Lucienne Bréval, an iconic soprano of French opera, was dazzling career in the 1890s with unforgettable performances
Lucienne Bréval: A French opera star (1869-1935)
Category: Opera
Glimpses of Gotham. Men and women who deal in fancy costumes.
Glimpses of Gotham and city characters. Men and women who deal in fancy costumes. New York, 1881.
Sadko by Natalia Goncharova. Opera costume, 1916.
Sadko is an opera byline (Opera-bylina) in seven pictures by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Emma Hayden Eames (1865 – 1952) American opera singer.
Emma Hayden Eames (1865 – 1952) was an American opera singer (soprano) and vocal pedagogue. Leading member of the “Met”.
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
Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1890 – 1950) dancing in the role of the Golden Slave in ‘Scheherazade’.
Folies Bergère, Paris. Costume by George Barbier.
Costume design by George Barbier for the cabaret music hall Folies Bergère, Paris 1925.
Marie Camargo, Opera dancer. Ballerina in 1730.
Melle Camargo (Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo), Règne De Louis XV, d’après Lancret, 1730. Modes et Costumes Historiques.
Nô, Noh-men or Omote, jap. 能 楽 robes.
Nō, Noh-men or Omote, Is a traditional Japanese theatre, which traditionally played only by men (danced) and is accompanied by music.