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Set of 7 plates or pages from an album or book, each one attached with at least one original photograph depicting singers (early opera productions 1884-1889, one of tenor Hermann Winkelmann as Parsifal, the role he created in 1882, Theodor Reichmann as Hans Sachs and one of Heinrich Gudehus both in Meistersinger, 1888), the Bayreuth Festival theater, a bust of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (reigned 1864-1886), and the old city of Nurnberg, the last 2 with a text quote by Richard Wagner below. Each page is 9.25 x 12.6 inches, gilded edges, aging tone on borders, in very good condition.

Carl Scheidemantel - Ernest van Dyck - Wilhelm Gruning - Pauline Mailhac - Therese Malten. (Conductor : Hermann Levi ). Marked with pencil as performance program of July 2. Very rare and early Parsifal playbill!. 37,5 x 28,5 cm (15 x 11.4 inches)

Playbill with all the performances for the 1891 Bayreuth Festival, size is 5.75 x 9 inches, 1 sheet printed on both sides, in excellent condition.  

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Bayreuth 1892. Large playbill, 12 x 16.5 inches. Playbill for the 4 performances of Meistersinger at the Bayreuth Festival 1892. July 25th, July 31st, August 14th and August 18th.

Playbill with all the performances for the 1892 Bayreuth Festival, size is 5.75 x 9 inches, 1 sheet printed on both sides, in excellent condition. The first 4 performances (July 21st through 25th) are scratched with a rubber stamp, a text on the sides stamped on blue ink notes that for those days there are no more tickets available. A rare, very cute item

Beautiful playbill announcing performances of Lohengrin at the festival, includes ticket stub!. Size is 12 x 17 inches, has folds, otherwise in excellent condition. Ticket is for the July 31st, 1908 performance of Lohengrin, size is 4.75 x 2.5 inches, in excellent condition. Rare!

Bayreuth Festival 1909. Festival program. Der Ring des Nibelungen, Parsifal and Lohengrin. Conductors: Hans Richter, Karl Muck, Michael Balling and Siegfried Wagner. Complete details of all all performances, 4 pages, 8.25 x 13 inches, in very good condition.

Original, rare book for visitors to the Bayreuth Festival, 1911, with map, articles and photos of opera singers and personalities, and even some pages with the list of performers in previous festivals, starting in 1876, a plan of the auditorium, information about the town, and more. Thick book with 327 numbered pages plus extra unnumbered pages, 4.9 x 7.2 inches, front cover has some wear and loss of paper, the rest is in excellent condition.

Small poster. Josef Correck, Hermann Weil, Willy Bader, Walther Elschner, Heinrich Schulz, Carl Clewing, Hans Beer, Erich Zimmermann, Fritz Wolff, Claire Born,... Marked with pencil as program of the 19 August 1925 performance. Size : 34 x 22 cm

Performance program, 20 August 1925. Lauritz Melchior, Emmy Kruger, Carl Braun, Theodor Scheidl, Willy Sonnen, Rudolf Watzke. Rare complete program of the Bayreuth Festival in the 1920ies.

Small poster. Gunnar Graarud, Emmy Kruger, Ivar Andresen, Alexander Kipnis, Anny Helm, etc. Size: 34 x 22 cm. Rare document of Jubileum edition of the Bayreuth Festival (50 years Bayreuth)

Playbill announcing 5 upcoming performances of this opera in July and August 1928, great cast with Leider, Pistor, Andresen, no conductor mentioned. One page, 8.4 x 13.25 inches, folds, pencil markings, in good condition.

Poster advertising a performance of Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival 1928, 8.25 x 13.25 inches, in very good condition, with a few marks made in pencil

Poster advertising a performance of Tristan und Isolde, Bayreuth Festival 1928, 8.25 x 13.25 inches, in very good condition, a couple of marks made in pencil

Tannhauser, Parsifal, Tristan, Ring. Conductors : Karl Muck, Toscanini, Karl Elmendorff, Siegfried Wagner. Includes full program details of all performances, 34 x 22 cm, 4 pages.

Playbill announcing a performance of this opera on August 21st, 1930, with Karl Muck conducting, great cast. One page, 8.25 x 13.1 inches, folds, in very good condition.

Playbill Bayreuther Festspiele 46 x 29,5 cm. 1 page Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, July 22nd, 1930. Tannhauser (Wagner) conducted by Arturo Toscanini Stage direction: Siegfried Wagner / Alexander Spring with Ivar Andresen - Sigismund Pilinsky - Herbert Janssen - Joachim Sattler - Maria Muller

Playbill for a performance of this opera on August 20th, 1930, one of the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini in Bayreuth, with a great cast. One page, 8.25 x 13.1 inches, folds, in very good condition.

Playbill Bayreuther Festspiele 46 x 29,5 cm, July 23rd, 1930. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) conducted by Arturo Toscanini Stage direction: Siegfried Wagner / Alexander Spring with Lauritz Melchior - Nanny Larsen-Todsen - Alexander Kipnis - Rudolf Bockelmann - Joachim Sattler

Large clipping from program, August 11th, 1931, Karl Elmendorff conducting Das Rheingold, first opera of Der Ring des Nibelungen. In the cast : Rudolf Bockelmann, Georg von Tschurtschenthaler, Joachim Sattler, Eduard Habich, Erich Zimmermann, Carl Braun, Karin Branzell, 1 page, 25 x 28 cm.

Large clipping from program, August 12th, 1931, Karl Elmendorff conducting. In the cast : Gunnar Graarud, Ivar Andresen, Rudolg Bockelmann, Maria Muller, Karin Branzell, Nanny Larsen-Todsen, 1 page, 25 x 28 cm, .

Program 12. August 1933, Karl Elmendorff. With Jaro Prohaska, Gotthold Ditter, Fritz Wolff, Ivar Andresen, Emmanuel List, Robert Burg, Erich Zimmermann, Sigrid Onegin, 1 page, 21 x 29 cm

Program for a performance of this opera on July 24th, 1933, 8.25 x 12.9 inches. Fold in the center, in very good condition.

3. August 1933, Karl Elmendorff. With Rudolf Bockelmann, Max Lorenz, Alexander Kipnis, Willy Storring, Hans Wrana, Eugen Fuchs, Gotthold Ditter, etc, 30 x 22 cm, 8 pages, richly illustrated

Program for a performance of this opera on July 30th, 1933. Size is 8.25 x 12.9 inches. Fold in the center, in very good condition.

Program for a performance of this opera on July 25th, 1933, 8.25 x 12.9 inches. Fold in the center, in very good condition.

Program of August 13th, 1933, performance of Die Walkure with Karl Elmendorff conducting, with Fritz Wolff, Emanuel List, Jaro Prohaska, Maria Müller, Frida Leider, Sigrid Onegin, Kirsten Flagstad. Debut of Flagstad in Bayreuth!, 1 page, 34 x 21 cm, very good condition.

Performance of August 16th, 1933, Gotterdammerung with Karl Elmendorff conducting, cast with Max Lorenz, Herbert Jansen, Emmanuel List, Robert Burg, Frida Leider, Kathe Heidersbach, Sigrid Onegin, Kirsten Flagstad. Size is 34 x 21 cm, good condition.

Bayreuth 1933 Meistersinger Performance of August 3rd, 1933, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg with Rudolf Bockelmann, Alexander Kipnis, Willy Storring, Hans Wrana, Gotthold Ditter, Harry Steier, Franz Sauer, Max Lorenz, Erich Zimmermann, Maria Müller, Ruth Berglund. Heinz Tietjen, conductor. Rare complete program, richly illustrated.

19. August 1933, Richard Strauss. With Heinrich Schlussnuss, Franz Sauer, Emanuel List, Frida Leider, 34 x 21 cm

14. August 1933, Karl Elmendorff. With Max Lorenz, Erich Zimmermann, Jaro Prohaska, Robert Burg, Emmanual List, Frida Leider, 34 x 21 cm, writings on backside

3 playbills for live radio transmissions from the Festspielhaus Bayreuth. Karl Elmendorff, conductor. Complete program details of Rheingold (August 5th, 1934). Siegfried (August 7th, 1934). Gotterdammerung (August 9th, 1934). 30 x 22,5 cm, with portraits of singers. Price is for the set of 3, not sold separately

17. August 1934, Heinz Tietjen. With Franz Volker, Josef von Manowarda, Jaro Prohaska, Kirsten Flagstad, Frida Leider, Sigrid Onegin, 34 x 21 cm

20. August 1934, Heinz Tietjen. With Max Lorenz, Herbert Janssen, Josef von Manowarda, Robert Burg, Frida Leider, Kirsten Flagstad, Sigrid Onegin, Ruth Berglund, 34 x 21 cm

Rudolf Bockelmann, Ivan Andresen, Eugen Fuchs, Herbert Janssen, Max Lorenz, K. Heidersbach, Ruth Berglund, Franz Sauer. Conductor : Karl Elmendorff. 34 x 21 cm

Frans von Hoesslin. With Herbert Janssen, Franz Sauer, Ivar Andresen, Helge Roswaenge, Martha Fuchs, 34 x 21 cm

Performance of August 18th, 1934, Siegfried with Heinz Tietjen conducting. Cast with Max Lorenz, Erich Zimmermann, Jaro Prohaska, Robert Burg, Josef von Manowarda, Sigrid Onegin, Frida Leider. Size is 34 x 21 cm, in good condition.

Official and richly illustrated brochure of the Festival with complete and detailed program. With many photographs, including rare photographic material of the Nazi top visiting the Festival. Very rare.

Bayreuth Festival 1936. Wilhelm Furtwangler conducts Parsifal. August 30, 1936. Richly illustrated program with portraits of many Nazi key figures. Complete program booklet, 32 pages, 6.5 x 9.75 inches, in excellent condition

13 August 1937, Wilhelm Furtwangler. With Jaro Prohaska, Josef von Manowarda, Margarete Klose, Rudolf Bockelmann, 33 x 20 cm

16 August 1937, Wilhelm Furtwangler. With Frida Leider, Max Lorenz, Jaro Prohaska, Margarete Klose, 32 x 20 cm

August 19th, 1937, Heinz Tietjen conducting, with Ludwig Hofmann, Marcel Wittrisch, Maria Müller, Jaro Prohaska, Margarete Klose, Herbert Janssen, Erich Zimmermann, 33 x 20 cm, in very good condition.

15 August 1937, Wilhelm Furtwangler. With Frida Leider, Max Lorenz, Rudolf Bockelmann, Erich Zimmermann, 32 x 20 cm

August 12th, 1938, Heinz Tietjen conducting, with Rudolf Bockelmann, Jaro Prohaska, Martin Kremer, Fritz Wolff, Margarete Klose, Erich Zimmermann, Josef von Manowarda, Ludwig Hofmann, 34 x 21 cm, in very good condition.

14. August 1938, Heinz Tietjen. With Max Lorenz, Erich Zimmermann, Rudolf Bockelmann, Robert Burg, Michael von Roggen, Martha Fuchs, 34 x 21 cm

August 13th, 1938, Heinz Tietjen conducting, with Franz Volker, Ludwig Hofmann, Rudolf Bockelmann, Maria Müller, Marta Fuchs, Margarete Klose, 34 x 21 cm, in very good condition.

August 16th, 1938, Heinz Tietjen. With Max Lorenz, Jaro Prohaska, Ludwig Hofmann, Robert Burg, Martha Fuchs, Käthe Heidersbach, Margarete Klose, 34 x 21 cm

Bayreuth 1939, 4 separate programs for the complete ring cycle, all complete with all pages and covers, 17x25 cm, many photos of past Bayreuth ring cycles and great singers!