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All original playbills, in very good to excellent condition unless specified. All listed items are in stock. The "operacollectors" watermark does not appear in the actual item. Please inquire for any unlisted performers. Thank you!
Concert by Amalie Friedrich-Materna & students 1911
Amalie Materna sings Wagner Tristan und Isolde Liebestod. Vienna, 11 april 1911. Rare performance of Amalie Materna close to her 67th birthday. She retired in 1894.
PRICE: $70.00
Concert Playbill - Vienna 1902 - Jaeger-Diligenti-Marazzi
Actress Irma Marazzi Diligenti and Ferdinand Jäger. Schubert, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss. Also singing is Louise Klasen. Vienna 26 april 1902.
PRICE: $25.00
Concert Playbill 1897 - Amalie Friedrich-Materna
Amalie Friedrich-Materna, composer Josef Labor, Ferdinand Jäger, Fitzner Quartett, Julius Lehnert, Julius Stwerka. Conductor : Ferdinand Foll. Vienna Musikverein, 24 april 1897. The Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein was the first official Wagner Association in history and had amongst its members composers like Bruckner, Hugo Wolf and Mahler.
PRICE: $55.00
Concert Playbill 1899 - Theodor Reichmann and Emile Sauret
Recital of Wagner’s favorite singer Theodor Reichmann and violinist Emile Sauret. Hugo Wolf, Richard Heuberger, Richard Strauss, Wilhelm Ernst, Carl Löwe, Saint Saens, Emile Sauret, Massenet. Musikverein Vienna, 10 February 1899. Program from the estate of Melanie Köchert, lover of Hugo Wolf from 1879 until his death in 1903.
PRICE: $70.00
Concert Playbill Vienna 1897 - Amalie Materna and others
Concert of the Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein. Vienna Musikverein, 27 December 1897. Amalie Friedrich-Materna, Sofie Chotek, Johann Schedele, Julius Schmidt, Adolf Tomschek, Ferdinand Foll, Ferdinand Löwe, Josef Schalk. One of the last concerts of Amalie Materna, who had officially retired in 1894.
PRICE: $65.00
Concert Playbills Vienna 1894-1914 - Lot of 6
Lot of 6 playbills Vienna concerts 1894-1914
PRICE: $135.00
Concert Playbills Vienna 1894-1914 - Lot of 7
Lot of 7 vintage playbills from 1894 to 1914
PRICE: $155.00
Concert Playbills Vienna 1898-1913 - Lot of 6
Lot of 6 vintage playbills Vienna 1898-1913
PRICE: $135.00
Concert Playbills Vienna 1903-1912 - Lot of 6
Lot of 6 playbills Vienna concerts 1903-1912
PRICE: $130.00
Concert Playbills Vienna 1903-1917 - Lot of 6
Lot of 6 playbills Vienna concerts 1903-1917
PRICE: $135.00
Concert Vienna 1902 Playbill - Ferdinand Jaeger
Recital of singer Ferdinand Jaeger. Schubert, Streicher, Bittner, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf. Vienna, 6 February 1902. At the piano : Ferdinand Foll. Both Ferdinand Foll and Ferdinand Jäger were close friends of Hugo Wolf.
PRICE: $35.00
Concert Vienna 1910 Playbill - Theodor Scheidl
Recital of singer Theodor Scheidl. Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Loewe, Verdi, Hermann and Hugo Wolf. Vienna 14 april 1910.
PRICE: $25.00
Concert Vienna Musikverein 1900 Playbill
Recital of singers Ellen Brandt Forster and Fritz Schrodter at the Vienna Musikverein. 31 Februar 1900. Haydn, Schumann, Weber, Beethoven, Rubinstein, Brahms, Hugo Wolf.
PRICE: $30.00
Concert Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein - Hermann Winkelmann and Ferdinand Lowe
Hermann Winkelmann, Sophie Chotek, Pianists : Ferdinand Löwe and Ferdinand Foll. Conductor of the choir : Josef Schalk. On the program : Wagner, Liszt, etc. Vienna Musikverein, 28 November 1895. The Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein was the first official Wagner Association in history and had amongst its members composers like Bruckner, Hugo Wolf and Mahler.
PRICE: $48.00
Covent Garden - 1848 Playbill announcing Winter Season Opening
Beautiful original playbill announcing Winter Season opening performance on Oct. 9th, 1848 at Covent Garden. Playbill lists a large number of singers, including swedish soprano Henriette Nissen (1819-1879) and others. Very large size! 24.75 x 9.75 inches, in very good condition, bottom part has a fold and a crack (nearly detached from the rest). It can be framed and look beautiful
PRICE: $250.00
Covent Garden 1833 Playbill - Israelites in Egypt
Covent Garden 1833 Performance of Israelites in Egypt, music by Handel and Rossini. Singers : Wood, Wilson, Ransford, Stansbury, Phillips, Shirreff, Cawse. Orchestra of the King’s Theatre, the Ancient Concerts and the Philharmonic with instrumental performers. Under direction of : Nicolas Mori & Rophino Lacy 1 page 35 x 21 cm.
Scanning doesn´t show bottom - PLAYBILL IS NOT TRIMMED
PRICE: $165.00
Covent Garden 1842 Playbill - La Sonnambula
Beautiful original plabill from Covent Garden announcing a for the first time a performance of Bellini´s opera "La Sonnambula"!. Cast includes british soprano Adelaide Kemble (1815-1879) as Amina (the sleepwalker). Also announced is the play "White Cat". Very large size: 19.75 x 10 inches! great item to frame in excellent condition.
PRICE: $250.00
Covent Garden Playbill 1904 Melba-Caruso-Scotti-Calve
Program-playbill from Covent Garden, from 1904, for a performance of Carmen, starring Dalmores and Scotti, with Emma Calve as Carmen, one of her most famous roles. When opened, it´s a full playbill with listings for lots of opera performances, including 2 with soprano superstar Nellie Melba, and 1 of I Pagliacci with Caruso and Destinn in the cast. Playbill has folds and some cracks, but is complete and in overall good condition. Large size! when opened, it´s 12.5 x 20 inches (or 32 x 50 cm).
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PRICE: $70.00
Dame Kobold (Weingartner) - Konigliches Hoftheater 1916 - Bruno Walter
Playbill, 52 x 27,5 cm. Königliches Hof- und National-Theater, Munich, 23. November 1916. One of the first performances of Dame Kobold (Weingartner). Conductor : Bruno Walter Singers : Hermine Bosetti - Luise Willer - Karl Erb
PRICE: $68.00
Das Rheingold - Brussels 1916 Playbill
Brussels, Opera Royale de la Monnaie playbill, 6 May 1916. Performance by an all German cast during German Occupation of Belgium in World War I. Walter Soomer, Julius Roether, Heinrich Winkelshoff, Karl Wenkhaus, Gustav Schützendorf, Julius Lieban, Walter Eckard, Hertha Dehmlow. The orchestra was composed by Belgian and German Army Bands. Conductor : Richard Hagel. A rarity!
PRICE: $85.00
