Signed Opera Programs (0 - $50)

Program for a performance entitled "The Golden Age of Singers of London" presented by the Community Concert Association of New York during the 1956-57 season. Full program with all 4 pages and covers, signed by all 5 singers. Size is 6.25 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of Giordano's "Andrea Chénier" at SPAM -Sociedad Pro Arte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on May 25th, 1950, signed by the American tenor and the Italian conductor on their corresponding photo pages.  Size is 6.8 x 9.7 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in very good condition.

Program for a performance of Puccini's La Boheme conducted by Fausto Cleva at Teatro Auditorium, Havana, 1947, signed by the mentioned soloists and some others. Full program with all pages and covers. Size is 6 x 9 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the celebrated American tenor at SPAM -Sociedad ProArte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on October 28th, 1947, signed by him.  Size is 5.4 x 8.6 inches, in excellent condition.

American tenor Jean Cox (1922-2012), German Soprano Ingeborg Hallstein (b. 1936) and German Soprano Hildegard Hillebrecht (1927-2018), signed program of Richard Strauss's Ariadne Auf Naxos at the Bavarian State Opera's 1968 Munich Festival. Size is 8.25 x 9.25 inches, in excellent condition. 

Program for a performance with the Opera Company of Boston, 1972, signed by the four artists on central program page. Size is 5.5 x 8.4 inches, in excellent condition.

Signature on cover, recital at NY Hunter College, New York, November 11th, 1967. Size is 20 x 20 cm, 8 pages. Excellent condition.

Signed on the bio page, Teatro Colon concert performing music by Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet, Massenet, Wagner. Program size is 29 x 20 cm, very good condition.

Program for a performance in Washington, D.C., 1931, signed by the tenor and the coloratura soprano. Four pages, size is 4.9 x 7 inches, storage holes, paper clips, in good condition.

Program for a recital by the American tenor at The Community Concert Association, New York (no date), signed by him. Size is 6.25 x 9.5 inches, 4 pages, pencil markings, in overall excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the famous American tenor at the Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., on March 8th, 1930, with the pianist Rudolph Gruen; signed by both artists.  Size is 6 x 9 inches, some rust stains, in very good condition.  Program includes a pinned ticket stub.

Program for a performance of Wagner's Lohengrin at the San Francisco Opera on October 25th, 1932, signed by the three artists on the cast page.  Size is 6 x 9 inches, minor rust stains, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the star Italian soprano with pianist Ivor Newton and flutist Luigi Montesanto in London, 1935, signed by the soprano in one of the program pages. Size is 6.6 x 8.1 inches, full program with all pages and covers, some wear in covers, rust on the binding, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the celebrated Spanish soprano at the Symphony Hall in Los Angeles, in October 1952, signed by her on the first page. Size is 6 x 9 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the celebrated Spanish soprano with pianist Paul Berl at Hunter College, New York, on January 26th, 1963, signed by the soprano on the first page.  Size is 6.9 x 9.9 inches, 4 pages, in very good condition.

Star Spanish soprano (1923–2005), signed program page for a recital with pianist Paul Berl at Carnegie Hall, New York, on November 13, 1966.  Size is 8 x 10.75 inches, in very good condition.

Program for a performance in Washington, 1947, signed on the first page by the Italian baritone. Size is 6.25 x 9 inches, storage holes, in very good condition.

LP booklet of the recording of Verdi's I Lombardi signed by Deutekom on the cast page. Booklet is 36 pages plus covers. Size is 12.1 x 12.1 inches, in excellent condition.

Signed program for a recital of the star soprano with the Philadelphia Opera Company, on May 2nd, 1986.  Size is 8.5 x 11 inches, 4 pages, in very good condition.

Program for a recital of the Russian mezzo-soprano at Carnegie Hall, New York, on January 26th, 1962, signed by her on the program page.  Size is 7.3 x 9.6 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the Armenian mezzo-soprano at SPAM -Sociedad Pro Arte Musical, Havana, Cuba, October 26th, 1956, signed by her on the front cover. Size is 5.6 x 8.6 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the Russian soprano with a pianist at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on September 25th, 1963, signed by her on the front cover. Size is 6.9 x 9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Program/playbill for a performance of Macagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncallo's I Pagliacci (double bill on the same evening) presented by the Metropolitan Opera in an outdoor concert setting in 1966. This item includes both the inscribed signature of both Placido Domingo (who sang the leading tenor roles in both operas) as well as the signature of the famous American baritone Cornell MacNeil. Domingo's signature is on the front cover page with MacNeils signature on the cast page (see scans). 4 pages total, each page is 6.5 x 9.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Teatro La Scala Playbills  announcing opera performances between 1987 and 1994, signed by the star Spanish tenor.  Each one's size is 11 x 15 inches approximately, different conditions. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY - click on the thumbnails to see larger scans on the left, and descriptions below.

Program for a performance of the American soprano at the Town Hall, New York, on February 12th, 1937, signed with pencil by her on the program page over the right border. Size is 6 x 9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

American singer (1901-1967), baritone, and actor, who appeared in musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and nightclubs. Signed program for a song recital given at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio in March, 1935. 4 page folded program with a complete list of each of the titles performed and a summary of their contents, with his signature on the front page. Each page is 5 x 10.75 inches, small tears at the top of each page, particularly on the third and fourth pages, (discount reflected in price). ALSO INCLUDED: unsigned promotional playbill announcing the concert with attractive photos of him, biography and critical praise. Size is 7 x 10 inches, in very good condition. Not sold separately. 

Program for a performance of the American baritone at the Westchester County Center, New York, on March 12th, 1937, signed by him on the front cover. Size is 6.8 x 9.8 inches, full program with all pages and covers, minor damage on the back cover, otherwise in very good condition.

LP insert of the recording of Massenet's Werther signed by Rosalind Elias on the first page. Insert is 4 pages,  size is 11,5 x 11,7 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of the Italian mezzo with pianist Ethel Evans at SPAM -Sociedad Pro Arte Musical, Havana, Cuba, on May 24th, 1948, signed by both artists.  Size is 5.6 x 8.6 inches, 1 sheet printed on both sides, in excellent condition.

American contralto and pioneer in music therapy (1908-1997), signed program for the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System, from October 11,1936. The program is a folded 4-page document with each page sized 4.25 x 7.25 inches, with the signature on the front program page. The program contains descriptions of each of the pieces performed along with biographies of each of the artists involved (this program also included performances by Kirsten Flagstad and Fritz Reiner). In excellent condition.

Program for a performance of the star American soprano at the John Greene Hall, Massachusetts, on January 10, 1929, signed by her on the front in blue ink and also signed by her pianist Claude Gonvierre in pencil.  Size is 5.5 x 8 inches, 8 pages including covers, mounting traces on verso, in overall very good condition.

Program for a concert performance of Richard Strauss's Ariadne Auf Naxos at New York's Little Orchestra,  signed by famous American soprano Eileen Farrell and one more, unidentified signature (probably conductor Thomas Scherman), dated in 1957. Full program with all pages and covers. Size is 6 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

American soprano (1918-2008), signed 1964 concert program from New York's Town Hall. Size is 7 x 9.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Hungarian baritone (1899-1963), signed photo, shown as himself, linked to  program page for Antonin Dvorak's Jakobin, dated in 1959. 4 folded pages, each is 4.25 x 6 inches, in excellent condition. 

Program for a recital of the star German baritone at the Civic Music Association, New York, no year indicated (but around the 1950s), signed by her on the first page. Size is 6 x 9 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.

Booklet of the Romanian baritone promoting his recordings and career, signed by him, dated in 1970.  Size is 7.7 x 7.7 inches, 8 pages including covers, in very good condition.

Canadian contralto (1930-2010), signed program of a concert performance at New York's Town Hall  in 1961. Full program, with all covers and pages, size is 7 x 9.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

Italian soprano (b. 1935), recognized for her roles in operas by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, admired for her youthful voice and acting skills. 

One page program for a recital at the Engineering Auditorium in New York, 1927, signed by the artist. Size is 7.25 x 10.5 inches, in every good condition.

Fidelio at Lincoln Center, New York, 1996, signed by conductor John Gardiner and 2 singers from the cast (1 of them unidentified). Cast page only

Swedish tenor (1925-2017), one of the most versatile and widely recorded singers of the 1950s to the 1980s. Signed program from a concert at New York's Town Hall in 1962. Total item is 8 pages (only the program page with signature is scanned). Size is 7 x 9.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for a recital of lieder and arias by the star Swedish tenor in Zurich, Switzerland, in May 1986, signed by him on the first page. Size is 5.75 x 9.2 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.

Bulgarian bass (1929-2004), French tenor (1933-2007), and French soprano (1928-2021), triple signed cast page of a performance of Gounod's Faust at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in October 1963. Verso contains a full synopsis of the opera. Size is 8.25 x 11 inches, in very good condition.

Cast page from a performance of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Chicago Lyric Opera in 1966, signed by two of the leading singers in the performance, as well as an additional unidentified signature (likely the Croatian mezzo-soprano Ruza Pospinov who performed the role of Marina Mnishek in these performances). Size is 8.25 x 11 inches, in excellent condition. 

Performance of Wozzeck at the Royal Opera House in London, 1952. Full program, signed on the cast page by the 3 artists, size is 4.75 x 7.25 inches (each page), in very good condition.

Program for a performance of Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel" at Teatro Auditorium, Havana, Cuba, on January 15th, 1949, signed by the Cuban soprano on her biopage.  Size is 6.1 x 9.4 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

American bass-baritone (1927-1983), signed recital program form concert presented by the Community Concert Association in Concord, New Hampshire in 1966. Also contains signature of piano accompanist  "Brooks" (last name indecipherable). 4 folded pages, each sized 8.25 x 11 inches, in excellent condition. 

American bass-baritone (1927-1983), signed recital program from concert program given at New York's Judson Hall in 1963. Includes full English translations of each of the pieces performed (mostly Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin). 3 folded pages (each two-sided, 6 pages in total), each sized 8.5 x 11 inches, in excellent condition.