Beschreibung:

This lot features three albums of silver print and silver gelatin photographs (8 by 10, 5 by 7, and 3 by 5 inches), many signed and inscribed, of musical theater, opera, and ballet stars of the 1950s and 1960s, most collected during appearances at the San Francisco Opera House. Present are signed photos of RICHARD RODGERS and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, ROSSANO BRAZZI, LAURITZ, MELCHIOR, GORDON MACRAE, EZIO PINZA, MICHAEL PANAIEFF, GEORGE ZORITCH, ZINO FRANCESCATTI, RALPH HERBERT, ELENA NIKOLAIDI, WILLIAM KAPPELL, GUILIO GARI, NICOLA MOSCONA, ENZO MASCHERINI, YI-KWEI SZE, FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI, IGOR GORIN, BIDU SAYAO, NADINE CONNER, EUGENE CONLEY, GEORGE CEHANOVSKY, GINO BECHI, DOROTHY KIRSTEN, LEONARD WARREN, LORENZO ALVARY, CESARE VALLETTI, NICOLA RESCIGNO, NICOLA ROSSI-LEMENI, PAUL SCHOEFFLER, ENZO MASHERINI, GERTRUDE GROB-PRANDL, RENATO CAPECCHI, GIUSEPPE VALDENGO, ITALO TAHO, DAVID POLERI, ZINKA MILANOV, JEROME HINES, CESARE BARDELLI, MARIO DEL MONACO, FRANK VALENTINO, GIUSEPPE VALDENGO, VIRGINIO ASSANDRI, JAN PEERCE, CESARE SIEPI, LEONARD WARREN, and FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI, among others. Present also are signatures on printed programs of JASCHA HEIFETZ (3), LILY PONS, JOSE ITURBI, EUGENE ORMANDY, ARTURO RUBENSTEIN (2), ALEXANDRA DANILOVA, ANDRE EGLEVSKY, IGOR YOUSKEVITCH, EZIO PINZA, TITO SCHIPA, NINO MARTINI, FRANCIS LEDERER, CONRAD NAGEL, and MARGO, among others. The scrapbooks also contain candid photos of outdoor performances by the Pacific Opera, c.1950.