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French soprano (1858-1942), signed cabinet photo, shown in the title role in Carmen, dated 1894. Photo by Falk, New York. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, verso is blank and has minor mounting traces, otherwise in excellent condition.

French soprano (1858-1942). Signed cabinet-style photograph, shown in the title role of Isidore de Lara's opera Messaline, dated in 1902.  Photo by Aime Thompson, New York. Size is 4.2 x 6.5 inches, in excellent condition. Attractive vintage item!

French soprano (1858-1942). Signed cabinet-style photograph, shown as Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.  Size is 4.2 x 6.2 inches, photo is trimmed at the top with a small cut on the far left (not affecting the image and signature) and minor rust stains and mounting traces on verso, otherwise in very good condition. Attractive vintage item!

Famous French soprano (1858-1942). Signature on a clip, dated 1898, size is 7 x 3.1 inches, some folds, otherwise in excellent condition.

French soprano (1858-1942), one of the most famous in her time, well-known for her interpretations of French opera, being Carmen her most famous role. Signed glove, dated by her in 1896, at the peak of her career. Size is approx. 3 x 10 inches, bold signature, some folds, in very good to excellent condition. An unusual and truly unique souvenir! Click on thumbnail photos to see in more detail.

Famous French soprano (1858-1942) who had a great career at the most famous stages in Europe and at the Manhattan opera, left us great recordings as well. Signed photo postcard, dated by her in 1903, size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches.

French soprano (1858-1942), great signed cabinet photo, shown as herself, dated by her in 1899. A photo by Reutlinger, Paris, size is 4.25 x 6.5 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. Signed cabinet photo, shown as herself, dated by her in 1904. This is an original cabinet-style photograph by A. Dupont, New York, that was trimmed over the left and bottom borders, to a size of 4 x 5.9 inches.

French soprano (1858-1942), signed postcard photograph, shown in the title role of Bizet's Carmen, dated in 1912. Photo by Breitkopf and Hartel, New York. Size is 3.25 x 5.25 inches, slight paper loss at top and bottom and small crease on top right, but in otherwise very good condition.

French soprano (1858-1942). Signed photograph, shown in role in Massenet's La Navaraisse, dated in 1918.  Photo is taken from a magazine or program and mounted on soft cardboard, with the signature on the left side of the cardboard. Total item size is 2.75 x 5.5 inches, in good condition.

French soprano (1858-1942), American soprano (1845-11931), German-born British baritone (1850-1939). A fine album page with the signatures on both sides by very important opera singers of the late XIX century including Emma Calve (attached clip dated 1896), Emma Thursby, George Henschel, Marie Decca, Clementine De Vere-Sapie, and also the Dutch cellist Joseph Hollman and American violinist Nettie Carpenter, plus some other unidentified signatures. Size is 6.3 x 7.9 inches, overall rust tone, 3 missing corners, small hole over the lower-right border, in overall good condition.

French actress (1925-2001), who had and important career in the USA between 1945 and 1988. Fine black-and-white photograph signed by her, shown in a film. Size is 9.75 x 8 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian tenor (1823-1888). Unsigned Carte-de-Visite (CDV) of the tenor by Amand Helm, Vienna. Size is 2.3 x 4.1 inches, ink markings on verso, otherwise in excellent condition.

Italian mezzo-soprano (b. 1936), signed photo, shown as herself, inscribed. Size is 3.25 x 5.5 inches, some bending, otherwise in good condition.

Italian mezzo-soprano (b. 1936), signed photo, shown in role backstage, dated in 1975. Size is 4.25 x 6 inches, in very good condition.

Italian bass, impresario, librettist and composer (1798-1880). Autograph letter signed, 1 page of a folded 4-page document, written in Italian, sold untranslated. Size of each page is 6.75 x 8.75 inches, unfolded size is 8.75 x 13 inches, small tear on the final set of pages (containing no text), otherwise in excellent condition. 

Italian impresario (1798-1880), librettist, and singer. Autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by him, dated 1876, addressed to the impresario Innocenzo Canedi, about singers and their engagements for opera performances.  Size is 5.2 x 8.2 inches, 1 pages, in overall very good condition.

French actor (1908-1978), active in films between 1932-1975. Great black and white movie-still photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment. Size is 6.8 x 4.8 inches, minor creases, in very good condition.

French baritone (1892-1966), signed photo, shown as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida, dated in 1946. Inscribed to Leo Riemens. Blind stamped by photographer Harcourt, Paris. Size is 5 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Lot of first pages from 16 issues from 1880s Magazine "Camées Artistiques", with an original albumen photograph at the center each one, featuring artists Adele Isaac, Adelina Patti, Adolphe Duchesne, Alphosine-Helene Richard, Bilbaut-Vauchelet, Caroline Miolan-Carvalho, Charles Garnier, Charles Nicot, Christine Nilsson, Gabrielle Krauss, Henri Sellier, Lasalle, Marguerite Ugalde, Marie van Zandt, Pierre Gailhard and Victor Capoul.  Each page is 10.75 x 15.1 inches, actual albumen photograph is 3.6 x 4.75 inches, in very good condition. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Italian baritone (1865-1938), signed photo postcard, shown as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, signed in Venice, dated in 1902. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, important historical item, in excellent condition.

Canadian filmmaker (b.1954), a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era. Fine color photograph signed by him, shown during the shooting of the film "Titanic" (1997) next to Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet. Size is 9.9 x 7.9 inches, in excellent condition.

Australian baritone (1918-2002), signed photo, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, stamped on verso by photographer Helga Sharland. 

Canadian actor (1910-1983), and American actress and signer (1923-2000). Fine black-and-white promo movie-still photograph of the film "The Fighting Chance" (1955) signed by both artists. Size is 10.2 x 8 inches, minor creases, in very good condition.

Star Italian violinist and composer (1815-1894), who was a student of Paganini and one of the greatest violinists of the 19th century. Autograph letter signed, to a Mr. Deneux, dated in Paris 1856. Written in French (sold untranslated), about music matters. One page sized 5.3 x 8.1 inches, three small storage holes, otherwise in excellent condition.

Italian tenor (1861-1934), larger size, unsigned cabinet photo shown as Eleazar in La Juive. A paper sticker is attached to the front, over the bottom border, indicating his name and role. A photo by I. Tomas, Prague, size is 5.25 x 8.25 inches, small loss of paper on the two bottom corners, minor wear, otherwise in very good condition.

Italian tenor (1910-1976), signed photo postcard, shown as Pinketon in Madama Butterfly. Size is 3.75 x 5.75 inches. 

Italian tenor (1910-1976), signed photo, shown in role, signed in Rome, dated in 1951. Inscribed. Blind stamped by photographer Villani, Bologna. Size is 5 x 6.75 inches, in excellent condition. 

Italian tenor (1910-1976). Fine black-and-white photograph signed by him on verso with a long sentiment dated 1951 (also signed on the front but almost faded). Size is 4.9 x 6.8 inches, in excellent condition.

Signed photo postcard of the French tenor (1875-1955), shown in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, dated in Anvers in 1908. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1819-1882), opera director, conductor, and creator of eight operas including Esmeralda -an opera created for Adelina Patti. Autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by him. Size is 3.3 x 4.3 inches, four written pages, in very good condition. ALSO INCLUDED is an incomplete 2-page letter by him (last two images provided). Size is 4.5 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian baritone (1855-1927). Autograph note signed, written on stationary of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Written in English, size is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, tear at the bottom and top, repaired in the back, in good condition.     

Italian baritone (1855-1927). Autograph note signed, 1 page, written in English, size is 4.5 x 7 inches, very slight tear in the middle of the document, otherwise in excellent condition. 

Italian baritone (1855-1927), unsigned cabinet photo, shown as himself, photo by Aimé Dupont, New York. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

Italian baritone and cellist (1855-1927), later American citizen. Unsigned cabinet photograph by Aime Dupont, shown as himself, young. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, small tear on bottom left and mounting traces on verso, otherwise in very good condition.  

Full program for a concert with the Pittsburgh Orchestra, for both dates November 3rd and 5th, 1898. Famous baritone Giuseppe Campanari sings music by Mozart and Gounod, Victor Herbert conducts. Program also includes music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens and Wagner. Full program with all 28 pages and covers, 6.25 x 9.5 inches, minor cracks on front cover, otherwise in very good condition.

Italian-born American cellist and baritone (1855-1927), Campanari had a very successful career as a cellist which he later quit in order to start an also successful career as a baritone, eventually singing at the Met Opera and other important opera theaters. Beautiful signed cabinet photo by Aime Dupont, dated by him in 1910 , inscribed, in excellent condition. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches

Italian baritone and cellist (1855-1927), later American citizen. Signed cabinet photograph by Aime Dupont, New York, shown as himself. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian baritone and cellist (1855-1927), later American citizen. Gorgeous cabinet photograph by Aime Dupont, signed by the baritone, shown as himself, dated in Boston in 1898. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian tenor (1845-1896), unsigned cabinet photo, shown as himself. Photo by Studio Mora, New York. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, verso is blank, in excellent condition.

Italian conductor and violinist (1859-1939), lot of 7 programs for concerts at La Scala, Milan, including music by various composers. Colored paper programs (4 items) are 1 page, 8.25 x 11.75 inches, white paper programs (3 items) are 4 pages, 7 x 9.75 inches. All in very good condition.

American actor (1924-2018) who appeared in more than 200 TV and film roles from the early 1950s to 2009. Nice black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment, shown probably with his wife. Size is 7.9 x 9.9 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of the Australian conductor and the Italian pianist with the Royal Liverpool Orchestra performing works by Dvorak, Ravel, and Berlioz signed by them at the Leeds Town Hall, Leeds on January 17th, 1987. Size is 8.25 x 7.8 inches, full program, two ticket stubs included, in excellent condition.

Italian conductor (1860-1919) and violinist. Autograph letter in Italian signed by him, dated 1906, about personal and professional matters. Size is 4.2 x 7 inches, 4 written pages in 2 sheets (front and back), translation not included, folds, stains, otherwise in very good condition.

Italian conductor (1860-1919) and violinist. Autograph letter in Italian (sold untranslated) signed by the conductor in London, 1908. Size is 5 x 7.9 inches, 3 written pages in 1 folio with the letterhead of the hotel, in excellent condition.