines seen in the scan are an artifact of the scanning and do not exist in the real photo).

Beautiful, original photograph of the great diva, shown in the title role in Tosca, Act I, at Covent Garden, February 1964. Size is 8 x 9.5 inches, stamped on verso by photographer Houston Rogers, London.

Program for a performance of Puccini's opera featuring the star Greek-American soprano, Franco Corelli (tenor), and Tito Gobbi (baritone), under the baton of Kurt Adler at The Metropolitan Opera, New York, on March 19, 1955. Size is 8 x 10.9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, ticket stub attached with adhesive tape on the cast page, in overall very good condition.

Program for one of the last opera performances of the Greek-American diva as Tosca at the Theatre National de l'Opera,  Paris, 1965, signed by her on her photograph page shown as Floria Tosca, and also signed by the famous Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli on his photo page as well. Size is 8.25 x 10.6 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Rare photo showing the legendary diva with his arch enemy Rudolf Bing at the Met in Sep 1971, opening night at the Met for the season 1971-72. Bing´s career included a public feud with Callas, with him firing the diva - she was absent from the met for 7 years. Original press photo (from AP) coming from a newspaper archive, 6.75 x 8.5 (was trimmed from a larger size), has newspaper clip on the back, stamped on verso Sep 22, 1971 - Unique, very rare!

French composer (1791-1873). Autograph letter in French (untranslated) signed by him, no year indicated, addressed the composer and harpist Léon Gatayes (1805-1877): “…j’ignore encore au moment où je vous écris, à quelle heure on exécutera mes compositions et j’ignore même si l’audition projetée aura lieu (demain pour mon sextuor) car on parle d’une répétition à l’opéra…”.  Size is 5.4 x 8.1 inches, 1 written page, folds, in overall excellent condition.

American voice actress and singer (b.1961), active since 1979. Nice color promo photograph signed by her, here shown very young. Size is 8 x 10 inches, in excellent condition.

Greek-born Maltese tenor (1882-1941), who had a great international career focused mostly on the Italian repertoire, left recordings for Columbia, Pathé, and Fonotipia. Fine photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment, dated in 1913; a photograph by Comerio Suca, Milan. Size is 7.25 x 11.75 inches, with beautiful serrated borders, in very good condition. Rare!

Greek-born Maltese tenor (1882-1941), who had a great international career focused mostly on heroic roles in the Italian repertoire, left recordings for Columbia, Pathé and Fonotipia. Signed photo, inscribed with a short sentiment and dated in 1915. Beautiful photo attached to solid cardboard backing with clear handwriting and signature. Photo is 6 x 8.4 inches (entire item including cardboard is 7.3 x 9.6 inches). Rare item in extremely good condition.

Greek-born Maltese tenor (1882-1941), who had a great international career focused mostly on heroic roles in the Italian repertoire, left recordings for Columbia, Pathé and Fonotipia. Signed photo, shown in role (likely either Siegmund or Siegfried in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen), dated in 1926. Blind stamped by photographer Camuzzi, Milan. Photo is 6.1 x 8.6 inches with small crease on bottom right but otherwise in excellent condition.

Greek-born Maltese tenor (1882-1941), who had a great international career focused mostly in the Italian repertoire, left recordings for Columbia, Pathé and Fonotipia. Signed photo, shown in title role of Wagner's Siegfried at the Teatro Regio in Parma, inscribed with a short sentiment and dated in 1928. Photo by Comerio Suca, Milan. Photo size is 6.75 x 9.25 inches mounted on soft cardboard, total item size is 9.25 x 13 inches, in excellent condition. 

Maltese tenor (b. 1978), signed photo, shown as the Duke in Rigoletto. Size is 7.5 x 9.5 inches. 

Maltese tenor, winner of the Caruso Competition in 1998 and Domingo´s Operalia in 1999, one of the most promising young tenor voices today. Signed photo, shown in role on the stage, 4 x 6 inches.

Maltese-British actress (1952-2014) and Maltese-British actress (b.1952). Great photograph of the 1971 film "Twins of Evil" signed by both sisters. Size is 10 x 8 inches, in excellent condition.

American jazz singer (1907-1994) and bandleader, whose career spanned over 65 years. Membership card for a dancing class signed by him. Size is 3.8 x 2.5 inches, some dirt, in overall very good condition.

American jazz singer (1907-1994) and bandleader, whose career spanned over 65 years. Fine black-and-white photograph mounted on a mat, signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment. Total size is 10.25 x 11.75 inches, some stains, in very good condition.

American jazz singer (1907-1994) and bandleader, whose career spanned over 65 years. Black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment.  Size is 7.9 x 9.9 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian bass-baritone (b. 1925), signed photo, shown in role in Verdi's Otello. Inscribed. Size is 5 x 7 inches, some wear on edges but otherwise in good condition.

Italian bass-baritone (b. 1925), signed photo, shown in role (possibly Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca). Inscribed. Size is 4 x 5.75 inches, some wear on edges but otherwise in very good condition

Greek mezzo-soprano (1885-1949), signed card, written in French, sold untranslated. Card by itself is 4.25 x 3.25 inches, solidly matted to large cardboard backing, total item is 8 x 10 inches.  Also included is a matted unsigned photo, shown as herself, 5.25 x 3.75 inches, blind stamped by photographer Castera. Both items are in excellent condition. 

Argentine conductor (1890-1983) who began his career in the late 1920s at Teatro La Scala, Milan. Black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment dated in Buenos Aires, 1933; ink-stamped on verso by photographer Lazaro Sudak (Buenos Aires). Size is 6.8 x 9.2 inches, jagged edges, minor silvering, in very good condition.

Argentine conductor (1890-1983) who began his career in the late 1920s at Teatro La Scala, Milan. His baton used for the world premiere of Constantino Gaito's opera La Sangre de las Guitarras on August 17, 1932, at Teatro Colon, signed by him and inscribed to Vicente Retta (1893-1967) who was the author of the poem on which the opera was based on. Length is 18.2 inches, in excellent condition.  

Signed photo postcard of the famous French soprano (1858-1942). Signed on verso, dated in 1920. Size 3.5 x 5.5 inches.

French soprano (1858-1942), starred in the world premieres of Mascagni's L'Amico Fritz, as well as Massenet's La Navarraise and Sapho. Signed half-tone postcard photograph, shown in role in Isidore de Lara's Messaline. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

French soprano (1858-1942), starred in the world premieres of Mascagni's L'Amico Fritz, as well as Massenet's La Navarraise and Sapho. Autograph note signed, 2 pages of a 4 page folded document, written in French, sold untranslated. Extremely bold and clear handwriting and signature. Size is 5.25 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.  

Program for a performance of Gounod's "Faust" at The Metropolitan Opera, New York, on February 15, 1902, featuring Emma Calvé, Andreas Dippel, Giuseppe Campanari, and others, under the baton of Armondo Seppilli. Size is 9.4 x 11.6 inches, full program with all pages and covers, slight damage on the cover, otherwise in good condition.

French soprano (1858-1942).  Extra large cabinet photo by Aimé Dupont, New York, shown as Carmen. Boldly signed by her and inscribed to famous German-born economist and business man Max Hirsch (1852-1909), dated by her in 1900. Size is 10.75 x 13.75 inches, minor damage over the lower left corner, in excellent condition.

Large, gorgeous cabinet photo of the French soprano (1858-1942), shown as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana. Photo by Benque, Paris, size is 5.25 x 8.5 inches, in excellent condition

French soprano (1858-1942), signed cabinet photo, by Aime Dupont, New York, shown as herself, dated in 1907. Calve thanks someone in French for a letter. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in very good condition.

French soprano (1858-1942), starred in the world premieres of Mascagni's L'Amico Fritz, as well as Massenet's La Navarraise and Sapho. Fine cabinet photo of her as Carmen in Bizet's opera by photographer Falk (New York) signed by Calvé in 1894. Size is 4.1 x 6.6 inches, minor damage over the right border, in very good condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a program for a clip for a performance of Emma Calvé as Carmen at The Manhattan Opera House in 1907. Size is 3.7 x 5.6 inches, in very good condition.