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Soap trade cards for the first performance of the comic opera "The Mikado" staged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre London on March 14, 1885. "The Mikado", or "The Town of Titipu", is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is possibly the most frequently played piece of musical theatre in history.
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Soap trade cards for the first performance of the comic opera "The Mikado" stage...

Violetta's party from the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi. Act I, scene 2. Liebig trading card; 19th-20th century. 1872 marked the beginning of the publication of the colored lithographed Liebig cards. Each series of it had 6 or 12 cards. The sets were produced up until the second World War but more cards, of lesser quality, have been edited until the seventies. The cards have been published in German, French, Spanish and Italian.
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Violetta's party from the opera "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi. Act I, scene 2....

Othello returns victorious to Cyprus from the opera "Othello" by Giuseppe Verdi. Act I, scene 1. Liebig trading card; 19th-20th century. 1872 marked the beginning of the publication of the colored lithographed Liebig cards. Each series of had 6 or 12 cards. The sets were produced up until the second World War but more cards, of lesser quality, have been edited until the seventies. The cards have been published in German, French, Spanish and Italian.
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Othello returns victorious to Cyprus from the opera "Othello" by Giuseppe Verdi....

Falstaff hidden in linen basket from the opera "Falstaff" by Giuseppe Verdi. Act II, scene 2. Liebig trading card; 19th-20th century. 1872 marked the beginning of the publication of the colored lithographed Liebig cards. Each series of had 6 or 12 cards. The sets were produced up until the second World War but more cards, of lesser quality, have been edited until the seventies. The cards have been published in German, French, Spanish and Italian.
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Falstaff hidden in linen basket from the opera "Falstaff" by Giuseppe Verdi. Act...

Jenny Lind (1820-1887) as Marie in Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti's opéra comique "La fille du régiment"(The Daughter of the Regiment). Lithograph; 19th century.
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Jenny Lind (1820-1887) as Marie in Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti's opéra comi...

Singer Susan Sontag as Rosina in "The Barber of Seville" ("Il barbiere di Siviglia") by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868). Lithograph; 19th century.
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Singer Susan Sontag as Rosina in "The Barber of Seville" ("Il barbiere di Sivigl...

Scene from the opera "William Tell" by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) based on Friedrich Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. Etching; 19th century.
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Scene from the opera "William Tell" by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) based on F...

Costume sketch for Musetta in "La bohème" by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Watercolour; 19th-20th century.
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Costume sketch for Musetta in "La bohème" by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Waterc...

Scene from "La bohème" by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Watercolour; 19th-20th century.
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Scene from "La bohème" by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Watercolour; 19th-20th ce...

Allegory on the operas by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Watercolour; 20th century.
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Allegory on the operas by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Watercolour; 20th century...

Court life at the Castle of the Holy Grail (Richard Wagner's opera "Parzival"). Wallpainting; Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Court life at the Castle of the Holy Grail (Richard Wagner's opera "Parzival")....

Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849) as Kaspar in Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Der Freischütz".
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Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849) as Kaspar in Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Der F...