American Opera Singer (61 results)

Briefkarte (mit aufgezogenem kleinen s/w-Porträtbild) eigenhändig signiert mit Empfehlung, Datum 29.5.1975 (dito : Original-Farbphoto, mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Aufnahme der METROPOLITAN OPERA Le Nozze di Figaro Euro 20,-).

Eigenhändiger Brief mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Gelsenkirchen, 9.7.1982 1 S. 8° - erwähnt seine Almaviive, Barbier von Sevilla.

Frühes Porträtfoto, eigenhändig signiert.

Frühes Porträtfoto, rückseitig eigenhändig signiert (dito : Porträtfoto mit bildseitiger U. 28,-).

Albumblatt (ca. quer 8°, mit aufgezogenem kleinem Farbmagazinbild) mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert (dito : Großes Druckbild, kl. 4° eigenhändig signiert, leichte Gebrauchsspuren für Euro 35,- vorhanden).

Schöne Original-Fotoporträtpostkarte (Photo Schaffler, Salzburg) mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Unterschrift signiert.

FOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT , Rollenfoto -SCHÖN !

Brief mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift , gedruckter Anschrift als Briefkopf Berlin, 22.9.1964 1 S. 4° - Dankbrief an e. Bewunderer, erwähnt zwei Aufführungen in Berlin u. eine Uraufführung in München. (dito : Schöne Orig.-Fotoporträtpostkarte (Fo. W. Saeger Berlin) m.U. Euro 35,-).

FOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT mit eigenhändiger Empfehlung.

Bayreuth-Postkarte (Richard Wagner Büste von Arno Breker), eigenhändig signiert mit Zusatz Joh. 14 : 6 (dito: Albumblatt mit eigenhändiger Empfehlung "Acti 4:12", Unterschrift, sowie eigenhändiger Unterschrift seines Klavierbegleiters ALEXANDER ALEXAY (1901-99, kanadisch-am. Pianist) signiert, mit s/w-Reproportraitfoto unter matthellblaues Passepartout gerahmt Euro 65,-).

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. kl. 4° ) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Mannheim, 9.2.1967 - Dankbrief an e. Bewunderer.

Frühes Porträtfoto, eigenhändig signiert (verschiedene Motive vorhanden) (early photo-postcard signed / different shots available).

Original-Porträtfoto (Photo Eugen Rabing) mit eigenhändiger Empfehlung, Datum, Unterschrift signiertWith friendly greetings., Sept. 197.

Programmblatt (4 S. 8°, aufgezogen auf Albumblatt), eigenhändig signiert von GAIL GILMORE und ihrem Pianist CHARLES SPENCER (1955, englicher Pianist, Professor für Liedinterpretation an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) - Benefiz-Konzert zugunsten AIDS-kranker Menschen, Alte Oper Frankfurt am Main, 5.IV.1989.

Porträtfoto, eigenhändig signiert.

Condition: Fine. Publisher's original folded illustrated white card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. She was the first American woman to achieve international stardom during the glamorous 'Golden Age' of Opera. She sang for presidents and crowned heads as well as regular folk. The concept of 'celebrity' was born as her career evolved. Contains 4 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Loosely inserted signed letter by Marion and Phil Smith on The Nordica Memorial Association letter-headed paper, dated June 8th 1988. Member of the P.B.F.A. OPERA.

Original-Porträtfoto (Ph. Jacques Weiss, Basel), rückseitig zweisprachige Empfehlung, Jahr 1961, Unterschrift signiert Großes Foto mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Unterschrift signiert (GF, Aufn. Kriegsmann, N.Y. , leicht knitterspurig) als Tosca Euro 55,-) (dito : Großes Albumblatt (Karton, ca. 34,5 x 35 cm, mit aufgezogenem Original-Porträt-GF), das Foto mit eigenhändiger, großer Unterschrift signiert . Rs. aufgezogen : großes Szene-foto des deutschen Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher HANS DIETER ZEIDLER (1926-98) mit darunter eigenhändiger Empfehlung, Datum 04.11.87, Unterschrift signiert. Euro 60,-).

Großes Druckbild (gr. 8°, Falt- und Gebrauchsspuren), in Tinte eigenhändig signiert (dito : Original-Programm (27 SS. illustriertes Pb. 8 to) des DALLAS SYMPHONIE ORCHESTRA mit Musical Director Walter Hendl und ihr als Soloist, eigenhändig signiert Euro 48,-).

Frühe Original-Fotoporträtpostkarte (als Falstaff, MET), eigenhändig signiert.

Albumblatt (1 S. kl. 8 to) mit Empfehlung, Unterschrift eigenhändig signiert (dito : Konzert-Programmankündigung (1 S. 4°, gefaltet) zu einem Konzert mit Prof. Michael Raucheisen am Flügel in Berlin am 13. Juni 1951 - rückseitig eigenhändige Empfehlung, Jahr, Unterschrift in Tinte signiert "Thanks for the flowers LAWRENCE WINTERS 51" Euro 85,-).

Kleine Autogrammkarte (Visitformat, blanko) eigenhändig signiert DAZU : kleines Repro-Farbportraitfoto.

Albumblatt mit eigenhändiger Empfehlung, Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert 1 S. 8° Zürich Oct. 18, 1949 (dito : Eigenhändige Empfehlung, Ort, Jahr, Unterschrift München 1928, mit Porträtfoto (Blindstempel : Photo Ellinger Salzburg) unter Passepartout gerahmt,4° für Euro 55,-; Autogrammkarte mit aufgezogenem Bild aus AIDA, eigenhändig signiert Euro 35,-).

Farbige Porträtpostkarte mit eigenhändiger Widmung,Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert (dito : nur signiert, Euro 40,- ; Eigenhändiger Brief mit Datum, Unterschrift 25.10.1983 1 S. kl. 4°, aufgezogen auf Albumblatt 4°, mit Dank für Blumen in dt. Sprache, Euro 48,-).

Orig.-Porträtfotopostkarte (in ganzer Figur stehend), eigenhändig signiert m.D. um 1955.

Repro-Porträtfoto, von beiden Sängerinnen eigenhändig signiert (repro photo signed by both opera singers).

Briefkarte (PK blanko), eigenhändig signiert - mit s/w-Reproporträtfoto unter dunkelblaues Passepartout (4 to) gerahmt.

Schöne Fotoporträtpostkarte, eigenhändig signiert.

Condition: Very good. - A 22 inch high by 15 inch wide promotional poster with a brief biography and press reviews of performances by the American Soprano Ina Souez. Printed in brown on cream paper with a 5-1/4 inch high by 4 inch wide portrait of the singer printed at top left above a brief biography with the banner title to the right of the image. Reviews of Ina Souez' performances are printed in 3 columns with several reviews quoted under each of several headings including "Glyndebourne Opera Festival, 1936", "Glyndebourne, 1935", "Copenhagen, 1936", "International Season Royal Opera House, Covent Garden", etc. A 5-1/2 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide full-length portrait appears at bottom right. The poster is folded vertically and horizontally with a short tear to the top of the vertical fold. It is otherwise slightly soiled with minor creases. The word "DUPL>NYPL" is stamped several times on the verso. Very good. As per the brief biography printed under her portrait "Ina Souez, the new star soprano, was born in Windsor, Colorado, America. In 1928, on the advice of Gatti Casazza, she went to Italy to study voice production with Signor Rodolfo Mele. She has appeared for several seasons at Covent Garden in principal roles, and at the Glyndebourne Mozart Festival (where she is permanently engaged). She has also appeared in Denmark, Germany, and Paris, and has been declared by the leading critics of Europe as the greatest Mozart soprano living. Her Bellini and Verdi have been declared unsurpassable. In Puccini she also excels, and in Ravel and Bizet is considered unequaled."Ina Souez (1903-1992) was born Ina Rains to a family of Cherokee heritage in Windsor, Colorado. Upon embarking on her career she took her grandmother's last name "Souez". Ina Souez (1903-1992) first studied with the Canadian contralto Florence Hinman and made her debut as Mimi in Ivrea in 1928. At Florence Hinman's urging, she went to Italy in 1931 to study with Sofia del Campo. She starred in roles in Milan and these were soon followed by appearances in London, Paris and Rome. She first sang at Glyndebourne on the second night of the Festival's inauguration in 1934 and went on to become the festival's prima donna. She made her home in London and was the first to commercially record performances of "Don Giovanni" ad "Cosi fan Tutte". Returning to the US at the outbreak of WWII, she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps and subsequently signed up with the Spike Jones band often playing the comedian as members of the band would remove pigeons from her hat while she sang. Retiring after 10 years, she went on to teach voice in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Condition: Fine. New York, (October 8), 1985., 1985. Fine. - Over 30 words penned on her embossed 4-1/8 inch high by 6-1/8 inch wide personal postcard stock. The actress, Kitty Carlisle, thanks her good friend City Center producer Jean Dalrymple "What a good friend you are! I will follow the prescription to the letter, & pray that its [sic] not too late!!" Signed "Kitty". The card is addressed in her hand on the verso and postmarked from New York on October 8, 1985. Fine. Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999, Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007) was an American stage & screen actress, opera singer, and television personality. A spokesperson for the arts, she served on the New York State Council for the Arts for 20 years. Kitty Carlisle played the leading lady opposite Groucho in the Marx Brothers movie "A Night at the Opera" and regularly appeared on "To Tell the Truth". Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostalanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member, producer, and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.

Condition: Very good. - Over 125 words typed on her husband Jose Serebrier's 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide embossed stationery. In her letter, addressed to her friend and press agent Jean Dalrymple, the soprano mentions the dates of her forthcoming performances: "I am singing LA VEUVE JOYEUSE (The Merry Widow) at Theatre Chatelet . (30-some performances in all.) It is a new production especially for me." She then mentions heading to Puerto Rico and subsequently Australia where "I will be making a film of the Poulenc opera 'La Voix Humaine' for television." She concludes, "Looking forward to our lunch on Thursday and catching up", signed "Carole". In a postscript, Farley asks if Jean Dalrymple could "bring me a copy or copies of your release on Thur?". [Dalrymple's press release is included with the letter]. Folded for mailing, there are rust stains from a paper clip to the top and bottom edges. Very good. Born in 1946, the American opera soprano Carole Farley was principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera. In 1977, at the age of 19, Farley performed the title role of "Lulu" in the METs premiere production of Berg's opera. Her performances of Poulenc's "La Voix Humaine" and Menotti's "The Telephone" were filmed by Decca in co-production with the BBC, and are now re-issued on DVD, a best-seller in the New York Times charts. Farley is married to the conductor Jose Serebrier.Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostalanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member, producer, and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.