metropolitan opera

Mme. M. Sembrich, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Polish soprano opera singer Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) who was born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska. She performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the Royal Opera House in London... More

Melanie Kurt - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows German soprano opera singer Melanie Kurt (1880-1941), who debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Paul Althouse as Dmitri in "Boris Godounow"

Photo shows Paul S. Althouse (1889-1954) as Dmitri in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Boris Godunov, March 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Louise Homer as Marina in "Boris Godounow"

Photo shows contralto Louise Homer (1871-1947) as Marina in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Boris Godunov, March 1913 (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from provided by the Bain News Service on th... More

Edw. Ziegler - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows opera manager Edward Ziegler (1870-1947), who became the administrative secretary of the Metropolitan Opera Company in May 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Gatti-Casazza [i.e. Casazzo] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photograph shows Giulio Gatti-Casazzo (1869-1940), an Italian opera manager who directed the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1908-1935). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Ocean liners: E. Caruso - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), possibly when he traveled aboard the SS Lafayette to New York City, when the Metropolitan Opera conductor Giorgio Polacco was also on board. (Source: Fli... More

Left to Right: Doris Stevens, Mrs. J.A.H. Hopkins [Alison Turnbull Hop...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Outdoor photograph of three National Woman's Party members in prison dress carrying wooden chairs, on rooftop of building. (Left to right): Doris Stevens, Alison Turnbull H... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Metropolitan Opera House, Ne[w York City]

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Braslau - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

Braslau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

A. Scotti, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Antonio Scotti (1866-1936) an Italian baritone opera singer who appeared at the New York Metropolitan Opera for more than thirty three seasons. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from... More

Ober as Amneris, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows American opera singer Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885-1971) as Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. Arndt-Ober performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1913 and 1917. (Source: Flickr ... More

Mme. Ober - Public domain scan / photograph

Photo shows American opera singer Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885-1971) in a kitchen. Arndt-Ober performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1913 and 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

L. Rothier - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows French opera singer Léon Rothier (1874-1951) who sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Sophie Braslau - Public domain dedication image

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, at a piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive His... More

Caruso & J. Speck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) with Jules Speck, the Metropolitan Opera stage manager for French and Italian operas. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

John Brown, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows John Brown (1881-1967), business comptroller of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ... More

Performance of "The Flying Dutchman" Opera in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile Opera Guild Auxiliary (affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera Guild) presents mainstage productions and opera excerpts throughout a five-state area. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by th... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th ce...

On mount: European and Amerivan Views. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Braslau - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

John Brown - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows John Brown who was the Business Comptroller/Controller of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Emmy Destinn - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Emmy Destinn (1878-1930), a Czech opera singer who performed in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

"Boris Godounow," Anna Case, Mme. Duchene, A. Didur, Leonora Sparkes

Photo shows the cast of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Boris Godunov, March 1913, including Polish bass singer Adam Didur (1874-1946) as Boris Godunov, soprano Anna Case as Theodore, Boris Godunov's son; M... More

Sophie Braslau - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

A. Bodansky & Otto Weil - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Austrian American conductor Artur Bodanzky (Bodzansky) (1877-1939) who was a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, with Otto Weil (d. 1926) who served on the business staff of ... More

Edw. Ziegler, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows opera manager Edward Ziegler (1870-1947), who became the administrative secretary of the Metropolitan Opera Company in May 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014). Title from data provide... More

Gatti Cosazza, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Giulio Gatti-Casazzo (1869-1940), an Italian opera manager who directed the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1908-1935). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by t... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Roeber and Crane Bro's Vaudeville-Athletic Co.

Includes multiple vignettes of staged athletic events and personalities. 52625 U.S. Copyright Office "Mental learning is time wasted without physical exercise to develop the body & thereby strengthen the brain.... More

[ Danny Kaye conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra during "Look In...

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Segurola - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Andrés Perelló de Segurola (1874-1953), a Spanish operatic bass who performed with the Metropolitan Opera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Braslau - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

Braslau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

G.U. Ferrili -- G.G. Strakosch -- Eva Didur -- Caruso -- Olga Didur --...

Photograph shows opera singers Eva and Olga Didur (sisters) and Enrico Caruso; William Thorner, voice teacher and agent with others at the stage door of the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Co... More

War atrocities / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon struggling to find humor in war with a "Metropolitan Opera Star" greeted with applause by the enemy; a woman fretting over the escalating cost of perfume; a young student f... More

Arturo Toscanini - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) who was conductor of the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1915, leaving New York in April, 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

May Peterson - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph show opera singer May Esther Peterson Thompson (1880-1952) who sang for the Metropolitan Opera Company, seated at a piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Gatti-Casazza i.e. Gatti-Casazzo

Photograph shows Giulio Gatti-Casazzo (1869-1940), an Italian opera manager who directed the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1908-1935). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title and date from data prov... More

Edw. Ziegler, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows opera manager Edward Ziegler (1870-1947), who became the administrative secretary of the Metropolitan Opera Company in May 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided ... More

Mrs. F.C. Coppicus - Public domain photograph

Photograph shows Mrs. Francis Charles Coppicus, wife of the general secretary of the Metropolitan Opera seated at a desk with war bonds for World War I.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014 and similar Bain neg... More

Birnbaum, Gordon, Bernays, Fornia, Mrs. Coppicus, Amato, Botta

Photograph shows opera singers and musicians opening the Operatic Liberty Loan Offices at Aeolian Hall, New York City on June 5, 1917. People depicted include (left to right) Harry Birnbaum, pianist Philip Gord... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

[New York City: Metropolitan Opera House]

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Amato as "Cyrano" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo probably shows Italian opera singer Pasquale Amato (1878-1942) who sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 until 1921. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Mme. Ober, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows American opera singer Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885-1971). Arndt-Ober performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1913 and 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from d... More

R. Edmunds -- Serge Diaghileff -- John Brown

Photograph shows (right to left) John Brown, business comptroller of the Metropolitan Opera, Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russes and Ralph Edmunds who was connected with the Metropolitan Opera Company. (Source... More

Met. Opera House, 11/12/14 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a crowd lined up to purchase tickets to the opera "Parsifal," playing at the Metropolitan Opera House. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

A. Scotti - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Italian opera singer Antonio Scotti (1866-1936) who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Braslau, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1888-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Ency... More

A. Scotti - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Italian opera singer Antonio Scotti (1866-1936) who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Alda, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows soprano opera singer Frances Alda (1879-1952), who was born in New Zealand and was raised in Australia. From 1908 to 1929 she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and recorded for Victor... More

F.X.[i.e. C.] Coppicus - Public domain dedication image

Photograph shows Francis Charles Coppicus (d. 1966), general secretary of the Metropolitan Opera and manager to many opera singers including Enrico Caruso. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Rappold, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Marie Rappold, a German-American soprano who performed with the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 to 1920. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on... More

May Peterson, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph show opera singer May Esther Peterson Thompson (1880-1952) who sang for the Metropolitan Opera Company, standing on the deck of a ship. She sailed for Europe on the liner France in June 1921. (Source... More

Opera stars Leontyne Price and Robert Merrill deliver an aria at toppi...

Photograph shows Price and Merrill singing in front of I-beam frame for the future Metropolitan Opera House. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

Metropolitan Opera House Reunion of the Pioneers and Friends of Woman'...

Speakers highlight women's progress in religion, education, philanthropy, art, medicine, suffrage

[Victor Poster : Sophie Braslau]

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

Melanie Kurt, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows German soprano opera singer Melanie Kurt (1880-1941), who debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service o... More

Mme. Ober - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows American opera singer Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885-1971). Arndt-Ober performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1913 and 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Amato as "Cyrano", George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo probably shows Italian opera singer Pasquale Amato (1878-1942) who sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 until 1921. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from data provided by the Bain News S... More

Sophie Braslau - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

John Brown and Caruso - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows John Brown, Business Comptroller of the Metropolitan Opera in New York with opera singer Enrico Caruso. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

May Peterson, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph show opera singer May Esther Peterson Thompson (1880-1952) who sang for the Metropolitan Opera Company. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the... More

Scenes and behind scenes at the Metropolitan opera / Hy Mayer ; drawn ...

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon showing Giulio Gatti-Casazza with the trained animals for various operas and a woman sitting in the "celebrated 'Horseshoe'" section of the operahouse; the surrounding vign... More

Edw. Ziegler - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows opera manager Edward Ziegler (1870-1947), who became the administrative secretary of the Metropolitan Opera Company in May 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014).

Alda, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows soprano opera singer Frances Alda (1879-1952), who was born in New Zealand and was raised in Australia. From 1908 to 1929 she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and recorded for Victor... More

Gatti-Casazza & A. Seligsberg - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Giulio Gatti-Casazza (1869-1940), general manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1908-1935) with Alfred Frederick Seligsberg (1869-1933), legal counsel to the Metropolitan, at the funeral of Italia... More

MOVIE FOLK LUNCHEON GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

[Portrait of George Shirley, tenor, Metropolitan Opera]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII SS 3. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Segurola - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Andrés Perelló de Segurola (1874-1953), a Spanish operatic bass who performed with the Metropolitan Opera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Braslau - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, holding a camera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensi... More

A. Reiss, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows German tenor opera singer Albert Reiss (1870-1940) who performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collectio... More

Louise Homer as Marina in "Boris Godounow"

Photo shows contralto Louise Homer (1871-1947) as Marina in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Boris Godunov, March 1913 (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Alda, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows soprano opera singer Frances Alda (1879-1952), who was born in New Zealand and was raised in Australia. From 1908 to 1929 she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and recorded for Victor... More

Mueller, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Czech-Austrian opera singer Maria Müller (1898-1958) standing at the stage door of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title and date from data... More

Performance of "The Flying Dutchman" Opera in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile Opera Guild Auxiliary (affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera Guild) presents mainstage productions and opera excerpts throughout a five-state area. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by th... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.