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Auction No 402, Tag: Opera

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs, notably Liverpool Philharmonic, Leeds Festival and other provincial; includes signatures of Benjamin Luxon, Alexander Gibson, Heather Harper, Elisabeth Soderstrom (4), Carl Schultz, Simon Rattle, Felicity Palmer, Gwynne Howell, Clifford Curzon, Charles Groves (4), Robert Tear (2), Sheila Armstrong (3), Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Glossop (2), Edward Downes, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, and many others. VG/VF (36 programmes)

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Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival, programmes, photographs and related literature, with several autographed;

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival, programmes, photographs and related literature, with several autographed; includes signatures of Felicity Lott, Gwynne Howell, Ryland Davies, Andrew Davis, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Gwyneth Jones (5 signed photos), Sherrill Milnes and others. Good to VF (Qty)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a collection of Programmes 1960s to 1980s, mostly autographed including Boris Christoff (3),

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a collection of Programmes 1960s to 1980s, mostly autographed including Boris Christoff (3), Peter Glossop (2), Jessye Norman, Alfredo Kraus (3), Geoffrey Parsons, Lucia Popp (3), Hermann Prey (2), Heather Harper (2), Kiri Te Kanawa, Edward Downes, Geraint Evans (3), Stuart Burrows (2), Robert Tear, Gwynne Howell (3), Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Colin Davis (3), and many others, most with multiple signatures. VG/VF (43). Also a loose page signed by Placido Domingo and four others. 

Concert Programmes of the Royal Albert Hall and other London venues, 1960s/80s, mostly autographed including Stuart Burrows (2), Jessye Norman (4),

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes of the Royal Albert Hall and other London venues, 1960s/80s, mostly autographed including Stuart Burrows (2), Jessye Norman (4), Birgit Nilsson, Felicity Palmer (2), John Shirley-Quirk (4), Elisabeth Soderstrom (2), Raymond Leppard, Janet Baker (3), Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Nicolai Gedda, Boris Christoff, Leonard Slatkin, Andre Previn, Claudio Abbado, Elizabeth Harwood (2), Lucia Popp (3), Edward Downes, Montserrat Cabbale, Hermann Prey, and many others. Most with multiple signatures. VG/VF (43). Also few unsigned fliers.  

Enrico Caruso: 1921 post card from Italy to UK, written and signed by the celebrated tenor, thanking his correspondent for her telegram.

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £115
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Enrico Caruso: 1921 post card from Italy to UK, written and signed by the celebrated tenor, thanking his correspondent for her telegram. Some corner creasing o/w VG. With certificate of authenticity from RR auctions, Amherst, USA, dated Sept.2012.