Signed Opera Programs

Program for a concert at the Town Hall in 1938, signed in pencil on the front cover by the celebrated soprano.  Size is 5.8 x 8.9 inches, 14 pages, central fold, in very good condition.

Legendary German soprano and later voice teacher (1888-1976), who had an important international career mostly associated with the German repertoire.  SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. SELECT BY CLICKING ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW.

Program clips attached to an album page, one for a performance of Tristan und Isolde, with the Chicago Civic Opera in Boston (signed by Leider and Olszewska) and the other for Sadko at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, (signed by Johnson and Fleischer), both in 1930. Approximately sized is 6 x 7.75 inches, in very good condition.

Program clip for a performance of Tannhauser at the Chicago Civic Opera, in the early 1930s. Signed by both artist, size is 6.5 x 6.25 inches, in very good condition.

Program for a performance of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on October 25th, 1952, signed by the main characters plus Constantina Araujo and Frederick Dalberg on the cast page.  Size is 4.75 x 7.4 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Program for a concert conducting "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" at Teatro Colon, Argentina, 1958. Size is 6 x 9 inches, signed on photo page, full program in excellent condition.

Ukrainian-born American mezzo-soprano (1945-2007), later a distinguished voice teacher at Carnegie Mellon University. Signed photo on concert program for 1985 recital in Tunja, Colombia. Inscribed with sentiment. Size is 6.8 x 9.7 inches, in excellent condition.

Opera Magazine issue from August 1995 dedicated to James Levine, signed by him on the front cover by the star American conductor.  Size is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, full magazine with all pages and covers.

Program for a concert of the 25th Gala Anniversary of Levine's debut at the Metropolitan Opera, 1996. 4 pages booklet with invitation and a long playbill signed by most of the performers that night (35 signatures) including Roberto Alagna, Cecilia Bartoli, Ghena Dimitrova, Aprile Millo, Waltraud Meier, Samuel Ramery, Carol Vaness, Placido Domingo, Deborah Voigt, Juan Pons, Dolora Zajick, Paul Plishka, Bryn Terfel, Dawn Upshaw, Karita Mattila, Rosalind Elias, Renee Fleming, Sherrill Milnes and others. Size is 5.1 x 16.5 inches, in excellent condition.A truly unique item!

Program for the Met Opera Guild annual luncheon, April 17th, 1996, featuring James Levine on the cover, where he signed. Full program with all pages and covers, approx. 8 x 11 inches, excellent condition.

Swiss-born Star Italian tenor (1968-2011), signed playbill for a 1999 performance of Verdi's La Forza del Destino at La Scala, Milan. Size is 7 x 10.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

Program for a performance of Verdi's requiem at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in Memoriam to conductor Eugene Ormandy, on May 12th, 1985, signed by the four soloists on the front cover.  Size 6 x 8.8 inches, 8 pages plus covers, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the celebrated American bass-baritone at SPAM -Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on November 26th, 1954, signed by him on the program page.  Size is 5.4 x 8.6 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.

French operatic tenor of Corsican origin (1903-1978) and Bulgarian mezzo-soprano (1905-1979).  Double signed program of a 1933 performance of Verdi's Aida at the Academie Nationale theatre, full program with all page and covers, photos of each of the artists as themselves is on one of the earliest pages, dated in 1933. Size of each page is 5.25 x 7 inches, item is in excellent condition. 

Booklet for a recording of Tannhauser, signed by Christa Ludwig and Helga Dernesch - Size is 5.75 x 8.25 inches

Program for a recital of the star German mezzo-soprano at Wigmore Hall, London, on October 13th, 1993, signed by her on the back of the front cover and by her pianist Charles Spencer on his short biography. Full program with all pages and covers, size is 8.25 x 10.5 inches, crease on the upper-right corner, otherwise in excellent condition.

Program for a recital at Avery Fisher Hall, New York, February 27th, 1974. Size is 20 x 27 cm, 8 pages from the program + insert, very good condition.

Italian tenor (1898-1980), signed program of a 1933 performance of Bizet's Les Pecheurs du Perles at the Paris Opera Comique. Full program with all pages and covers included, with the artist's signature attached to a photo, shown as himself, located on one of the earlier pages. Size of each page is 5.25 x 7 inches, in excellent condition. 

Signed program clips and cast pages from opera performances from the 1950s at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, signed by different singers and artists. Different sizes, see each description. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL THE AUTOGRAPHS and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Signed program clips and cast pages from opera performances from the 1960s at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, signed by different singers and artists. Different sizes, see each description. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL THE AUTOGRAPHS and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.   

Page from a program for a performance in Los Angeles, USA, by the American soprano dated in 1926, signed by her in pencil over her half-tone photograph.  Size is 7.5 x 10.6 inches, 1 page, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance by the star Turkish soprano and celebrated Russian pianist at Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on September 14th, 1981, signed by both artists on the front cover.  Size is 6.75 x 9.4 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Recital in Rosario, Argentina by the famous Argentinian soprano (1894-1977), full program 4.5 x 5.5 inches, signed on page 2 where her bio is. Some damage in the back cover, otherwise very good.

Four-page program for a recital by the New Zealand-born lyric soprano and bass, who toured together extensively in their country during the 1930s and early 1940s. Program has Yvonne´s signature on page 1, over her photograph, and Nino´s signature on top of his photograph, on page 3. No date mentioned. Size is 8.5 x 11 inches, central fold and minor stains, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the Italian tenor in Minnesota (USA), on December 10, 1934, signed by him on the front cover. Size is 6 x 8.9 inches, 4 pages, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the famous Italian tenor at the Westchester County Center, New York, on October 29th, 1937, signed by him on the front cover. Size is 6.8 x 9.8 inches, full program with all pages and covers, some stains on the front cover, some mounting damage on the back cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

Program for a concert in Washington, 1935, signed on front cover by both artists. Size is 5.9 x 9 inches, 14 pages plus covers, storage holes, in very good condition.

Croatian soprano (1922-2010) and German tenor (1915-1986), group of two signed programs from performances of Tosca presented by the Vienna State Opera in 1953. One program is signed by Martinis only (from a performance with a different tenor), the other by both performers (Martinis' first name is spelled as Karla on both programs). Each of these items consists of 4 6 x 8.25 inch pages, and includes a cover page, cast page and 2 page synopsis (in German, untranslated), signatures are on the cast page. In excellent condition, not sold separately. 

Program for a concert in Boston, 1930, signed on program page by the famous soprano. Full program with 72 pages and covers, including a newspaper clip about this concert. Size is 5.5 x 8.6 inches, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the Austro-Hungarian soprano in Buffalo, New York, 1928, signed by her on the program page and also by her pianist Edward Hart. Size is 6.75 x 10.4 inches, 4 pages, minor cracks, in overall very good condition.

Program for a performance of the Hungarian-born soprano in Vienna, on October 17, 1910, signed by her over the top of the first page. Size is 8.7 x 11.4 inches, 4 pages, some water stains, minor cracks, storage holes, in good condition.

Program for a recital of the American soprano at SPAM -Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, Cuba on March 15th, 1946, signed by her and her pianist George Shick.  Size is 5.4 x 8.6 inches, 1 sheet printed on both sides, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the American soprano at SPAM -Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on March 20th, 1947, signed in pencil by her.  Size is 5.4 x 8.6 inches, 1 sheet printed on both sides, in excellent condition.

Program for a concert at Teatro Auditorium, Havana, 1951 performed by the American soprano, accompanied by pianist Ludwig Bergmann. Full program with all pages and covers, signed and inscribed by the artist on photo page. Size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of "Arabian Nights", a musical with Lauritz Melchior as the Sultan. Performance at the Jones Beach Theater in the waterfront state park of the same name, in New York state. Melchior signed under his photo in his profile page, full program with all pages and covers, with many photos inside, circa 1955. Size is 8.5 x 11 inches, in excellent condition

Un Ballo in Maschera at Academy of Music, Philadephia, 1976, cast page signed only

Set of 2 programs for her performances signed by her on the front cover. One of them is also signed by her pianist Ralph Linsley. Size is 6.2 x 9.4 inches, 4 pages, in very good condition. The other program is also signed by American tenor Eugene Conley and Italian bass Cesare Siepi. Size is 5.75 x 8.75 inches, 48 pages, in excellent condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Set of 2 cast pages for performances of La Gioconda and Cosí fan tutte at The Metropolitan Opera, in 1925, signed by many artists as follows: La Gioconda: signed by Pompilio Malatesta, Louis d'Angelo, Jose Mardones, Beniamino Gigli, Florence Easton, Vincenzo Reschiglian, Merle Alcock, Giordano Paltrinieri, Giuseppe de Luca, Adamo Didur, Frances Peralta, and conductor Tullio Serafin. Cosí fan tutte: signed by Lucrezia Bori, George Meader, Florence Easton, Giuseppe de Luca, Adamo Didur, Frances Peralta, and conductor Artur Bodanzky. Both cast pages are mounted and glued to a soft black cardboard for a total size of 13.8 x 10.9 inches, some repaired cracks, otherwise in very good condition.

Program for the celebration of the Centennial of the Metropolitan Opera in 1983, signed by different artists. Each program is completed with all pages and covers, some articles, photos and some history. Size is 9 x 11 inches, in very good condition.

Fine set of 4 programs for performances of the operas belonging to Wagner's tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen" signed by different artists, at The Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on March 29, April 12, 19, & 26, 1997, as follows: Das Rheingold (March 29) signed by Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Hanna Schwarz, James Morris, Rene Pape, Hei-Kyung Hong, Mark Baker, Alan Held, Graham Clark.Die Walküre (April 12) signed by Hildegard Behrens, Deborah Voigt, Hanna Schwarz, John Macurdy, James Morris.Siegfried (April 19) signed by Wolfgang Schmidt, Graham Clark, Hildegard Behrens, James Morris.Der Götterdämmerung (April 26) signed by Hildegard Behrens, Wolfgang Schmidt, Matti Salminen, Alan Held, Hanna Schwarz. Each one's size is 5.25 x 8.5 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in overall excellent condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Cast pages (not full program) from opera performances between 1960 and 1969 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, signed by different singers and artists. Each cast page is 8 x 11 inches approximately, in excellent condition. Scroll down to see all the autographs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Cast pages (not full program) from opera performances between 1960 and 1969 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, signed by different singers and artists. Each cast page is 8 x 11 inches approximately, in excellent condition. Scroll down to see all the autographs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Cast pages (not full program) from opera performances between 1970 and 1979 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, signed by different singers and artists. Each cast page is 5.5 x 9 inches approximately (except described otherwise), in excellent condition.  Scroll down to see all the autographs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Cast pages (not full program) from opera performances between 1980 and 1989 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, signed by different singers and artists. Each cast page is 5.5 x 9 inches approximately, in excellent condition.  SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL THE AUTOGRAPHS and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Cast pages (not full program) from opera performances between 1990 and 2003 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, signed by different singers and artists. Each cast page is 5.5 x 9 inches approximately, in excellent condition. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL THE AUTOGRAPHS and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Programs for opera performances between 1930 and 1949 at the Metropolitan Opera, mostly signed by the artists on central or cast pages. Full programs with all pages and covers. Size for most of them is 6.5 x 9 inches (otherwise described), in very good to excellent condition. Scroll down to see all the autographs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Programs for opera performances between 1950 and 1959 at the Metropolitan Opera, mostly signed by the artists on central or cast pages. Full programs with all pages and covers. Size for most of them is 6.5 x 9 inches (otherwise described), in very good to excellent condition. Scroll down to see all the autographs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Programs for opera performances between 1950 and 1959 at the Metropolitan Opera, mostly signed by the artists on central or cast pages. Full programs with all pages and covers. Size for most of them is 6.5 x 9 inches (otherwise described), in very good to excellent condition. Scroll down to see all the autographs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.