Glimpses of Gotham and city characters. Chapter: Men and women who deal in fancy costumes. The business of letting out costumes—and that reminds me that the last one I tried… Read More
Glimpses of Gotham and city characters.
Category: Opera
Emma Eames. American opera singer.
Emma Hayden Eames Emma Hayden Eames (1865 – 1952) was an American opera singer (soprano) and vocal pedagogue.
Pitti-Sing. Victorian opera character.
Pitti-Sing. The Mikado. Victorian opera character. The Mikado is a comic opera in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan (libretto by WS Gilbert, with music by Arthur Sullivan).
Portraits by Savely Sorine 1920s
Content Portraits by Savely Sorine (1878-1953)
Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade, 1911
Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade, 1911.
Traditional Japan Nô robes.
Nō Is a traditional Japanese theatre, which traditionally played only by men (danced) and is accompanied by music.
The ballerina Marie Taglioni dancing the Flore.
The ballerina Marie Taglioni dancing the Flore in the ballet ‘Zephyr et Flore‘. The ballet dancer, ballerina Marie Taglioni as Flore in her London debut 1830. A Sylphide in the… Read More
Fanny Elssler dances the Cachucha, 1836
Fanny Elssler dances the Cachucha. Le Diable boiteux 1836. In the ballet, “the limping devil” by Casimir Gide.
Cornélie Falcon as Rachel in the opera la Juive.
Cornélie Falcon as Rachel in the opera la Juive. Cornélie Falcon. Costume de Rachel dans la Juive.
The Pirates of Penzance 1879.
The Pirates of Penzance, a comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and William S. Gilbert 1879. Costume design for the opera The Pirates of Penzance or the The Slave of Duty by… Read More
