Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine - Taglioni, Marie - Large Playbill London 1837 Autographs Singers 50 or less B October 23d 1963

October 23d 1963

Italian tenor (‬1871-1950)

shown in the title role as Siegfried in Bayreuth Festival

Program Wagner Memorial Concert 25th Anniversary of his death

Original photograph of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as Feldmarschallin and Christa Ludwig as Octavian in Rosenkavalier at the Salzburger Festrpiele 1961

Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine - Taglioni, Marie - Large Playbill London 1837 Autographs Singers 50 or less B October 23d 1963Star German soprano (1804 1860) creator of several Wagner roles and Swedish prima ballerina (1804 1884), both central figures in their arts at their times. Large playbill announcement for a concert including both singers, Schroder Devrient in a very early (June 1837) performance of Norma, and Taglioni in her signature piece La Sylphide, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Size is 8 x 16. 25 inches, minor paper loss on borders, otherwise in fine