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Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), her personal card, signed on verso, with a card advertising her and violinist Jan Kubelik´s recordings. Size is 2.5 x 1.75 inches, minor stains on front, stains and mounting traces on verso. Photo postcard is 3.7 x 6.25 inches, paper loss over the upper left corner, in very fine condition.

Set of two programs for performances of Gounod's opera "Faust" and a "Saturday Night Concert" in 1896 and 1898 respectively featuring Nellie Melba, Jean de Reszke, Paul Plancon, and others. Size is 9.25 x 11.8 inches each, 6 pages each, some stains and loose pages (Saturday Night), or in excellent condition (Faust). SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Fine album page signed and dated by her in 1904. Size is 8.25 x 5.4 inches, in excellent condition. The album page was also signed on the front by actor Rohan Clensy (1877-1919), harpist Ada Sassoli (1887-1946), bass Robert Radford (1874-1933); and on verso by composer H. Laine Wilson (1871-1915) and some other unidentified artists.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Autograph letter signed, written in French, sold untranslated. 2 folded pages, size is 4.5 x 6.1 inches in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Autograph letter signed on embossed stationary, written in French, sold untranslated. 1 folded bold handwriting and signature. Size is 4.75 x 6.5 inches in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1871-1931) who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Signed autograph music quote from La Boheme (a few notes from the "Mi chiamano..." aria), with an (illegible) sentiment at the top. Dated in 1913, mounted on an acid-free mat with a nice photo of the star soprano. Sizes are: 9.5 x 4.25 inches for the music quote (visible window size), 3.75 x 5.75 inches for the photo (visible window size), total size is 19.5 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Autograph note signed, written in French, sold untranslated. 4 folded pages, size is 5.5 x 7 inches in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Autograph note signed by her about some tickets for a performance, no date provided. Size is 5.6 x 7.2 inches, rust stains at the center and borders, folds, otherwise in very good condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Autograph note signed, written in French, sold untranslated. 1 page, contains embossed symbol at the top. size is 7.25 x 8.75 inches in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED: very attractive unsigned postcard photograph, shown in role, photo by Reutinger, Paris. Size is 3.5 x 5.25 inches, attractive vintage item, in excellent condition. 

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Autograph note signed by her with a short sentiment, dated in New York in 1895. Size is 4 x 6 inches, in very good condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), considered one of the most famous singers of her time. Signed mini-cabinet photo, shown as Marguerite in Faust, one of her most famous roles. Size is 3.25 x 5 inches, in excellent condition.

Australian star soprano (1861-1931), unsigned cabinet photo, shown as Ofelia in Hamlet, opera by Ambroise Thomas. Photograph by Benque, Paris. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1871-1931) who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Nice cabinet photo of her by Reutlinger, Paris, shown as Ophelia in Hamlet (opera by Ambroise Thomas), size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches. Front is in excellent condition, back side shows minor mounting damage at the bottom, otherwise in very good condition.

Lovely cabinet photo of the star Australian soprano (1861-1931), photo by Charles Ritzmann, New York. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, mounting traces on verso otherwise in excellent condition

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Unsigned cabinet photograph, shown as herself by photographer Newsboy, New York. Photo is 4.25 x 6.25 inches, small creases on top and bottom corners, otherwise in very good condition. 

Signed two- sided print containing portrait-style photographic images of Nellie Melba the Star Australian soprano (1861-1931) on one side and her contemporary Valerie Colbert on the other. Both have signatures at the bottom of the image. Size is 6 x 9.75 inches, in very good condition.

Program for a special concert of the star soprano performing the mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor and acts 1,2, and 4 from La Traviata at Theatre Royal, Sidney, Australia on December 10th, 1902, under the baton of George Musgrove. Size is 4.25 x 9.7 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Nice vintage program for a performance of Gounod's opera Romeo et Juliette at The Auditorium, Chicago, on March 13, 1895, featuring Nellie Melba, Jean De Reszke, Edouard De Reszke, Pol Plancon, and others. Size is 4.6 x 6.75 inches, full 4-page program, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera House during the 1890s with a fantastic cast including Nellie Melba, Jean De Reszke, Edouard De Reszke, and Paul Plancon, under the baton of Luigi Mancinelli.  Size is 9 x 11.4 inches, some pages and covers (incomplete), minor cracks, otherwise in very good condition.

Clip from a program for a performance of both artists (among others) in their youth with Ecole Marchesi in Paris, June 11th, 1887.  Size is 6.8 x 9.2 inches, creases, overall rust tone, in very good condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique.  Large signed photo dated by her in 1901 shown as Margherite in Gounod's Faust, matted to a total size of 12.5 x 17.1 inches, photo is 8.1 x 12.6 inches, crack at the top not affecting signature, some damage and loss of paper hidden under the mat, otherwise in very good condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and Italian conductor and cellist (1848-1921). Double signed album page, dated in 1900, size is 6.25 x 7.75 inches, in very good condition. 

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931) who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Signature on a card, dated and with a sentiment, matted with a photo of her. Sizes are 4.5 x 1.25 inches (visible size for card with signature), 5.5 x 9.5 inches (visible size for oval photo), total mat size is 10.5 x 16.5 inches, in excellent condition, not framed.

Australian soprano (1861-1931), Italian soprano (1843-1919), American soprano (1857-1914). A fine album page with the signatures of very important opera singers of the late XIX century including Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti (who added a text quote "A beautiful voice is a gift of God"), Lillian Nordica, Jean & Edouard De Reszke, Pol Plancon, Emma Calvé, plus former Met Opera manager and impresario Maurice Grau. Size is 5.5 x 8.4 inches, overall rust tone, evident central fold, repaired crack at the center, in overall very good condition.

Clip from a program for an opera recital on November 2, 1894, at the Hyperion Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, featuring Nellie Melba, Sophia Scalchi, and Pol Plancon. Size is 9.8 x 11.4 inches, in very good condition.

Program for a performance of Semiramide at The Auditorium, Chicago, March 20th, 1894. Nellie Melba in the title role, also in the cast Edouard de Reszke, Maria Scalchi, conductor Luigi Mancinelli. Size is 5 x 7.25 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Signed album page, written in English, dated on February 25, 1926, identified as "the date of my farewell in Melbourne". Size is 6.75 x 8.5 inches, very small tears on far left of document, otherwise in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique.  Book "Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature" signed by the famous soprano with a short sentiment and dated in 1918 on the first blank page opposite her printed image in color by the Australian artist Florence Rodway. The book was published by George Robertson, no year indicated. Size is 7.5 x 10 inches, 176 pages, minor wear on the front cover, inside in very good condition, beautifully illustrated.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Signed cabinet photo, shown as Marguerite in Faust, one of her best roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches. A photo by Aimee Dupont, New York, in very good condition.

Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century. Menu for a lunch in her honor in 1924 at The Ambassadors Cafe, on June 30th, 1924, Australia, signed by her. Size is 4.8 x 6.9 inches, 1 piece of cardboard, central fold, in very good condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique.  Small card with the phrase "Live and let live" with her signature dated in London, 1919; mounted on a larger piece of paper from an album.  Mat size is 7.5 x 3.6 inches (card is 4.3 x 2.4 inches), in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a large size unsigned photo of her in oval format by Walter Barnett, London; mounted on a mat whose size is 9.1 x 12.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Beautiful vintage cabinet (unsigned) photograph of her shown as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust by photographer Reutlinger (Paris). Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, minor stains, in overall excellent condition.

Star Australian soprano (1861-1931), who became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the 20th century for her beautiful voice and technique. Vintage engraving of the soprano depicted as Juliette in Gounod's opera Faust. Size is 8.25 x 11.3 inches, overall rust stains, in very good condition.

Danish baritone (b. 1955), signed photo postcard, shown as himself, with a short sentiment. Size is 4 x 6.75 inches.

German tenor (1910-1991), photo postcard signed on verso, dated in 1948, Hamburg. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches. 

German tenor (1910-1991), signed photo postcard, shown as himself. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches.

Book signed by Ib Melchior, son of the star Wagnerian tenor Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), 273 pages with many interesting photographs. Signed and inscribed by author on title page, in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a CD that comes with the book attached on the back cover, with 13 tracks recorded in the 1920s, Melchior and other singers. In excellent condition.

Danish-born American tenor (1890-1973), nice promo photo signed by him at the bottom, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition

Danish tenor (1890-1973), signed photo postcard, shown as himself. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

Danish (and later American) tenor (1890-1973), signed photo postcard, shown as himself, dated in New York in 1935. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Danish-American tenor (1890-1973), great photo postcard signed by him, shown as Tristan in Tristan und Isolde. Size is 3.4 x 5.4 inches, in excellent condition.

Danish tenor (1890-1973), signed photo postcard, shown in the title role of Wagner's Lohengrin. Inscribed in Vienna, dated 1934. Size is 3.4 x 5.4 inches, in excellent condition.

Signed program clip for a performance of Parsifal at the Met Opera of New York in 1926. Signed by all 3 artists, size is 6.25 x 6.75 inches, in very good condition.

Legendary Danish-American tenor (1890-1973), the preeminent Wagnerian tenor for three decades, from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Autograph letter signed by him, postmarked [17.11.12] when the great Danish heldentenor was 22 years old. Melchior addresses Marjorie Scott, a young woman in England: “I am so glad every time I get a letter from you and I thank you so much for your last and for the music you sent to me, it was too much. I don’t find your writing difficult to understand, and I learn a great deal in spelling (…) I work with my new songs and parties, that song “Sea Fever” I like very much, also the “Shakespere [sic.] song” (…). Will you by [sic.] for me Arnold Bax: Seven Songs and Herbert Fryer: Virgin’s Cradle Hymn…”. Size is 8.5 x 11.25 inches, 2 written pages in one sheet (front and back), ripped borders, folds, cracks, creases, overall rust tone, in good condition. Envelope is INCLUDED.