May 21st, 2013
hollyhocksandtulips: Maria Callas

hollyhocksandtulips:

Maria Callas

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March 6th, 2013
(via Untitled | Flickr) Ebe Stignani - Opera Singer, Postcard

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Ebe Stignani - Opera Singer, Postcard

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February 27th, 2013
Unidentified Italian opera costume design plate 12 (by Boston Public Library) W. Fasienski 

Unidentified Italian opera costume design plate 12 (by Boston Public Library)

W. Fasienski 

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February 27th, 2013
mirrormaskcamera: Liu Zheng’s Peking Opera series. (via trixietreats, bowfolk, rapeblossom)

mirrormaskcamera:

Liu Zheng’s Peking Opera series.

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January 15th, 2013
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December 11th, 2012
vintageblackglamour: And more sad news: Opera legend Gloria Davy passed away on November 28 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 81. Born in Brooklyn in 1931, Ms. Davy graduated from the Juilliard School in 1953 and made history as the first African American to sing the role of Aida at The Metropolitan Opera. In this photo, Ms. Davy is in character as Nedda from Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” in 1959. Photo: Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera Archives.

vintageblackglamour:

And more sad news: Opera legend Gloria Davy passed away on November 28 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 81. Born in Brooklyn in 1931, Ms. Davy graduated from the Juilliard School in 1953 and made history as the first African American to sing the role of Aida at The Metropolitan Opera. In this photo, Ms. Davy is in character as Nedda from Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” in 1959. Photo: Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera Archives.

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November 27th, 2012
(via RaShOmoN) Cigarette cards - Chinese opera faces

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Cigarette cards - Chinese opera faces

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August 28th, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Baby Belmont” in costume with opera glasses], Thomas Houseworth via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Baby Belmont” in costume with opera glasses], Thomas Houseworth

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

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June 20th, 2012
(via and everything else too: STL Advertising (1948 - 1961))

(via and everything else too: STL Advertising (1948 - 1961))

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March 14th, 2012
dsata: Maria Callas

dsata:

Maria Callas

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