Recently Added Authentic Autographs and Memorabilia

Austrian soprano (b. 1957), signed photo, 5 x 7 inches, shown as herself.

Famous French tenor, teacher and composer (1806-1896), creator of the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835. Signed contract for teaching at the famous "Ecole Spéciale de Chant"; the pupil, Raoul Fauquez is well known and had a career in the Théâtre-Lyrique and Opéra-Comique in Paris under the name of Coppel. Four pages, 7 x 9.75 inches, signed on the last page, dated 1868. See scans of each of the four pages by clicking on the photo thumbnails.

Belgian bass (1876-1956).  Signed photo postcard shown in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, inscribed.  Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in very good condition.

Greek soprano (b.1957).  Signed photo, shown in role, inscribed.  Size is 5 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Indian-born American soprano (1901-1980).  Signed photo shown as herself, inscribed; stamped on verso by photographer Ben Pinchot, New York.  Size is 7 x 9 inches, in very good condition.

New Zealand-born baritone (1910-1996).  Signed photo shown as himself.  Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

German actress (1890-1957), signed photo postcard, shown as herself. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches. 

American bass-baritone (1932-2019), signed photo, shown in an unidentified role. Stamped on verso by photographer Ilse Buhs, Berlin. Size is 4 x 5.75 inches.  

Signed photo of the English tenor (b.1930), shown as Lysander in Midsummer´s Night Dream by Britten at Royal Opera House. Size is 3.5 x 5.25 inches, photo has a crease, otherwise in very good condition

German soprano (1909-1995).  Signed photo shown as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at Staatsoper in Munich. Size is 4 x 5.75 inches, in very good condition.

Two playbills for performances under conductor Fritz Busch at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1- Parsifal with Martial Singher, Lauritz Melchior, Rose Pauly - The Magic Flute with Giacomo Vaghi and Herbert Janssen. Each one is 6 x 13 inches, in very good condition.

Playbill announcing the world premiere of Die Vier Jahreszeiten, a music fantasy with singing and dancing by German baritone and writer Ernst Pasqué (1821-1892), music by L. Schlöffel. Size is 37 x 45 cm (15 x 18 inches), has folds, in excellent condition

German baritone (1913-2012), signed photo postcard, shown as himself. Size is 4 x 6 inches. 

British bass-baritone (1914-1984), signed photo, shown as himself. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches.

Italian soprano (b.1948), well known for her interpretations of Bel canto roles. Signed photo, shown in role (most probably as Lucia di Lammermoor). Size is 3.5 x 5 inches.

Italian soprano (b.1948), well known for her interpretations of Bel canto roles as forgotten operas by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini. Signed photo, shown as Gilda in Rigoletto, opera by Verdi, inscribed. Size is 3.5 x 5 inches. Watch Mrs. Devia performing live Gilda's Act I aria "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto:

Italian soprano (b.1948), well known for her interpretations of Bel canto roles as forgotten operas by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini. Signed photo, shown in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart. Beautiful item shown young. Size is 5 x 7 inches, in very good conditions.

Lithuanian bass-baritone (1897-?).  Signed photo postcard shown in role; blind stamped on front by photographer.  Size is 3.25 x 5.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Paul von Dessau. World premiere of Symphony n° 2. Franz Konwitschny conducts. Dresden 1962. Franz Konwitschny. Staatskapelle Dresden, June 1st, 1962. Paul Dessau Symphony n° 2 (world premiere), Beethoven Symphony n° 4, Brahms Symphony n° 2.

French mezzo-soprano, signed photo, shown in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Size is 5 x 7 inches.

Mignon by Ambroise Thomas at the Royal Court Opera of Stuttgart, 3 February 1901. Conductor: Hugo Reichenberger. 8.75 x 13 inches, 1 page, fair condition 

Un Ballo in Maschera at Academy of Music, Philadephia, 1976, cast page signed only

Program for a performance of Otello at the Vienna Staatsoper, June 11th, 1946. Conductor: Rudolf Moralt. Among the cast: Max Lorenz - Paul Schoffler - Peter Klein - Maria Reining. Size is 15 x 21 cm, 1 page, both sides printed, signed on the front by Maria Reining and Max Lorenz (incomplete signature).

Program of Zopott Festival, July and August 1932. Performance of Lohengrin. With Karl Elmendorff conducting. With Ludwig Hofmann, Fritz Wolff, Gotthelf Pistor, Lotte Lehmann, Herbert Janssen. Rare. Zopott Festival was next to Bayreuth the most important Wagner Festival in the first half of the 20th century, attracting the most important Wagner singers of that era.   Size is 5.5 x 8.75 inches, 32 pages with covers, in excellent condition

Group of 3 full program, with all pages and covers. Lohengrin, Dec 1916 - Die Walkure, October 1916 and Parsifal, Dec 1916. Each one is complete, 6 x 9.75 inches, in excellent condition. See scans.

Program Wagner Memorial Concert 25th Anniversary of his death. Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony, 8-9 February 1908. Soloists: Fritz Feinhals, Katharina Fleischer-Edel. Program Wagner Memorial Concert 100th Anniversary. Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony, 28-29 January 1913. Soloist: Lily Hafgren-Waag. Sizes are 5.75 x 8 inches (1913 program), 6 x 9 inches (1908 program)

The 4 playbills are: Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 4 February 1914. Von Hausegger, Schumann, Brahms. Pianist: Carl Friedberg. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 14 January 1914. Elgar, Wolf, Beethoven. Program Centenary Festival Franz Liszt Vienna. Fernand Loewe conducts Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 18 November 1911. Christus, oratorium - Franz Liszt. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 20 March 1906. Beethoven, Haendel, Berlioz. Organ: Jan Brandts-Buys. Sizes range from 5.5 x 8 inches to 9.25 x 11 inches

The 6 programs are: - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 29-30 January 1907. Haydn, Bach, Elgar, Wagner. Pianists: Julius Fischer, Jan Brandts-Buys & Marguerite Melville. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 28-29 december 1909. Berlioz, Bach, Schumann, R. Strauss. Pianist: Harold Bauer. -  Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 4 December 1906. Haydn, Mozart, Berlioz. Violin: Annie de Jong. - Recital by Amalie Loewe. At the piano: Ferdinand Loewe. Vienna, 5 December 1906. Schumann, Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Brahms, Carl Loewe, Cornelius, Mendelssohn. - Hugo Wolf Recital by Amalie Loewe and Ludwig Hess. At the piano: Ferdinand Loewe. Vienna, 5 March 1908. Songs of Hugo Wolf. - Program Hugo Wolf Recital by Else Schünemann and Johannes Messchaert. At the piano: Ferdinand Loewe. Songs of Hugo Wolf.Three Hugo Wolf related items from the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf. Sizes range from 7.5 x 10.5 inches to 9.5 x 11.5 inches

The 4 playbills are: Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 14 February 1900. Mendelssohn, Haendel, Brahms, Smetana. Oboe: Alexander Wunderer. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony, 15 March 1904. Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Beethoven. From the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 18 January 1900. Weber, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven. First concert ever of the orchestra, founded by Ferdinand Loewe!. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 30 January 1900. Gluck, Liszt, Weber, Beethoven. Piano: Lucilla Tolomei. Set includes the 3 first concerts of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and a total of 4 playbills. Sizes range from 5.75 x 9.25 inches to 8 x 10.75 inches

Group of 6 programs: - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 28 November 1900. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Mozart, Fuchs, Klose (world premiere), Beethoven. Piano: Marie Baumayer. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 28-29 December 1900. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Berlioz, Beethoven, Brahms. Piano: Emile Bosquet. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 5 March 1900. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Berlioz, Fuchs, Schumann, Weber. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 12 February 1901. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Schumann. Liszt, Beethoven, Weber. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 11 December 1900. Haydn, Dvorak, Beethoven. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 31 March 1900. Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner.

Group of 4 programs: - Recital Hugo Wolf Association Vienna, 4 March 1899. With Ferdinand Loewe, Ferdinand Foll, Johannes Messchaert, Sofie Sedlmayer. From the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf. - Vienna 25 March 1895. Conductor: Ferdinand Loewe. Soloist: Mary Lederer. Schubert, Wagner, Weber. Vienna Musikverein. - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Loewe. Vienna, 16 November 1902. Schumann: Scenes from Goethe´s Faust. Singers: Ellen Brandt-Forster, Carl Scheidemantel, Erik Schmedes, Rudolf Gmuer, etc. - Ferdinand Loewe conducts Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 26 March 1902. Franz Liszt, Christus. Size is approx. 6.25 x 10.5 inches each 

Lot of playbills/programs during WWII - Opera in Leipzig, 1940-45, many different interpreters, 8 smaller size (6 x 8 inches), 5 large size (8 x 11 in), all in good condition.

Group of 2 full concert programs - 1) Performing Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Granados, Albeniz, 1961 - 2) performing Schumann piano concerto, 1963, with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos conducting

Great playbill announcing in german an early performance of Bellini's "La Sonnambula", year 1837. Size is 8.75 x 15 inches, some folds and markings in pencil, great condition!

Program for a concert in Nuremberg, October 10th, 1970, signed by both artists on their corresponding photo pages. Size is 14.5 x 21 cm, excellent condition.

Wilhelm Kempff and Karl Muck with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. 2 February 1924. Music performed: Beethoven piano concerto Nr. 5, and Brahms.

Concert in Kassel, 3. april 1973. Barber Second Essay - Chopin Piano concerto No. 2 - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6. Maurizio Pollini, piano. Two signed full page portraits by Rudolf Kempe & Maurizio Pollini. Paperback, 21 x15 cm, 16 pages, excellent condition + newspaper clipping.

Program for a concert in Kassel, November 8th, 1972, performing Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem - Beethoven: piano concerto Nr. 2 - Tchaikovsky Symphony Nr. 5. Christoph Eschenbach, piano. Signed by Rudolf Kempe & Christoph Eschenbach on the program page, size is 15 x 21 cm, 16 pages, excellent condition with two storage holes.

Program for a performance by the famous american pianist, 6 x 9 inches, 8 pages. Kapell performs Mozart, Bach-Liszt, Prokofiev and Chopin. In excellent condition.

Program for a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, December 13-14th, 1953. Both artists signed next to their pictures. Size is 6.5 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Lot of 3 full concert programs, 1948-1966 - 1) Performing Franck, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Chopin, 1948 - 2) performing Bach-Busoni, Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Morton Gould, Luzzatti, Granados and Prokofiev, 1951 - 3) performing Haydn, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin and Prokofiev, 1966

Concert in Philadelphia, 1950s, signed by both pianists Jose Iturbi (who also conducted) and Amparo Iturbi. Cast page only

Cast page for a Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1986, signed by pianist Eugene Istomin and conductor Gerard Schwarz.

World premiere of König Hirschof Hans Werner Henze at the City Opera Berlin, 23d September 1956. Conductor: Hermann Scherchen, size is 6 x 9 inches, complete but with loose pages, otherwise in excellent condition

George Henschel & Arthur Nikisch - Boston Symphony Program 1892 Boston Symphony Orchestra program, April 14th and 16th, 1892. Arthur Nikisch. Soloist : Mrs Georg Henschel - D´Albert: Symphony 4 (first time in America), Handel: Aria "Alessandro" - Henschel: Suite Hamlet op. 50 (conducted by the composer!) - Massenet - Weber. Arthur Nikisch. 36 pages, full program with all pages and covers, excellent condition, many illustrations

Concert with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Season 1952/53 - Tel Aviv, Ohel Shem Hall, December 4th, 1952. Musical Direction: Igor Markevitch. Ida Hendel, Violin. Mozart: Symphony 38. Bruch: Violin concerto. Strawinsky: Sacre de Printemps. Size is 6 x 9 inches, 8 pages.

Program with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - Season 1952/53 - Tel Aviv, Ohel-Shem Hall, April 13th, 1953. Musical Direction: Paul Klecki (Kletzki). Jascha Heifetz, Violin. Bach: Brandenburg Concert Nr. 6. Mozart: Violin concerto KV 219. Scriabin: Le Poeme de l´Extase, Prokofieff: Violin concerto Nr. 2. Size is 6 x 9.25 inches, 12 pages.

Concert in Nurenberg, March 13th, 1967, performing music by Mozart, Chopin, Messiaen, Debussy and Ravel. Size is 15 x 21, 1 page printed on both sides. Excellent condition, storage holes not affecting signatures.