Cabinet photograph of A. Bolof in an Usiglio opera, inscribed to S. Behrens. The photograph is dated circa 1880 and features the subject in a theatrical setting. The image was likely taken by C. M. Gilbert.
Subject: Opera singers
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This book, "Crochets and Quavers: Or Revelations of an Opera Manager in America," by Max Maretzek, offers a personal account of the author's experiences managing opera companies in the United States during the mid-19th century. Published in New York around 1855, the book comprises 346 pages plus advertisements and details Maretzek's involvement with prominent opera houses and companies, including his contributions to the early development of opera in New York City. The book covers a wide range of topics, including music in New York in 1848, the Astor Place Opera House, opera quarrels, the Astor Place Riots, New York fashions, New York critics and criticism, fancy dress balls, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Mexico, opera and bull fights, and Mexican revolutions.
Newspaper clipping from March 13, 1852, from *Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion*, featuring a biographical sketch and portrait of Max Maretzek and his Italian Opera Company. The clipping discusses Maretzek's career, the company's history, and its contributions to opera in the United States. Published in New York, New York.
This trade card advertises Rothschild's, a clothing store in Ithaca, New York. It highlights Chicago Corset Company's 'Ball's Corsets,' which were reportedly worn by the famous opera singer Adelina Patti. The card features a stock image of a woman wearing a corset and is likely meant to be a general advertisement rather than a specific design or style of Ball's Corsets.