Signed Opera Programs

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 concert at Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, 1948 performed by the tenor Vinay, accompained by pianist Francisco Godino. One-sheet program printed on both sides, signed by the tenor. Size is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 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.

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.  

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.

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 performances of Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci and other operas, signed by singers and conductor, at Havana, Cuba in 1950. Program with all pages and covers. Size is 6 x 9.25 inches, in very 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.