Act 2, scene 1a -- Stage & costumes: Piero Tosi
State University of New York at Buffalo. Music Library
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Hines, Jerome, 1921- - Vocalist - bass - Banquo -
Zanasi, Mario - Vocalist - baritone - Escamillo -
Carl Ebert, John Christie, Moran Caplat, and Alfred Wallenstein (l-r) at Glyndebourne
Caplat, Moran - Person (other) - Manager -
Christie, John, 1882-1962 - Person (other) - impresario -
Ebert, Carl, 1887-1980 - Person (other) - -
Reverse: A high level discussion at Glyndbourne before leaving for the Edinburgh Festival, where they are putting on 'La Cenerentola,' 'Idomineo,' and 'The Rake's Progress' (premiere in Great Britain). -- L. to R.: Ebert, Christie, Caplat, Wallenstein
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960 - Vocalist - baritone - Macbeth -
Victor De Sebata, conductor, at Teatro alla Scala
De Sabata, Victor, 1892-1967 - Conductor - -
Milan (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Leonard Warren as Count di Luna of Aragon
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960 - Vocalist - baritone - Count di Luna of Aragon - Has inscription
Guarrera, Frank, 1923- - Vocalist - baritone - Valentin - Has inscription
Karajan, Herbert von - Conductor - - -
Amara, Lucine - Vocalist - soprano - Micaela - Has inscription
Anna Maria Canali as Meg Page in Falstaff
Canali, Anna Maria - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Meg Page -
Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989 - Instrumentalist - piano - - Has inscription
Reverse stamped: David Libidins, independent concert management
Nilsson, Birgit - Vocalist - soprano - Brunnhilde - Has inscription
Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921- - Vocalist - tenor - Faust (Faust) - Has inscription
Stella, Antonietta - Vocalist - soprano - Aida - Has inscription
Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 - Vocalist - tenor - -
Simionato, Giulietta - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Giovanna Seymour -
Arié, Raffaele - Vocalist - bass - Padre Guardiano -
Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936 - Composer - - -
Venice (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Indiana University Auditorium - Building - - -
Bloomington (Ind.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Jurinac, Sena, 1921- - Vocalist - soprano - Cherubino -
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912- - Vocalist - baritone - Angelotti -
Fiedler, Arthur, 1894-1979 - Conductor - - - Has inscription
Simionato, Giulietta - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Mignon -
Act 1 -- Setting and design by F. Zeffirelli
Arena (Verona, Italy) - Building - - -
Verona, Italy -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Tozzi, Giorgio - Vocalist - bass - Calkas - Has inscription
Carteri, Rosanna - Vocalist - soprano - Mimi - Has inscription
Scotti, Antonio, 1866-1936 - Vocalist - baritone - Baron Scarpia - Has inscription
First performance -- Décor: Stellan Molner?
Badura-Skoda, Paul - Instrumentalist - piano - - Has inscription
Simionato, Giulietta - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Eboli
Act 2, scene 2 -- Antonio Votto, conductor
Davy, Gloria - Vocalist - soprano - Aida -
Lazzari, Virgilio - Vocalist - bass - -
Monti, Nicola - Vocalist - tenor - Don Narciso -
Simionato, Giulietta - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Fiorilla
Reverse stamped: Dallas Morning News, Dec. 6, 1957, News Staff Photo
Pinza, Ezio - Vocalist - bass - Don Giovanni - Has inscription
Renata Tebaldi as Tosca with Tito Gobbi as Baron Scarpia
Tebaldi, Renata - Vocalist - soprano - Tosca -
Gobbi, Tito - Vocalist - baritone - Baron Scarpia
Peerce, Jan, 1904- - Vocalist - tenor - Riccardo - Has inscription
Peters, Roberta, 1930- - Vocalist - soprano - OscarHas inscription
Scott, Norman - Vocalist - bass - Tom - Has inscription
Tozzi, Giorgio - Vocalist - bass - Samuel - Has inscription
Act 1 (l. to r.): Riccardo, Oscar (on platform)
Lehmann, Lotte - Vocalist - soprano - Marschallin - Has inscription
Gieseking, Walter, 1895-1956 - Instrumentalist - piano - -
Merrill, Robert, 1917- - Vocalist - baritone - Alfredo Germont - Has inscription
Madeira, Jean - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Carmen - Has inscription
Stignani, Ebe - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Azucena -
Dohnányi, Erno, 1872-1960 - Composer - - -
Steinberg, William, 1899-1978 - Conductor - - - Has inscription
Signed: 1956 -- Guest conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, 1955-1956 season -- Reverse stamped: Hurok Attractions, NY
Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921- - Vocalist - tenor - Don Jose -
Madeira, Jean - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Carmen
Limarilli, Gastone - Vocalist - tenor - Calaf -
Vanni, Helen - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Flora -
Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
French Government Tourist Office, (New York, N.Y.)
Lipkin, Seymour - Instrumentalist - piano - -
Angeles, Victoria de los - Vocalist - soprano - Manon (Manon) - Has inscription
Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 - Vocalist - tenor - Lionel -
De Luca, Giuseppe, 1876-1950 - Vocalist - baritone - Plunkett
Hempel, Frieda, 1885-1955 - Vocalist - soprano - Martha
Arndt-Ober, Margarethe, 1885-1971 - Vocalist - contralto - Nancy
L. to r.: Nancy, Plunkett, Lionel, Martha
Fox, Virgil, 1912-1980 - Instrumentalist - organ - - Has inscription
Alva, Luigi - Vocalist - tenor - Count Almaviva (Barbiere di Siviglia) -
Brouwenstijn, Gre - Vocalist - soprano - Sieglinde -
Olivero, Magda - Vocalist - soprano - Fedora Romanov - Has inscription
Seefried, Irmgard - Vocalist - soprano - - Has inscription
Reverse stamped: leading soprano, Vienna Opera
Stignani, Ebe - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - -
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976 - Vocalist - soprano - Gilda - Has inscription
Penno, Gino - Vocalist - tenor - Radames - Has inscription
Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921- - Vocalist - tenor - Duke of Mantua - Has inscription
Christoff, Boris - Vocalist - bass - Boris Godunov -
Svanholm, Set - Vocalist - tenor - Tristan - Has inscription
Mödl, Martha - Vocalist - soprano - Brunnhilde - Has inscription
Fleisher, Leon - Instrumentalist - piano - - Has inscription
Flagello, Ezio - Vocalist - bass - Carnero -
Gedda, Nicolai - Vocalist - tenor - Barinkay
Resnik, Regina, 1922- - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Czipra
Central City Opera House - Building - - -
Central City (Colo.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Lewis, Richard, 1914- - Vocalist - tenor - Troilus -
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 - Instrumentalist - piano - -
Pictures Paderewski's (?) hands -- Reverse stamped: NBC Artists Service
Bastianini, Ettore - Vocalist - baritone - Rodrigue -
Christoff, Boris - Vocalist - bass - King Philippe II
Cincinnati Summer Opera Pavillion - Building - - -
Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Greece) - Building - - -
Audience leaving the Odeon after a performance of Fidelio
Pobbe, Marcella - Vocalist - soprano - Elsa -
Tozzi, Giorgio - Vocalist - bass - Doctor - Has inscription
Krasner, Louis, 1903- - Instrumentalist - violin - -
Barbieri, Fedora - Vocalist - mezzo-soprano - Eboli -
Guarrera, Frank, 1923- - Vocalist - baritone - Alfredo Germont -
Yeend, Frances - Vocalist - soprano - Marguerite - Has inscription
Sutherland, Joan, 1926- - Vocalist - soprano - Lucia -
Nikolaidi, Elena, 1909- - Vocalist - contralto - Amneris - Has inscription
Franco Corelli as Calaf with Birgit Nilsson as Turandot and Alessio de Paolis as the Emperor
Corelli, Franco - Vocalist - tenor - Calaf -
De Paolis, Alessio - Vocalist - tenor - Emperor Altoum
Nilsson, Birgit - Vocalist - soprano - Turandot
Anda, Geza - Instrumentalist - piano - - Has inscription
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918- - Conductor - - -
Reverse: Guest conductor - 1955-1956, 75th Anniversary Season
Scott, Norman - Vocalist - bass - Pimen - Has inscription
Schuricht, Carl, 1880-1967 - Conductor - - - Has inscription
Giardino di Boboli (Florence, Italy) - Building - - -
Warfield, William - Vocalist - bass - - Has inscription
Steber, Eleanor - Vocalist - soprano - Elsa -
Tebaldi, Renata - Vocalist - soprano - Mimi - Has inscription
Roman, Stella - Vocalist - soprano - - Has inscription
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Kletzki conductor, Royal Festival Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Ensemble - - -
Royal Festival Hall (London) - Building - - -
MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- - Vocalist - baritone - Amonasro -
Tebaldi, Renata - Vocalist - soprano - Maddalena de Coigny - Has inscription