stevens risë (14 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. Photograph. Part of a set of photographs and letters sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8" x 10" photograph portrait of Stevens. With a short holograph note transmitting the photograph and authorizing use of it in the book. Also with a nine line letter, typed, signed by Stevens, dated May 10, 1984, thanking him for a copy of the book and congratulating him on it. Signed by Author(s).

On an album leaf ca. 99 x 132 mm. Together with a full-length role portrait photograph of Stevens in the title role of Ambroise Thomas's Mignon ca. 249 x 205 mm., with "890" handstamped to verso. Very slightly worn; signature very slightly smudged; very small label to verso. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Signed.

Audio CD. Zustand: New. 5.5 X 4.9 X 0.4 inches; New copy, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Risë Stevens. Provenance; from the collection of the noted Boston (Belmont) autograph collector, Ray Crosby. Fine in all aspects and housed in the original envelope. Subjects: Stevens, Risë (1913-2013) ; Opera singer, United States. Mezzo-soprano opera singers ; United States. 3 Kg.

White card rimmed in red, oblong 4 x 6.25", with Stevens' name engraved at top; "Dec. 29, 1988 / Dear Frances, / What a pleasure hearing from you. Thank you for your sweet note. All my best wishes to you for the New Year. Fondly, / Rise"; in the original mailing envelope, addressed by Stevens. Frances Greer sand with the Metropolitan Opera, and later was on the faculty of the University of Michigan.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO30163825: NON DATE. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1 disque audio 33 tours - pochette en bon état. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours.

This American operatic mezzo-soprano starred in many productions throughout the 1930s and '40s, as well as a handful of films, most notably the blockbuster "Going My Way" (1944) with Bing Crosby. IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.d. Fine. Modern print of a lovely early head-and-shoulders portrait in evening gloves, signed and inscribed huge and bold later in life "With every good wish" in black fineline. A beautiful, choice example.

From the Bender studio in New York. Ca. 253 x 203 mm. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Signed.

From the studio of Bender in New York. Ca. 252 x 202 mm. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Signed.

Two vintage oversize, borderless, double weight photographs from the 1941 musical. Signed, struck, and mounted by MGM photographer Bert Lynch. Loosely based on Ferenc Molnar's 1924 play Testor, which had previously been adapted to film in 1931 as The Guardsman, about husband who tests his wife's fidelity by disguising himself as another man, which she sees through immediately, and tortures him accordingly. The feature film debut of opera star Rise Stevens. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Photographs 12.75 x 9.75 and 9.75 x 12.75 inches, mounted to 16 x 20 inches. Photographs Near Fine with some light edgewear. Boards very good plus with some edgewear, toning at edge and tide mark most evident on versos.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Small quarto (6 ½" x 8"). Bound in textured black leather over flexible card covers, white moiré endpapers, all edges gilt. Short tears and chipping to the head and tail of spine back and along the edges of both covers, else very good. Laid-in is a page from a 1950 Boston Symphony program inscribed by Leonard Bernstein, a Pierre Monteux autograph, and printed flyer announcing a 1956 lecture by Sir Hubert Wilkins at the Georgia Institute of Technology. An important autograph book kept by the Philadelphia architect LeRoy B. Rothschild from 1908 until his death in 1935, and later by his wife Mille up through 1952. Rothschild was a member of "The Ell Kube" a secret society founded by American Jews at the University of Pennsylvania, and designed several commercial buildings in Philadelphia. The book contains 48 autographs and inscriptions, several of which date from performances given by the New York Metropolitan Opera at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia from 1908-12. Included is one autograph and two full page self-portrait sketches signed by Enrico Caruso, together with autographs and inscriptions by several other world famous singers and musicians. The album also includes autographs and inscriptions by several world famous explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and Hubert Wilkins, and the American traveler and filmmaker E. Burton Holmes. Among the later entries in the book are autographs by virtuoso violinists Naoum Blinder (1947), Isaac Stern (1947) and Yehudi Menuhin (1952), and laid-in is a program inscribed by Leonard Bernstein "For Mrs. Rothschild." An impressive autograph book kept by two prominent figures among Philadelphia's Jewish community. A more detailed list of selected entries is available.

Pas de couverture. Zustand: Assez bon. Photo (laser print) signed in the 2000s. Size : 10.5x15 cm. Condition : irregular cut, pixelated photo, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Farbige Porträtpostkarte (mit Nelson Eddy), eigenhändig signiert.

1 vols. 1 vols. "To Alfred Eisenstaedt, In the future I will always think of birds and cranes when I have a photo taken. 'Apples too!' Many thanks- Rïse Stevens, May 19, 1954".