Unsigned Opera Programs & Posters

Nice collection of 10 full programs for opera and oratorio performances 1905-1924, in different French theaters, including Paris and Bordeaux, with 2 early performances of two rare operas by French composer Henri Hirschmann (1872-1961). Eight of the programs are for opera performances, last one is for a concert with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of W. Mengelberg in Paris, 1924, playing Bach´s Oratorio "St. Matthew´s Passion". Full programs with all pages and covers, sizes range from 5.6 x 9.3 inches to 8 x 10.6 inches, a few covers are lose, but all in very good condition. Sold as a lot only - not sold separately.

Vintage cabinet photo of the Spanish star tenor (1844-1890), photo by Montabone, Milano, Italy. Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in amazing/nearly perfect condition! - rare!! ALSO INCLUDED is a program from January 1890, for a performance in Montevideo, Uruguay, in honor of the star tenor, who passed away on January 2nd of that year. Program is 3.5 x 5.25 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition. See scans.

Larger size playbill announcing that star tenor Julian Gayarre will be performing during a period of 2 months (October through December, 1888) at Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona, Spain, with the Italian Opera Company. A total of 4 pages, 8.7 x 12.75 inches, central fold, some cracks, in very good condition.

Playbill announcement for a very early performance of Germania by Alberto Franchetti in March 1903, first representation in Rome, with the presence of the composer. Tenor Mario Sammarco performs. Excellent condition, size is 6.5 x 14 inches

Sings music by Cilea, Puccini, Verdi, Curran, Carnevali, Bixio and others, 6 x 9 inches, in very good condition.

One of the most important theaters in France and Europe, and hosting the Opera National de Lyon, the Grand Theatre has over 200 years of history.  Small collection of 29 programs for opera performances, all between 1918-1948, complete with all pages and covers. Some important performers, most are 7.6 x 10.5 inches, some have pencil markings that can be easily erased, in good to excellent condition. See pictures of one of the covers and all the central (cast) pages. Not sold separately, sold as a lot only. 

Program for a performance of Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet at Teatro de la Opera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898, with Luisa Tetrazzini and Mario Sammarco in the leading roles, under the baton of Leopoldo Mugnone.  Size is 6.8 x 10.25 inches, loose covers, in very good condition.

Vintage, original program for a performance at Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, in 1832, just 2 years after the 1830 world premiere of this opera by Bellini. Cast includes 2 female singers in the title roles of Romeo and Giulietta, 36 numbered pages, covers are missing, 3.6 x 6 inches, in very good condition.

Program May 1st, 1888 Playbill Lohengrin (Wagner) Lola Beeth - Amalie Materna. Playbill 25 x 19,5 cm. Conductor not mentioned as usual in the 19th century, but it concerns Hans Richter. A repaired crack, otherwise in very good condition.

Playbill for the world premiere of this opera by Julius Bittner - Size is 9 x 11.5 inches. Friedrich Weidemann, Erik Schmedes, Marie Gutheil-Schoder, Grete Forst, Richard Mayr, Alexander Haydter, Julius Betetto, Artur Preuss. Conductor: Bruno Walter

10 playbills, 1 page, size 9 x 11.5 inches - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY - Click on thumbnails to see scans, select playbill in the pull down menu below. William Tell - May 2nd, 1899: Theodor Reichmann, Franz von Reichenberg, Fritz Schrodter, Benedikt Felix, Louise Kaulich, Margarete Michalek, Wilhelm Hesch, Frances Saville, Franz Pacal, Anton Schittenhelm (Conductor : Johann Nepomuk Fuchs) added in pencil Robert Le Diable - Apr 23rd, 1899: Hermann Winkelmann, Franz von Reichenberg, Irene Abendroth, Sophie Sedlmair, Franz Pacal, Ferdinand Marian, August Schittenhelm, Viktor Schmitt,. Conductor : Johann Nepomuk Fuchs) added in pencil Hans Heiling - Apr 6th, 1899: Theodor Reichmann, Ellen Brandt-Forster, Franz Naval, Benedikt Felix, Viktor Schmitt, Edyth Walker, Louise Kalich (Conductor : Hans Richter) added in pencil Tannhauser - Apr 2nd, 1899: Karl Grenng, Wilhelm Elsner, Theodor Reichmann, Franz Pacal, Fritz Schrodter, Ferdinand Marian, Sophie Sedlmair, Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Elisa Elizza,. Conductor : Hans Richter) added in pencil Cavalleria-Pagliacci-Kunstlerlist - Jan 5th,1899: Cavalleria: Louise Ehrenstein, Elise Elizza, Franz Neidl, Leopold Demuth (Conductor: Joseph Hellmesberger) added in pencil. Pagliacci: Schrodter, Elizza, Demuth, Bacal, Neidl. Kunstlerlist: Gironi, Rathner, etc Die Walkure - Feb 15th, 1899: Hermann Winkelmann, Franz von Reichenberg, Theodor Reichmann, Sophie Sedlmair, Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Edyth Walker, Jenny Pohlner, Lola Beeth, Louise Kalich. Conductor : Hans Richter) added in pencil Siegfried - Feb 17th, 1899: Erik Schmedes, Sophie Sedlmair, Leopold Demuth, Edyth Walker, Viktor Schmitt, Josef Ritter, Wilhelm Hesch, Margarete Michalek (Conductor : Hans Richter) added in pencil Der Trompeter von Sakkingen - Mar 13th, 1899: Leopold Demuth, Willibald Horwitz, Viktor Schmitt, Franz von Reichenberg, Louise Kaulich, Lola Beeth, Ferdinand Marian, August Stoll, Marie Erich. Conductor : Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, added in pencil Lohengrin - Mar 19th, 1899: Karl Grengg, Hermann Wilkelmann, Louise Ehrenstein, Theodor Reichmann, Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Benedikt Felix, Franz Pacal, etc. Conductor: Hans Richter, added in pencil  Tannhauser - Dec 22nd, 1899: Moritz Frauscher, Hermann Winkelmann, Theodor Reichmann, Franz Pacal, Gerhard Stehmann, Artur Preuss, Sophie Sedlmair, Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Elisa Elizza,. Conductor : Hans Richter) added in pencil    

Full program for this festival, with all pages and covers. Performers include conductors Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Victor de Sabata, Fritz Busch, John Barbirolli, Guido Cantelli, Ferenc Fricsay, and others. Soloists:  cellist Pierre Fournier, pianist Claudio Arrau, pianist Robert Casadesus, contralto Kathleen Ferrier, violinist Nathan Milstein, violinist William Primrose, pianist Clifford Curzon, Le Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, tenor Peter Pears violinist Emil Telmanyi, soprano Victoria de los  Angeles, composer Benjamin Britten, and others.  53 numbered pages plus extras, covers, 7.3 x 10.1 inches, in very good condition. See scans of the most important pages.

Full program for this festival, with all pages and covers. Performers include conductors Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Adrian Boult, Walter Susskind, John Barbirolli, Fritz Busch and others. Soloists:  violinist Ida Haendel, oboist Leon Goosens, pianist Myra Hess, cellist Leonard Rose, violinist Zino Francescatti, pianist Robert Casadesus, pianist Solomon, pianist Rudolf Serkin, violinist Gioconda de Vito, soprano Victoria de los Angeles, contralto Kathleen Ferrier, violist George Alexander, The Sadler´s Wells Ballet and others. 57 numbered pages plus extras, covers, 7.3 x 10.1 inches, in very good condition. See scans of the most important pages.

Full program for this festival, with all pages and covers. Performers include conductors Thomas Beecham, Vittorio Gui, Eduard Van Beinum, Rafael Kubelik, John Barbirolli, Joseph Keilberth, Leopold Ludwig, Georg Solti, John Pritchard, Karl Munchinger, and others. Soloists: pianist Clifford Curzon, cellist Pierre Fournier, violinist Zino Francescatti, violinist Josef Szigeti, violist William Primrose, contralto Kathleen Ferrier, baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, The Sadler´s Wells Ballet , The New York City Ballet, the Grand Ballet de Marquis de Cuevas, and others. 58 numbered pages plus extras, covers, 7.3 x 10.1 inches, in very good condition. See scans of the most important pages.

Full program for this festival, with all pages and covers. Performers include conductors Wilhelm Furtwangler, Bruno Walter, Vittorio Gui, Fernando Previtali, Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, Adrian Boult, John Pritchard and others.   Soloists: violinist Gioconda de Vito, violinist Isaac Stern, pianist Solomon, soprano Eleanor Steber, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, violist William Primrose, The American National Ballet Theater, The Sadler´s Wells Theatre Ballet, Spanish dancer Pilar Lopez, Virtuosi di Roma and others. 58 numbered pages plus extras, covers, 7.3 x 10.1 inches, in very good condition. See scans of the most important pages.

Emma Juch concert program, October 1892, conductor : Arthur Nikisch. Dvorak‚ Weber, Scharwenka‚ Liszt ‚ Gade. Inside full page announcement of 11.-12. November 1892. Arthur Nikisch. Soloist : Timothee Adamowski. Saint Saens, Ernst‚ Humperdinck‚ Beethoven. 36 pages, full program with all pages and covers, excellent condition, many illustrations

Salzburg Festival 1967, full festival program with complete performance details. Herbert von Karajan, Karl Bohm, and Zubin Mehta among the conductors, Singers include Jon Vickers, Grace Bumbry, Peter Schreier, Walter Berry, Herman Prey, Reri Grist, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sena Jurinac among many others. Plot summaries for each opera in both German and English. Includes fold-out chart of seating structure for the theatre. In excellent condition. 

Group of 8 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper, 1941-42, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Herbert von Karajan, either opera or orchestral concert. Large size playbills, each one being 33.25 x 11.75 inches, in fragile paper, some show minor cracks or problems, in overall very good to excellent condition.

Group of 8 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper, 1941-44, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Herbert von Karajan, either opera or orchestral concert. Large size playbills, each one being 33.25 x 11.75 inches, in fragile paper, some show minor cracks or problems, in overall very good to excellent condition.

Group of 8 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper, 1942, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Herbert von Karajan, either opera or orchestral concert. Large size playbills, each one being 33.25 x 11.75 inches, in fragile paper, some show minor cracks or problems, in overall very good to excellent condition.

Lot of 8 unsigned programs for perfromances of operas of Verdi, Mozart and Wagner at the Vienna Staatsoper, conducted by the legendary conductor in 1962. Each program has four pages and each one's size is 5 x 8.6 inches, in excellent condition.

Group of 3 programs for opera performances at the Salzburg Festival, 1958 and 1959, with Herbert von Karajan conducting. The 1959 program includes a ticket stub. Each one is 5.75 x 8.25 inches, full program, in very good condition.

Full program for a concert celebrating the music of Richard Strauss, Vienna Opera Ball, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, 1959. A fund raiser concert for cancer research, with Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. A total of 12 pages plus covers, 9 x 11.8 inches, in excellent condition.

Group of 4 programs for the Berlin State Opera, 1931-1934, with Erich Kleiber conducting opera, various casts, all complete 6 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.