Signed Opera Programs

Program for a performance of the celebrated Trapp Family Ensemble at Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on February 17th, 1947, signed by Eleonore, Rose Marie, Maria, Martina, Agathe Trapp plus one unidentified signature.  Size is 5.6 x 8.6 inches, 1 sheet (printed on both sides), minor rust stains, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the star American tenor with pianist Erwin Jospe at the Civic Music Association in Des Moines, Iowa, during 1950s, signed on the first page by the tenor.  Size is 6 x 9 inches, 4 pages, in very good condition.

Concert Program of Popular Music from Grand Opera by The People's Concert Orchestra conducted by Arthur Thornley, with the English soprano Eva Turner and other singers, held at De Monfort Hall, Leicester, dated May10th, 1942. Signed on Program cover by soprano Eva Turner, four pages, size 5.5 x 9 inches. Storage holes, otherwise in perfect condition.

Full signed opera program from the 1954 Bayreuth Festival performance of Wagner's Lohengrin including multiple signatures from legendary soprano Astrid Varnay, along with baritone Toni Blankenheim, conductor Eugen Jochum and stage director (and later Bayreuth administrator) Wolfgang Wagner, as well as Brigitte Blankenheim. Full program including all covers and advertisements, signatures are on cover page, cast page is also scanned. Size is 6.75 x 9.5 inches, historic item in excellent condition.

Bayreuther Festspiele. Paperback, 15 x 21 cm, 50 pages, many pictures, very good condition. Bayreuth, July 28th, 1961, Siegfried (R. Wagner). Birgit Nilsson - Marga Höffgen - Hans Hopf etc. Signed by Astrid Varnay on cover

Cast page from a performance of Wagner's Lohengrin at Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera, 1954, signed by the three artists.

Program for a performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore at Teatro Auditorium, Havana, 1948, signed by five soloists. Full program with all pages and covers, size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of Verdi's Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on May 8th, 1957, signed by the tenor on the cast page.  Cast includes Joan Sutherland as Gilda and Otakar Kraus as Rigoletto.  Size is 4.75 x 7.4 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of Bizet's Carmen at the Philadelphia Lyric Opera on April 7th, 1967, signed on the bio page by the Canadian tenor and the French baritone.  Size is 6 x 9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Playbill announcement for a performance of Wagner's Parsifal on April 14th, 1979, at the Metropolitan Opera House, starring Jon Vickers (Parsifal), Christa Ludwig (Kundry), Martti Talvela (Gurnemanz), Paul Plishka (Titurel) and Vern Shinall (Klingsor), signed by them all; under the baton of James Levine.  Size is 11.5 x 21 inches, central fold, minor crack, in very good condition.

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.

Group of 10 full (9 opera, 1 ballet) programs from the Vienna State Opera, years 1979-81, with multiple signatures. Artists include: Hans Helm, Christa Ludwig (Der Besuch der Alten Dame), Marjorie Vance (Der Liebestrank or L`Elisir d`Amore), Mara Zampieri and Piero Visconti (Attila), Gertrude Jahn and Heinrich Hollreiser (Wozzeck), Elfriede Hobarth, Heinz Zednik, Theodor Guschlbauder (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail), Hans Helm, Marjorie Vince, Peter Dvorsky, Giuseppe Taddei, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (L´Elisir d´Amore), Edita Gruberova, Lucia Popp, Hans Helm, Josef Hopferwieser, Theodor Guschlbauer (Die Fledermaus), Georg Tichy, Lucia Popp, Horst Laubenthal (Die Zauberflote), Patricia Wise, Alberto Erede, Tugomir Franc (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and Swan Lake signed by the full cast. All complete, 4.75 x 8 inches, storage holes not affecting the autographs, in very good condition. See scans.

Program for a performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem on March 1987 at the Avery Fisher Hall, with the New York Philharmonic, signed by the star Russian soprano, the star Russian cellist and conductor plus soloists Anthony Rolphe-Johnson and John Shirley-Quirk.  Size is 5.5 x 9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

LP booklet of a recording of Puccini's Tosca under the baton of M. Rostropovich signed by soprano G. Vishnevskaya on cast page. Booklet has 36 pages plus covers, size is 12 x 12 inches, in excellent condition.

Signature inside program Vienna Festival 1975. Piano: Mistislav Rostropovich (not signed). Songs of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Prokoviev, Stravinsky. 28 May 1975. 21 x 10 cm. + newspaper review about the performance. Storage holes not affecting signature.

Playbills for vocal recitals performed in Gera, Germany (mostly), between 1898-1910 by different vocal artists.  SOLD INDIVIDUALLY - Click on the thumbnails to see larger scans on the left and detailed descriptions below.

Program from a performance of Wagner's Der Fliegende Hollander at the Bayreuther Festspiele on August 4th, 1961, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and signed by the artist on the program cover. Size is 24 x 17 cm, 50 pages, in very good condition.  

Program for a recital of the American bass-baritone at The Queens College, New York, on May 19th, 1962, signed by him and the pianist Willard Straight on the bio page.  Size is 6.25 x 9 inches, folds, in very good condition.

Program for a performance in New York, 1964, signed by the bass-baritone on page 11. Full program with all 18 pages and covers, size is 8.25 x 11 inches, in excellent condition.

American baritone (1911-1960), signed program of a Bell Telephone Hour television show concert dated June 9, 1958. Signature on front cover. Size is 4.5 x 7.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1946, signed on the central cast page by the famous American baritone who sang the role of Renato in that production.  Size is 6.25 x 8.9 inches, in excellent condition.

American baritone (1911-1960), signed program of a Bell Telephone Hour television show concert dated February 4, 1957. Signature on front cover. Size is 4.5 x 7.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of the American baritone at Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on March 7th, 1945, signed in pencil by him on his biopage.  Size is 5.6 x 8.6 inches, 4 pages, rust stains, in good condition.

French composer (1884-1970), who was also a conductor. Illustrated souvenir opera program for The Blue Bird for Happines, signed on his photo and also by librettist Maeterlinck, who also signed on his photo. Other signatures include cast singers: Jeanne Gordon, Mary Ellis, Florence Easton, Leon Rothier and others. Full program with all pages and covers, sized 8.25 x 11 inches, some storage holes, otherwise in excellent condition.

Program insert from a performance of Verdi's Otello at the Vienna Staatsoper on October 23rd, 1954, conducted by Rudolf Kempe and signed by Hilde Zadek on insert. Size is 21 x 15 cm, 20 pages, in very good condition.

Program for a gala performance organized by the Metropolitan Opera Guild on March 31st, 2008, to celebrate the Italian scenographer's career, productions and achievements, entitled "Franco & Friends", signed by him on the front cover.  Size is 8.1 x 10 inches, 6 pages including covers, in excellent condition.