Metropolitan Opera Inaugural Night and 2nd Night Clips 1883 ! Autographs Singers Q-T Februar 1944

Februar 1944

with a long

from between 1948 and 1988 (with one exception

photo is mounted on a photographer mat by Mishkin Studio

Metropolitan Opera Inaugural Night and 2nd Night Clips 1883 ! Autographs Singers Q-T Februar 1944Exceedingly rare clip from an original program for the 1st, inaugural night of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the famous October 22nd, 1883 performance of Faust with Christine Nilsson as Marguerite and Italo Campanini in the title role. These are all originals, not copies. Also included is a clip from the same program, announcing the performance on the 2nd night ever, with Lucia di Lammermoor starring Marcella Sembrich in the title role, 2 days