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Adelina Patti (1843-1919)
bejeweled
a studio portrait
exhausted
with long curls
wearing a crown
with an umbrella
in the snow
as Violetta
as Marguerite in Faust
as Rosina in The Barber of Seville
and in costume
Emma Albani (1847-1930)
and as Lucia
Emma Calve (1858-1942)
and as Carmen
Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931)
as Desdemona
as Violetta in La Traviata
as Ophelia in Hamlet, by Thomas
in costume
in full-length profile
wearing a corsage
looking beautiful in a gown
and looking afar
Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940)
Emma Eames (1865-1952)
profile
as Desdemona, photo by Falk
as Aida
as Elsa
and in costume
Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)
after Chicken Tetrazzini
in profile
wearing a feather hat
with hat and gloves
sitting on a deacon's bench
an early broadcast
reading a note
smiling
smiling
as Lucia
and in costume
Eugenia Burzio (1872-1922)
Mary Garden (1874-1967)
dripping in pearls
with more pearls
with yet more pearls
with hat and pearls
wearing a corsage
tinted photo
as Melisande, the role that she created
again as Melisande
again as Melisande
as Manon, photo by Mishkin
as Salome
as Thais
and in costume
Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)
reposed in a large chair
in costume
again in costume
as Santuzza, photo by Mishkin
as Minnie, the Girl of the Golden West
armed, as the Girl of the Golden West
as Nedda
as Carmen
as Tosca
as Elsa in Lohengrin
and as the Girl of the Golden West, with Enrico Caruso as Dick Johnson
Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967)
in 1904
as a young woman
looking sensational, 1910
in a casual pose
what a coat!
in a feather hat
in the same hat?
a tinted postcard
another tinted postcard
in pink with a parasol (tinted)
holding flowers
holding a mirror
at her dressing table
in a backless dress
wearing an off-the-shoulder gown
in pearls
bejeweled
profile
on the radio
with a lyre
as the Goose Girl in Konigskinder, 1910
in the Marriage of Figaro (tinted)
as Carmen
again as Carmen
as Manon
again as Manon
again as Manon
as Gilda in Rigoletto
as Marguerite in Faust
again as Marguerite in Faust
again as Marguerite in Faust
as Salome
as Tosca
as Madama Butterfly
as Mimi in La Boheme
again as Mimi in La Boheme
in costume
in costume
in costume
wearing a gypsy costume
and in her later years
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963)
as Lucia
as Violetta
as Rosina
in costume
wearing pearls
smiling, different earrings
same earrings
studio portrait
studio portrait
and stunning, on a sofa
Frieda Hempel (1885-1955)
an artist's rendition
with her dog
in costume
again in costume
as the Queen of the Night
and in Konigskinder, photo by H. Leiser
Maria Jeritza (1887-1982)
in Boccaccio
as Senta in The Flying Dutchman
as Brunnhilde
as Eva in Die Meistersinger
as Ariadne
as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier
as Tosca
as Jenufa
as Thais
in costume
in costume
in costume
wearing a fur coat
again in fur, with a tiara
looking glamorous
wearing an elegant feathered gown
with flaxen locks
wearing an apron
with a bird
as Turandot with Lauri-Volpi as Calaf, 1926
and with Puccini
Frida Leider (1888-1975)
as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana
as Isolde
again as Isolde
as Brunnhilde
and in costume
Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)
as a young woman
in 1919
publicity photo
elegant in fur
as Octavian
as the Marschallin, 1942
as Leonore in Fidelio
again as Leonore in Fidelio
as Turandot
as Sieglinde
holding a portrait of Toscanini
with Lauritz Melchior
and with Bruno Walter
Dame Maggie Teyte (1888-1976)
as Cendrillon
in costume
a stunning photo
and a bit older
Claudia Muzio (1888-1936)
as Nedda in Pagliacci
again as Nedda in Pagliacci
in Il Trovatore
as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Madama Butterfly
holding a sword above her head
in costume
good view of the dimple in her chin
dramatic portrait
a drawing
wearing laurel wreath, 1929
profile
and as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, with Giuseppe De Luca as Onegin
Toti Dal Monte (1893-1975)
smiling
in a cute hat
profile
as Lodoletta
as Lucia
and as Lucia
Rosa Raisa (1893-1963)
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
as Aida
as Norma
in costume
in costume
and in costume
Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976)
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
as Elisabeth in Tannhauser
as Madama Butterfly
in costume
and again in costume
Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1929)
Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
a bit older and a bit more sophisticated
at the NBC Radio microphone, 1936
with pearls and a turban
looking stylish, 1949
as Violetta in La Traviata, 1931
again as Violetta in La Traviata
as La Gioconda
as Carmen
again as Carmen
as Rachel in La Juive
as Norma, photo by Mishkin
in costume
and with Giovanni Martinelli
Tiana Lemnitz (1897-1994)
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
as Louise
in the film "Louise"
in a lighter mood
wearing a mighty dress
wearing a simpler, off-the-shoulder dress
georgeous in ruffles
smiling
smiling
smiling
with Lawrence Tibbett
and again with Lawrence Tibbett
Lily Pons (1898-1976)
as Lakme
as Lucia
as La Fille du Regiment
as Rosina
wearing a low cut dress
wearing a strapless dress
with curls and pearls
smiling
in costume with a parrot
in costume
in costume
in costume
with her husband Andre Kostelanetz
with conductor Erno Rappe
and with the wardrobe mistress
Helen Traubel (1899-1972)
as Isolde
as Brunnhilde
again as Brunnhilde
in costume
mid-toast
in the mid-forties
at the piano
glamorous
wearing a corsage
and with Lauritz Melchior
Gina Cigna (1900-)
as Abigaille in Nabucco
as La Gioconda
as Turandot
in costume
and at the microphone
Erna Berger (1900-1990)
in costume
as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier
and smiling
Bidu Sayao (1902-1999)
as Manon
again as Manon
again as Manon
as Mimi
as Rosina
as Zerlina
as Norina in Don Pasquale
again as Norina in Don Pasquale
as Gilda in Rigoletto
as Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
and in costume
Mafalda Favero (1903-1981)
wearing an off-the-shoulder dress
in Leoncavallo's Zaza
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
and with Gigli in Romeo et Juliette
Maria Caniglia (1905-1979)
as Aida
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
in costume
again in costume
again in costume
and again in costume
Zinka Milanov (1906-1989)
as La Gioconda
again as La Gioconda, with a dagger
as Turandot
as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
in Norma
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
and in costume
Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994)
in the Bartered Bride
in Don Giovanni
as Pamina in The Magic Flute
as Mimi in La Boheme
profile holding a flower
profile wearing a flower
closeup
and gazing into the lens
Licia Albanese (as Mimi) (1909- )
as Nedda
as Suzel in L'Amico Fritz
as Manon
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Micaela in Carmen
as Lady Harriett in Martha
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume, looking frightened
with Robert Merrill
with Mario Lanza
and in a rehearsal of Otello, with Ramon Vinay
Rose Bampton (1909- )
as Aida
as Amneris
gorgeous
and intently gazing
Herva Nelli (1909-1994)
and as Desdemona
Dorothy Kirsten (1910-1992)
publicity photo
in L'Amore dei Tre Re
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
in costume
plumes, tiara and gown
wearing an off-the-shoulder dress
with Mario Lanza in the film "The Great Caruso"
and as Mimi with Mario Lanza as Rodolfo, in a scene from La Boheme in the film "The Great Caruso"
Suzanne Danco (1911-2000)
Magda Olivero (1912- )
as Adriana Lecouvreur
in La Celestina, 1965
as Manon
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
as Francesca da Rimini
as Marguerite
in costume
with a candelabra
holding a stuffed dog
in 1964
in Fedora with Bruno Prevedi
and as Francesca da Rimini, with Mario del Monaco
Martha Modl (1912-2001)
as Kundry
and in costume
Ljuba Welitsch (1913-1996)
as Donna Anna
as Aida
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus
as Salome
again as Salome
in costume
again in costume
and with Fritz Reiner
Alda Noni (1916- )
profile
in costume
in costume
in costume
and again in costume
Hilde Gueden (1917-1988)
with a muff
smiling
and as Gilda
Birgit Nilsson (1918- )
in red
enjoying the dinner conversation
as Sieglinde
as Brunnhilde
again as Brunnhilde, same photo, different example of her signature
as Tosca
as Turandot
as Amelia
as Aida
as Isolde
again as Isolde
as Elektra
same day, different pose
in costume
as Leonore with Jon Vickers as Florestan
as Isolde with Jon Vickers as Tristan
as Isolde with Jess Thomas Vickers as Tristan
with Hans Hotter in Die Walkure
and as Turandot with Franco Corelli as Calaf
Mado Robin (1918-1960)
Astrid Varnay (1918- )
as Brunnhilde
as Isolde
as Kundry
as Ortrud in Lohengrin
as Sieglinde
after a performance as Sieglinde
in costume
and again in costume
Francis Yeend (1918- )
Lisa Della Casa (1919- )
publicity photo
faraway look
as the Marschallin
as Arabella
in Don Giovanni
as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro
in costume
and in costume
Irmgard Seefried (1919-1988)
in costume
in costume
and a studio portrait
Eileen Farrell (1920-2002)
as Gioconda
in costume
at the microphone
smiling
with Lili Chookasian
with President Ronald Reagan
with Franco Corelli and Robert Merrill
and with Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill, and Rudolf Bing
Rita Streich (1920-1987)
wearing a pinky ring
and smiling
Sena Jurinac (1921- )
as Tosca
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
and holding flowers
Renata Tebaldi (1922- )
in mink
in fur
New York, 1955
smiling
smiling, ca. 1952
smiling, ca. 1958
smiling with pearls
as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Tosca with a knife
as Madama Butterfly with a knife
as Mimi
again as Mimi
as La Gioconda
as Desdemona
again as Desdemona
again as Desdemona
as Giovanna d'Arco
as Violetta
as Aida
as Adriana, photo by L. Melancon
again as Adriana
in Mefistofele
in costume
with Franco Corelli
with Jussi Bjoerling
as Mimi, with Jussi Bjoerling
as Desdemona, with Mario del Monaco
as Mimi with Renato Cioni
as Adriana, with Anselmo Colzani
with Giuseppe di Stefano
with Elsa Maxwell
and with Leonard Warren, Marian Anderson, and Jan Peerce
Victoria de los Angeles (1923- )
in recital
smiling
smiling again
in profile
as Madama Butterfly
as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
with Franco Corelli
with Jussi Bjoerling
and with Lord Yehudi Menuhin
Maria Callas (1923-1977)
with an elegant hairdo
a dramatic portrait with pearls
with more pearls
in profile
stunning in black
a knowing look
on stage
on stage
on stage as Iphigenia
looking gorgeous, as usual
serious and gorgeous
as Madama Butterfly
in Poliuto
as Turandot
as Rosina
as Anna Bolena
as Medea
again as Medea, with her (Medea's) children
as Rosina with Tito Gobbi as Figaro in the Barber of Seville
as Tosca
as Norma
again as Norma, 1952
as Maddalena in Andrea Chenier
again as Maddalena in Andrea Chenier, with Mario del Monaco
as Fedora
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
a young Callas in her dressing room as Violetta in La Traviata (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
another young Callas (1951), in her first Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
another young Callas (1951), as Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta (1955) (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta at Covent Garden (1958) (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta
as Violetta
as Violetta
as Violetta
as Violetta with Ettore Bastianini as Germont in La Traviata
again as Violetta with Ettore Bastianini as Germont in La Traviata
as Lady Macbeth
as Leonora
as Lucia
as Alceste
again as Alceste
as Amina in La Sonnambula
again as Amina in La Sonnambula
during a rehearsal of La Vestale, 1954-5
in Il Pirata
in Il Pirata with Franco Corelli, 1957
in Poliuto with Franco Corelli
as Norma with Franco Corelli and Giulio Neri, 1958
as Norma with Mario del Monaco
with Giuseppe Di Stefano
again with Giuseppe Di Stefano
again with Giuseppe Di Stefano
with Jon Vickers in Medea
as Tosca, with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia
again as Tosca, with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia
with Christa Ludwig and Franco Corelli
with Rudolf Bing
again with Rudolf Bing
with Elsa Maxwell
with dogs
on a stamp
her teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo (as Rosina)
and with her teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo
Anneliese Rothenberger (1924- )
in blue
as Violetta in La Traviata
as Pamina
as Lulu
and in costume
Virginia Zeani (1925- )
as Medea
as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare
in costume
in costume
and behind a facade
Dame Joan Sutherland (1926- )
as Violetta in La Traviata
again as Violetta in La Traviata
again as Violetta in La Traviata
as Gilda in Rigoletto
in I Puritani
as Lucia
again as Lucia
yet another Lucia
yet another Lucia
as Alcina
as Cleopatra
as La Fille du Regiment
rehearsing La Fille du Regiment
as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann
as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni
in costume
smiling
as Lucia with Richard Tucker as Edgardo
with her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge
as Violetta with Luciano Pavarotti as Alfredo
again with Luciano Pavarotti
with Luciano Pavarotti in La Fille du Regiment
as Norma with Marilyn Horne as Adalgisa
and with the Queen Mum at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Leonie Rysanek (1926-1998)
as Lady Macbeth
again as Lady Macbeth
as the Countess in The Queen of Spades
as Senta
as Elisabeth in Tannhauser
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Abigaille in Nabucco
in Die Frau Ohne Schatten
again in Die Frau Ohne Schatten
as the Marschallin
again as the Marschallin
in costume
again in costume
again in costume
again in costume
looking haunted
with her hair up
gazing into the camera
studio photo
and in Der Rosenkavalier with Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry
Galina Vishnevskaya (1926- )
Leontyne Price (1927- )
as a young woman
as a young woman again
another youthful photo
another youthful photo
in fur
in fur again
regal in fur
in the kitchen
holding flowers
looking regal
wearing a strapless dress
standing in front of a poster of Porgy and Bess
getting ready to record
in costume
as Tosca
as Aida
again as Aida
again as Aida
again as Aida
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
again as Leonora in Il Trovatore
a closeup in the same role
again as Leonora, with Franco Corelli as Manrico
with Marilyn Horne
and with Cesare Siepi
Regine Crespin (1927- )
and the Marschallin
Pilar Lorengar (1928-1996)
as Madama Butterfly
as Violetta
and looking gorgeous
Antonietta Stella (1929- )
smiling
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
in costume
again in costume
and with Ettore Bastianini
Gabriella Tucci (1929- )
in costume
and in fur, with pearls
Roberta Peters (1930- )
as Rosina in the Barber of Seville
as Rosina with Cesare Valletti as Count Almaviva
as Gilda in Rigoletto
again as Gilda in Rigoletto
looking like a princess
smiling
laughing
wearing a strapless gown
publicity photo
on her way to Vienna, 1959
and with a mirror behind
Anita Cerquetti (1931- )
in Don Carlo
in costume
in costume
and listening attentively
Cristina Deutekom (1932- )
in costume
with Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli
and with Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli
Anna Moffo (1932- )
as a young woman
with a faraway gaze
a serious portrait
profile
publicity photo
stunning
in red
magnetic eyes
with dolls
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Liu in Turandot
as Mimi
as Magda in La Rondine
as La Perichole
as Thais
as Violetta in La Traviata
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta with Robert Merrill as Germont
in costume
and in costume
Reri Grist (1932- )
Montserrat Caballe (1933- )
as Louisa Miller
as Violetta
and eagle
in fur
holding a dove
holding flowers
pensive
smiling
in costume
in costume
with Marilyn Horne
and with her husband, tenor Bernabe Marti, in Bellini's Il Pirata
Renata Scotto (1934- )
singing
as Madama Butterfly
as Adriana Lecouvreur, with Neil Shicoff as Maurizio
as Norma
in L'Elisir d'Amore
in costume
and with Sherrill Milnes in Macbeth
Mirella Freni (1935- )
as Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore
again as Adina
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Mimi
as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette
in Don Carlo
in costume
looking gorgeous
looking elegant
in Don Carlo, with her husband, bass Nicolai Ghiaurov
again with her husband, bass Nicolai Ghiaurov
and again with her husband, bass Nicolai Ghiaurov
Martina Arroyo (1936- )
pensive
in costume
in costume
and again in costume
Gundula Janowitz (1937- )
smiling
outdoors
in costume
and in costume
Rachel Yakar (1938- )
Teresa Stratas (1938- )
as Violetta
as Salome
as Lulu
as Cherubino in the Marriage of Figaro
in costume
and as Melisande with Raymond Gibbs as Pelleas, photo by Beth Bergman
Lucia Popp (1939-1993)
on stage
in costume
in costume
in costume
wearing a v-neck dress
another v-neck
gazing up
smiling
smiling
and smiling again
Gilda Cruz Romo (1940- )
in costume
and again in costume
Eva Marton (1943- )
as Leonora in La Forza del Destino
as La Gioconda
in costume
again in costume
again in costume
closeup
wearing a beret
and as Tosca, with Placido Domingo as Mario
Kiri Te Kanawa (1944- )
holding a flower
on stage
in costume
in costume
wearing a gown
a publicity photo
and on a postage stamp
Jessye Norman (1945- )
as a young woman
pensive once more
smiling
smiling
engaging
as Ariadne with Thomas Moser as Bacchus
in costume
in discussion
and on a stamp
Edita Gruberova (1946- )
Kathleen Battle (1948- )
in a turtleneck sweater
in a white gown
off-the-shoulder white dress (same ring)
smiling
in profile
in costume
and in the same costume
Ruth Welting (1948-1999)
in The Ballad of Baby Doe
and as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffman
Barbara Hendricks (1948- )
in a bare-shouldered, flowered dress
smiling
and as Micaela in Carmen
Sylvia Sass (1951- )
June Anderson (1952- )
and in Die Fledermaus
Cheryl Studer (1955- )
Sylvia McNair (1956- )
and smiling
Renee Fleming (1959- )
looking very glamorous
in closeup
smiling
as Manon
as Marguerite
as Susannah
in costume
again in costume
with James Levine at a recording session
and with Sir Georg Solti
Ruth Ann Swenson (1959- )
smiling
Dawn Upshaw (1960- )
Sumi Jo (1962- )
Natalie Dessay (1965- )
as Olympia in Tales of Hoffman
as Lakme
as Aminta in Die Schweigsame Frau
in Ariadne auf Naxos
in costume
and wearing a strapless dress