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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Polish opera singer Ganna Walska adorned in operatic costume holding a lyre. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCorm... |
| Date: | 09 12 1949 |
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| Description: | One of the greatest names in opera, soprano Kirsten Flagstad, seated, is pictured with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur W. (Else) Dusenberry, 4327 Regent Street. ... |
| Date: | 10 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu... |
| Date: | 02 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The young Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in suggestive deshabille, her pearl decorated dress falling off her shoulders. |
| Date: | 12 1918 |
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| Description: | Publicity portrait of the Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in pearl necklace and feather covered hat made when she appeared in Famous Players-Lasky ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The French operatic tenor Lucien Muratore and his wife, the Italian soprano, Lina Cavalieri. They are costumed in classical style and lounging by Long Isla... |
| Date: | 03 1919 |
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| Description: | The Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri with braided hair and wearing sports clothes sits on a rock at her home. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The opera stars Lucian Muratire, French tenor, and his wife Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano, visit film director William de Mille who is posed with a Bell ... |
| Date: | 02 15 1916 |
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| Description: | Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso arriving in New York. Original title: "Arrival of Caruso and other opera stars on the steamer Dante Allghieri.<... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Lou Tellegen, Dutch-born actor, and Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano and silent film actress, and two canine friends. Tellegen and Farrar were m... |
| Date: | 06 1904 |
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| Description: | Olivia Goldenberger, who was born in Madison, but went on to perform under the stage name Olivia Monona with the Chicago Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, ... |
| Date: | 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the A.J. Schneider Music Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, dealers in "pianos, victrolas, records, etc.," with a lineup of well-known opera sing... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Original caption from a newspaper clipping: "Mme. Louise Homer, Famous Contralto, and her four children. Mme. Homer, famous American prima donna, is also o... |
| Date: | 03 20 1918 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Marguerite Sylva who was once so popular on the operatic stage is seldom heard now. She sang Carmen in Boston recently but New York has ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "A Woman of Impulse," Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage ... |
| Date: | 03 20 1957 |
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| Description: | An informal shot of five of "Naughty Marietta" operetta's leading characters. Shown seated are Joan Herreid (Lizette) and Dick Togstad (Lt. Gov. Grandet). ... |
| Date: | 02 06 1965 |
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| Description: | Singing in the Madison Civic Opera's chorus in the production of "Falstaff" are, left to right: Charlotte Newton, Ann Crow, Mrs. Thomas Chalfant, Sandra Kw... |
| Date: | 02 06 1965 |
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| Description: | In the final scene of the opera "Falstaff", Sir John with arms outstretched is played by Robert Tottingham. Directly behind him, left to right, are his two... |
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