Signed Opera Programs ($250 - $500)

Program for a concert recital by the star Swedish tenor with pianist Harry Ebert of music by Beethoven, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, and others, at State Teachers College in Westchester, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1939, signed by both him and his wife Anna Lisa Bjorling on the front cover.  Size of each page is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, full program with all pages and covers (4 pages total),  in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED: photograph of both Jussi and Anna Lisa Bjorling, signed and inscribed only by her. Size is 4 x 5.75 inches, in excellent condition. Not sold separately. 

Fantastic clip from a cast page from a program for a performance of Verdi's Don Carlo at the Chicago Lyric Opera on October 25 & 30, 1957, featuring Jussi Bjorling (Don Carlo), Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo), Boris Christoff (Filippo II), and Anita Cerquetti (Elisabetta) and signed by them. Size is 8.2 x 5.6 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the star Swedish tenor with pianist Ivor Newton at the Royal Albert Hall, London, June 15th, 1952, signed by both artists on the first page full photograph of the tenor. Size is 7.3 x 9.7 inches, full program with all pages and covers, some wear, ink-markings on the program page, otherwise in very good condition.

Program for a performance of Benjamin Britten's opera "The Turn of the Screw" at the Sadler's Wells Theater on October 11th & 15th, 1954, conducted by the composer himself, and signed on the cast page by him, and singers Joan Cross, Jennifer Vyvyan, plus one unidentified signer. Size is 5.5 x 8.4 inches, full program with all pages and covers, central fold, otherwise in very good condition.

English composer (1913-1976), conductor, and pianist; a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. Signed cast page/ program clip for a performance of Britten's opera "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the New York City Opera on April 25, 1963 signed at the bottom of the page. Size of cast page is 5.25 x 6.5 inches, mounted on soft cardboard, total item size is 8 x 11 inches, in excellent condition.

Beautiful collection of 22 album pages with 28 original photo postcards and 13 original playbills for performances at the Dresden Opera House (Konigliches Opernhaus Dresden) for the year 1911, mounted on pages (cannot be removed). Size is 13.25 x 9.3 inches, in overall very good condition.

Porgy and Bess program signed by Todd Duncan and Etta Moten. Full program for a revival performance of Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin´s masterpiece opera. This was the new revival from 1942 at the Majestic Theater, a shortened and highly successful version of the original. Signed on cover by Todd Duncan, the original Porgy at the 1935 world premiere of the Opera, and Etta Moten. Moten was Gerswhin´s preferred Bess for the world premiere, unfortunately couldn´t make it into the role until this revival. Full program with all 24 pages and covers, 6.75 x 9 inches, boldly signed on cover by Duncan and Moten, inscribed by Duncan

Full guide to the festival, with many articles, notes and photographs, in 3 languages (German, French and English), details about the performances and biographical notes on the performers. Signed by several of the artists performing in the festival, including: Evelyn Lear, Hilde Guden, Geraint Evans, Friedrich Holderlin, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerard Souzay, Gerald Moore, Wilhelm Backhaus, and one unidentified signature.  Size is 5.5 x 7.8 inches, 272 pages plus soft covers, in very good condition.

Program for a gala dinner performance at the Hotel Paris, Montecarlo, during the 1910s signed on the cover by the star Spanish mezzo-soprano, her pianist Ivor Newton, and other unidentified signers. Size is 9.8 x 12.5 inches, 4 pages plus soft covers, some cracks on the spine, in overall very good condition.

Group of 11 items (10 program and 1 playbill), each one signed by singer/s, mostly from Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, period 1933-1958 (except one, from 1970).  Signing singers include star soprano Bidu Sayao (4 signed items), Marian Anderson, Leonard Warren, Pia Tassinari, Neyde Thomaz, Jose Maria Perez, Rio Novello, Violeta Coelho Netto de Freitas, Also, conductor Tulio Serafin and violinist Ayrton Pinto. A couple of lose covers and cuts, but mostly complete program with all pages and covers, and in good condition. See scans of the most relevant pages. Sold as a lot only - not sold separately.

Program for the world premiere of Michael Tippett's opera "The Ice Break" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on July 7th, 1977, signed by the composer himself, Colin Davis (conductor), Sam Wanamaker (producer), Beverly Vaughn, James Bowman, and John Dobson. Size is 5.25 x 9.1 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Program for the world premiere of Michael Tippett's opera "The Midsummer Marriage" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on January 27th, 1955, signed by the composer himself and ballet choreographer Ninette de Valois. Size is 8.5 x 12.6 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in very good condition.

Gorgeous collection of 155 cast pages signed by different artists (in some cases more than one signature per cast page) during the opera seasons from 2001 to 2016. Size is 4.4 x 7 inches on average, in very good or excellent condition. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT.

Group of 24 signed programs, from Vienna (mostly from the Vienna State Opera), period 1947-1949. Signing artists include: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hotter, Lisa della Casa, Ljuba Welitsch, Erich Kunz, Herbert Alsen, Maria Cebotari, Karl Kamann, Irmgard Seefried, Roselle Anday, Anton Dermota, Max Lorenz, Emmy Loose, Paul Schoffler, Anton Konrath, Georgine Milinkovic, Julius Patzak, Elisabeth Hongen. One item signed also by composer Paul Hindemith Each one is 5.9 x 8.25 inches, one or more pages, in very good condition. Sold as a lot only - not sold separately.