Signed Opera Programs

Signed program, signatures are on an empty page on the back of the program cover. Concert with the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein, December 9th, 1917. Performing Mendelssohn - Elijah. Soloists: Klara Musil, Luise Winkler, Erika Folkung, Georg Maikl, Hans Duhan. Conductor: Ferdinand Habel. 8 pages, 21 x 14 cm. Near mint 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

LP insert of the recording of Massenet's Werther signed by Rosalind Elias on the first page. Insert is 4 pages,  size is 11,5 x 11,7 inches, in excellent condition.

Concert at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi, signed and dated 1934 on the cover, one folded sheet - each page is 4.25 x 8.5 in, in very good condition.

American soprano (1882-1967), signed concert program in Washington, DC, dated January 11, 1928. Full program with signature on front page. Plentiful news clippings attached to subsequent pages. Size is 6 x 9 inches, item contains 2 storage holes but otherwise in excellent condition.

Program for a concert performance of Richard Strauss's Ariadne Auf Naxos at New York's Little Orchestra,  signed by famous American soprano Eileen Farrell and American tenor Albert Da Costa, dated in 1957. Full program with all pages and covers. Size is 6 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Canadian bass-baritone (1916-1984), and American cellist, set of 2 signed concert programs with the Little Orchestra given at the Peabody Conservatory's Concert Hall, Baltimore, in November, 1953. Both are contained in a full program book also listing 3 other "Candlelight Concerts" (unsigned) at the Peabody Conservatory that year. Item size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

American soprano (1918-2008), signed 1964 concert program from New York's Town Hall. Size is 7 x 9.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Hungarian baritone (1899-1963), signed photo, shown as himself, linked to  program page for Antonin Dvorak's Jakobin, dated in 1959. 4 folded pages, each is 4.25 x 6 inches, in excellent condition. 

Program for a concert at Teatro Auditorium, Havana, 1947 performed by the Norwegian soprano Flagstad and conducted by maestro Castro. Full program with all pages and covers, signed by both artists on their corresponding photos. Size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Legendary Norwegian soprano (1895-1962), signed full program for a recital at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, dated October 6, 1948. Signature is on the bio page, very clear and bold. Size is 6.2 x 9 inches with three storage holes but otherwise in very good condition.

Legendary Norwegian soprano (1895-1962), Chilean tenor (1911-1996), Swedish baritone (1907-1983) and Austrian-born American mezzo-soprano (1910-2006), signed cast page of a performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the San Francisco Opera. Size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Full program with all pages and covers for the world premiere of this opera by John Corigliano, December 19th, 1991, signed on the cast page by 7 artists who performed that night: James Levine, Renee Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Stratas, Gino Quilico, Hakan Hagegard and Graham Clark.  Size is 5.25 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Canadian contralto (1930-2010), signed program of a concert performance at New York's Town Hall  in 1961. Full program, with all covers and pages, size is 7 x 9.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

Canadian contralto (1930-2010), signed program of a concert performance at the University of Colorado in 1967. Full program, with all covers and pages, size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Full program for a performance of this opera by Hildebrando Pizzetti, at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 1953. Signed by the composer on the back of the front cover, in blue ink, just below facsimiles (printed) of signatures by the singers in this performance. Full program with all pages and covers, size is 5.6 x 9.1 inches, in excellent condition.

Signed program clip for a performance of Tannhauser at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, 1914. Signed by all 4 artists, including conductor Alfred Hertz. Size is 6.25 x 7.5 inches, in very good condition.

Italian soprano (b. 1935), recognized for her roles in operas by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, admired for her youthful voice and acting skills. 

Program for a performance of Tristan und Isolde by Wagner at Berlin, 1950, signed by Ferenc Fricsay, Max Lorenz and Johanna Blatter on program cover. Size is 5.75 x 8 inches, good condition.

Danish soprano (1881-1960), signed program. Two program clips attached to album page, with signature contained on second clip. Size is 6 x 9.25 inches, in excellent condition.

One page program for a recital at the Engineering Auditorium in New York, 1927, signed by the artist. Size is 7.25 x 10.5 inches, in every good condition.

Italian soprano (1882-1963), signed program in a concert in San Fransico in 1920. Four pages with signature on the first one, next to her picture. Size is 5 x 7.5 inches. 

Signed program clip for a performance of Pelleas and Melisande at the Manhattan Opera House, in New York, 1909. Garden as Melisande, the role she created in the world premiere in Paris, in 1902. Size is 3.6 x 7 inches, tape stains over the right border, otherwise in very good condition.

Fidelio at Lincoln Center, New York, 1996, signed by conductor John Gardiner and 2 singers from the cast (1 of them unidentified). Cast page only