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Signed photo of the French-born soprano (1900-2001), shown as herself, 3.5 x 5.25 inches

French-Italian soprano (1900-2001), signed photo showing her in the title role in Francesca da Rimini, opera by Zandonai. Size is 8 x 10 inches, inscribed

Signed half-tone photo of the Italian dramatic soprano (1900-2001), shown as Isabeau in Mascagni's Opera. Size 4 x 6 inches.

French-Italian soprano (1900-2001), signed photo postcard, shown in the title role in La Gioconda. Size is 4 x 5.9 inches, in excellent condition.

French-Italian soprano (1900-2001), signed photo, shown in the title role in Turandot, inscribed and dated in 1971. Size is 8 x 10 inches, in very good condition.

Leading French-Italian dramatic soprano (1900-2001), active from the late 1920s through the 1940s. Group of 7 unsigned photos, shown in role in Norma, Gioconda, Ballo in Maschera, and Traviata, and as herself. Sizes range from 5 x 7 inches to 8 x 9.5 inches, in excellent condition, sold only as lot. 

Beautiful and high quality half-tone photo signed by the legendary french-italian opera singer (1900-2001). Size is 3.75 x 5.5 inches(image size).

Leading French-Italian dramatic soprano (1900-2001), active from the late 1920s through the 1940s. Signed scrapbook of 12 photos, showing her in a wide variety of roles including Verdi's Aida and Bellini's Norma (see scans), as well as a photo of herself on the cover page which contains the signature. This scrapbook also contains a brief introductory textual summary, a list of many of her performance dates and theaters for her various roles, as well as extensive quotes from reviews of her performances. All text is in Italian and sold untranslated. 31 pages plus cover and back pages. Size is 6.25 x 8.75 inches, slight bending on cover page, otherwise in excellent condition. 

Yugoslavian tenor (1949-2015), signed promo photo, shown in role. Size is 4.1 x 5.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L'Arlesiana. Album with a music quote with 2 bars of music from "Adriana Lecouvreur", signed and dated by him in Naples, 1920.  Size is 7 x 9 inches, minor rust stains, in very good condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L'Arlesiana. Beautiful 4-bar autograph music quote from Adriana Lecouvreur's Act 2 signed by him. Size is 5.5 x 3.9 inches, storage holes, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L'Arlesiana. Nice 2-bar autograph music quote with lyrics from the first act duet of his opera Adriana Lecouvreur. Size is 5.6 x 3.6 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L'Arlesiana. 2-bar autograph music quote from his opera L'Arlesiana signed by him in Milan, 1902, on an album page mounted on soft cardboard. Total size is 6.1 x 8.8 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L'Arlesiana. Beautiful 3-bar autograph music quote from his opera Adriana Lecouvreur signed by him and dated 1938. Size is 5.9 x 4.1 inches, storage holes, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L´Arlesiana. Large photo, mounted on mat where it is signed, inscribed and dated in Varazze, 1940. Total mat size is 9.25 x 13.3 inches, stamped on verso by photographer Alfredo Zoli, Milan, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L´Arlesiana. Great signed photo, an original photograph by Foto Ungaria, Rome (stamped on verso by photographer studio). Signed and dated by the composer in Berlin, 1938, inscribed. Size is 4.5 x 6.75 inches, in excellent condition

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L´Arlesiana. Group of 2 signed postcards with an autograph greeting by the composer (postcards show photos of landscapes), dated in 1949 and 1950. Each one is 4 x 6 inchs, in excellent condition

Italian composer (1866-1950), well-known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur and L'Arlesiana. Typed note with a short greeting in Italian signed by him. Size is 5.6 x 8.3 inches, 1 page, in excellent condition.

Italian tenor (1885-?), signed photo postcard, shown in role in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, dated in 1934. Attractive photo with clear handwriting and signature. Size is 3.25 x 5.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Argentinian-born Italian conductor (1915-2007), who focused mostly on opera, conducted at Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco, Met Opera, and many others. His baton used in public performance at Teatro Colon signed by him. Length is 17.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Argentinian-born Italian conductor (1915-2007), who focused mostly on opera, conducted at Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco, Met Opera, and many others. Signed photo, inscribed and dated in 1979, shown conducting. Size is 6 x 4 inches.

Argentine-Italian violinist and conductor (1915-2007). His career developed mostly as a conductor. Signed photo postcard, shown performing the violin, inscribed and dated in 1939. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Argentine-born Italian conductor (1915-2007), who focused mostly on opera, conducted at Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco, Met Opera, and many others. Fine black-and-white photo postcard signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment dated in 1936, shown as a violinist; blind-stamped over the lower-right corner by F. Carra. Size is 3.4 x 5.4 inches, jagged edges, crease over the upper-right corner, otherwise in very good condition.

Argentine-born Italian conductor (1915-2007), who focused mostly on opera, conducted at Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco, Met Opera, and many others. Fine black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment dated 1975. Size is 4 x 5.9 inches, in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a card with a 1-bar music quote from Mozart's "Magic Flute" signed by him and dated in San Francisco, October 31, 1975. Size is 6 x 3.9 inches, in very good condition.

Page from a program (probably from the 1960s) signed by him. Size is 6 x 8 inches, in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is another page from the same program (probably) signed by conductor Antonio de Almeida, same size. 

Argentinian pianist, composer and educator (1906-1998), signed photo, inscribed and dated in 1949. Stamped on verso by photographer Annemarie Heinrich, Buenos Aires. Size is 4.5 x 6.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Argentine pianist (1906-1998), composer, and pedagogue. Fine sepia photograph signed and inscribed by her with a short sentiment dated 1935. Size is 3.75 x 5.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Argentine pianist (1906-1998), composer, and pedagogue. Black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by her with a short sentiment on the front plus a short note on verso also signed by her as "Lia". Size is 3.75 x 5.1 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian actor of cinema, radio and theater (1889-1970), signed photo, shown as himself. Inscribed and dated in 1936, Naples. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian actor (1891-1962), signed photo postcard, shown as himself, dated in 1922. Size is 5.25 x 3.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian composer (1749-1801), his career focused mostly on opera (created over 80 of them), Cimarosa also wrote instrumental music. Great vintage lithograph of him (on a real portrait of him made by Coltellini), published in 1837 as a short, 10-page biography in Italian. Print is on page 1, biography is printed on pages 2 through 8, original blank covers. Size is 7 x 10.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian conductor (1874-1971), who conducted at the Hollywood Bowl and served as musical director of the Italian Opera in 1910. He worked with famed opera star Bertha Crawford and had trained to play violin in Bologna. He also conducted with the Warsaw Opera company and worked in the music department on two films: Rio Rita (1929), One Night of Love (1934). Impressive large photo, signed and inscribed with a brief sentiment, dated in Los Angeles in 1930. Size is 7 x 8.75 inches, very solid cabinet-style backing, small mounting traces on verso, otherwise in excellent condition. 

Original program for the first musical festival in Cincinatti, in 1881, with the schedule for opera performances featuring well-known singers. Size is 6.75 x 10.4 inches, some trimming on pages 3 and 4, few cracks, some loss of paper on page 2, in overall good condition.

Original playbill for a Broadway performance of the Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical Cinderella at The Broadway Theatre, featuring Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessica Hershberg, Peter Nelson, Joe Carroll, Phumzile Sojola, Peter Bartlett, and others; signed by most of the cast.  Size is 5.3 x 8.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Italian tenor (1893-1954), signed photo postcard, shown as himself. Inscribed and signed as "Fernando",  dated 1921. Blind stamped by photographer Bellza Porto. Size is 3.25 x 5.25 inches in very good condition.

Italian tenor (1893-1954), signed photo postcard, shown as Faust in Boito's Mefistofele. Inscribed to Leo Riemens with extensive sentiment and dated 1938. Blind stamped by photographer Allesandri Giovanni. Size is 3.25 x 5.25 inches in very good condition.

Italian tenor (1893-1954), signed photograph, shown as himself. Inscribed. Handwritten photographer signature on front of Foto-Brazil photo studio, Lisbon. Size is 4.5 x 11.5 inches in very good condition.

German music hall entertainer (1859-1918) whose specialty was juggling. Beautiful black and white photo postcard signed by him, shown young. Size is 3.5 x 5.3 inches, in excellent condition.

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Fantastic collection of 12 autograph letter signed, in French (most of them with translations), sizes range from 4 x 5.1 inches to 5.25 x 8 inches, all in very good condition. Not sold separately.

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Autograph letter in French (untranslated) signed by her. Size is 5.25 x 8 inches, 1 page, in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a colorized engraving depicting her as Angele in Auber's opera Le Domino Noir. Size is 5.8 x 8.8 inches, in very good condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Autograph letter in French (untranslated) signed on verso by her. Size is 3.8 x 5 inches, 2 written pages in one sheet (front and back), in very good condition.

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Short autograph music quote (probably a personal cadenza) signed and inscribed by her and dated 1844. Size is 8.3 x 3.6 inches, crack over the left border, minor stains, otherwise in excellent condition.

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Vintage, large lithograph, shown in role, printed by Bertauts and published by French publication Le Menestrel. Size is 15.25 x 22.2 inches, rust especially on white borders, otherwise in very good condition, image is quite intact.

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Set of 2 autograph letter signed, in French (untranslated), both 1 pages in length, one of these dated in 1848, size is 4 x 5.25 inches, the other is on a larger sheet of 8.25 x 11 inches, dated in 1838, very clear handwriting with much of the text possibly written by another hand but with her clear signature, some rust on the far edges of the sheet but not affecting text or signature.  Not sold separately. Rare vintage items!

French soprano (1801-1863), later teacher, particularly associated with Rossini roles and also operas by Meyerbeer and Auber, premiering some of them. Set of two autograph letters in French (untranslated) signed by her, as follows: A. June 10. To the composer, director of the Conservatoire Luigi Cherubini, recommending a young lady: “…Elle se nomme Alphonsine Santa Maria, elle possède une fort belle voix, et a le plus grand désir d’entrer au Conservatoire…”. 2 pp. In-8. B. To a gentleman, concerning an audition. 2 pp. ½. In-8. Different sizes, lengths, and conditions (see scans provided for a detailed view). SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

French soprano (1834-1906), daughter of Laure. Set of two autograph letters in French (untranslated) signed by her, one of them dated 1871. The letters concern publishing matters, personal issues around a Creole girl, and singing performances.  Different sizes, lengths, and conditions (see scans provided for a detailed view). SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.