Opera Collection

Cover of the vocal score of opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, 1853. Found in the collection of Museo Teatrale alla Scala

Madame Butterfly
Cover of the score of Madame Butterfly by Puccini

La Boheme Opera Score by Giacomo Puccini

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D Oyly Carte Souvenir
D Oyly Cartes Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Princes Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920, showing a large cast of characters from the operettas. 1919-1920

Frank Castorfs Der Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth, 2013. Found in the Collection of Richard Wagner Museum, Bayreuth

Florence or Firenze is the main city of Tuscany & has a rich history & culture as expressed in its art

Puccini / Turandot
Portrait of Princess Turandot

The Orchestra of the Opera, 1868-1869, oil on canvas. French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) a founder of Impressionism

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

GILBERT & SULLIVAN, 1878. Poster for the first production, 1878, of " H.M.S. Pinafore" by Gilbert and Sullivan

Tosca - Music Cover
Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of Puccinis Tosca

Advertisement for Carmen, playing at the Grande Arena
An Art Nouveau advertisement for Carmen, playing at the Grande Arena Date: 1900s

WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Parsifal. Poster by Regg advertising the performances at the Zurich Opera (1913). Painting;

Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), 1910s. Artist: Lavery, Sir John (1856-1941)
Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), 1910s. From a private collection

PUCCINI: TOSCA POSTER, 1900. Poster by Hohenstein for the first production of Puccini s
PUCCINI: TOSCA POSTER, 1900. Poster by Hohenstein for the first production of Puccinis opera Tosca, 1900

El Jaleo, 1882. Artist: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925)
El Jaleo, 1882. Found in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Poster advertising the D Oyly Carte Opera Company, famous for its Gilbert and Sullivan operetta productions. Pictured are scenes from The Gondoliers, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard

Maria Callas in Dior
Maria Callas (1923-1977), American opera singer of Greek parentage pictured in the sitting room of her Milan home wearing a Christian Dior evening gown in floral print. Date: 1958

Lohengrin Arrives
Lohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsas brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortruds witchcraft into a swan

Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924) Italian composer of operas. Poster for Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) an opera in three acts, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Beggars Opera Poster
Poster for production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (London)

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, England, UK

Mikado / Music Sheet
Three little maids from school Date: first produced 1885

Advert / Verdi Opera 1953
Verdi Festival at Verona, in the course of which we shall watch performances of Aida, Il Trovatore and La Forza del Destino

WAGNER: GOTTERDAMMERUNG. Richard Wagner (1813-1883). German composer. Manuscript for Gotterdammerung, 1874

Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro. (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera
Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro

Poster advertising HMS Pinafore, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. 20th century

Tristan & Isolde (Price)
The lovers in the forest

Poster for the Opera Tosca by G. Puccini, 1899. Creator: Hohenstein, Adolfo (1854-1928)
Poster for the Opera Tosca by G. Puccini, 1899. Private Collection

The soprano Maria Callas in the main role of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. Photography

MOZART: MAGIC FLUTE, 1791. The character Papageno from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts 1791 opera The Magic Flute: contemporary Austrian illustration

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

Wagner / Balestrieri
RICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen

Opera house Sydney
Alida van Zaane

Siegfried by Aubrey Beardsley
The Song of the Nibelungs. Siegfried. Date: late 19th Century

MOZART: MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Engraved title page of a vocal score depicting the
MOZART: MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

WAGNER: DAS RHEINGOLD. The Rhinemaidens guarding their gold in the opening scene of Richard Wagners Das Rheingold

Pinafore / Programme 1
Cover of the programme for the original production, incorporating portraits of Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan, also Mr D Oyly Carte

Advert for Soiree perfume as used by Lilan Davies, the opera singer, 1926 Date: 1926

Italy. Milan. La Scala by night. Opera house. Inagurated in 1778. Built by Giuseppe Piermarini (1734-1808)

WAGNER: TRISTAN & ISOLDE. Page one of the orchestral sketch for Act III of Tristan & Isolde, by Richard Wagner, 1859

Carmen Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association and the Federal Music Project : Ballet directed by Madame Bianca. Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of Carmen, showing a matador

DEGAS: OPERA FOYER, 1872. Edgar Degas: Le foyer de la Danse a l Opera de la Rue le Peletier. Oil on canvas, 1872

Strauss / Rosenkavalier / 6
ROSENKAVALIER the Princess of Werdenberg unites Count Octavian and Sophie von Faninal

Madam Butterfly
A female attendant helps Madama Butterfly to dress

Le chevalier aux fleurs (The Knight of the Flowers), 1894. Found in the Collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Costume design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinski, 1930. Private Collection

Poster for the Opera Iris by Pietro Mascagni, 1898. From a private collection

Poster for the opera Turandot at the Teatro alla Scala, 1926. Found in the Collection of Museo Teatrale alla Scala

Poster for the Opera Madama Butterfly by G. Puccini. Private Collection

Dancer, c. 1874. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Dancer, c. 1874. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London - Queens Opera House and Club can be seen on the right (in 2017 a Virgin Arctive Health Club...). Date: circa 1905

The Bohemians of Chelsea, scene from Tantivy Towers
A scene from the British light opera, Tantivy Towers, written by A. P. Herbert

Teatro San Carlo - Naples, Italy Date: circa 1903

Mikado / Music Sheet 2
featuring the Mikado in person

An art-deco scene from an opera box, Germany, 1924
An art-deco scene from an opera box, with glamorous 1920s partygoers, Germany, 1924 Date: 1924

Poster for the opera La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi, c. 1870. Private Collection

Lina Cavalieri, Italian opera singer and actress
Natalina (Lina) Cavalieri (1874-1944), Italian operatic soprano and actress. circa 1900

Australia-New Year
Fireworks light up the sky over Sydneys Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during New Year celebrations in Sydney on January 1, 2016. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN

Opera House Plan
circa 1865: A floor plan of the Paris Opera house. The building was designed by architect Charles Garnier and opened in 1875

Italy, Milan, Scene from Valkyrie (1870) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Germany - 19th century. Scene from The Valkyrie (1870) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Barcelona (19th c. ). The Rambla and the Teatro
Barcelona (19th c.). The Rambla and the Teatro del Liceo opera house. Drawing by Isidore Deroy. Litography. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona City History Museum

Jussi Bjorling
Opera singer Jussi Bjorling talking with Bidu Sayao at the Metropolitan Opera, New York 1st December 1940 Date: 1st December 1940

Masses Paul Et Virginie
PAUL ET VIRGINIE Its surprising that more composers haven t had a go at this idiotic story with its ludicrously dramatic plot and splendidly unhappy ending

Music / Opera / Verdi / Aida
AIDA Mlle Soyer as Amneris in a production at the Academie Nationale de Musique, Paris

In a Theatre Box
In a box at the Opera Comique, Paris, their evening dresses by Molyneux (2), Beer and Premet can hardly be seen : but when the interval comes, things will be different

Music / Opera / Mozart
DON GIOVANNI the fracas at the country wedding (Act One Scene 20)

Programme cover, Buxton Opera House, The Buxton Gardens Co Ltd, North Derbyshire. 1918

The Walkuren (Valkyrien), ca 1899. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca de Catalunya

Tamara Karsavina. Cover of the Jugend Magazine, 1914. Private Collection

Stage design for the ballet The Afternoon of a Faun by C. Debussy, 1912. From a private collection

Avenue Theater, A Comedy of Sighs! (Poster), 1894. Artist: Beardsley, Aubrey (1872?1898)
Avenue Theater, A Comedy of Sighs! (Poster), 1894. From a private collection

The Girl. Costume design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinsky, 1912. Found in the collection of the State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

SISSIERETTA JONES (1868-1933). American opera singer. Also known as the Black Patti. Lithograph, 1899

Australia-Uk-Cruise-Queen Victoria
The Queen Victoria, the most expensive and grandest ocean liner ever built, arrives on February 23, 2008 in Sydneys Harbour

Scene from Mozarts opera Don Giovanni 1787 (c1914). Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, first performed in Prague in 1787

Austria, Vienna, View of the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), color print, 1925
Austria - 20th century. Vienna. Staatsoper (State Opera House), 1925

Covent Garden Royal Opera House in London. Floral Street is on the right. Date: 1947

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, 1925. Lon Chaney in the title role of the film, Phantom of the Opera, 1925

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, 1925. Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin in a scene from the film

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, 1925. Lon Chaney in the title role

Australia, Sydney. Skyline with Opera House seen from Embarkation Park

The Mikado at the Savoy
Sketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre in London: The Mikado (Mr R. Temple), Nanki-Pooh (Mr Durward Lely), Katisha (Miss Brandram), Pooh-Bah (Mr R)

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Captivating and Timeless: A Journey into the World of Opera" Step into a world where emotions soar, stories unfold, and music transcends boundaries. Opera, an art form that has enthralled audiences for centuries, is a symphony of passion and drama. From the haunting melodies of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" to the heart-wrenching score of "La Boheme, " opera transports us to realms beyond imagination. Giacomo Puccini, a master composer revered for his evocative works, weaves tales that resonate with our deepest emotions. The iconic opera scores like "Turandot" and "Tosca" have become timeless classics cherished by generations. As we gaze upon the enchanting cover art depicting these operas' essence, we are reminded of their enduring beauty. Gilbert & Sullivan Operas bring a touch of whimsy to this grand tradition. The D'Oyly Carte Souvenir captures the spirit of these delightful productions that blend humor with musical brilliance. With posters from their first production like H. M. S Pinafore adorning walls, they remind us that laughter too finds its place in this captivating realm. The allure doesn't end there; ballet intersects with opera as graceful ballerinas take center stage alongside soaring voices. Anna Pavlova's ethereal presence in her 1910s portrait reminds us how dance intertwines seamlessly with this mesmerizing art form. It also boasts legendary performers who have left an indelible mark on its history. Maria Callas graces our memories not only for her extraordinary vocal prowess but also for her impeccable style captured in stunning Dior ensembles. Advertisements from yesteryears transport us back to moments when Verdi's operatic genius filled theaters worldwide. These vintage adverts serve as reminders of how opera has always been more than just music—it is a cultural phenomenon that captivates hearts across time. And who can forget the visionary Richard Wagner, whose compositions revolutionized opera?