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Billy Burke in The Dutchess of Dantzic

Date: 1903
Description: Billie Burke raises a glass posed as the servant girl in the operetta The Dutchess of Dantzic which premiered in October 1903 at the Lyric Theatre i...
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Billy Burke in The Dutchess of Dantzic

Date: 1903
Description: Billie Burke carries a tea tray as the servant girl in the operetta The Dutchess of Dantzic which premiered in October 1903 at the Lyric Theatre in ...
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Lina Cavalieri

Date: 1901
Description: The young Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in suggestive deshabille, her pearl decorated dress falling off her shoulders.
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Head and Shoulders Portrait of Lina Cavalieri

Date: 12 1918
Description: Publicity portrait of the Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in pearl necklace and feather covered hat made when she appeared in Famous Players-Lasky ...
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Lucien Muratore and Lina Cavalieri Outdoors in Classic Dress

Date: 1919
Description: The French operatic tenor Lucien Muratore and his wife, the Italian soprano, Lina Cavalieri. They are costumed in classical style and lounging by Long Isla...
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Lina Cavalieri

Date: 03 1919
Description: The Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri with braided hair and wearing sports clothes sits on a rock at her home.
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Lucian Muratire, Lina Cavalieri, and William de Mille

Date: 1919
Description: The opera stars Lucian Muratire, French tenor, and his wife Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano, visit film director William de Mille who is posed with a Bell ...
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Enrico Caruso

Date: 02 15 1916
Description: Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso arriving in New York. Original title: "Arrival of Caruso and other opera stars on the steamer Dante Allghieri.<...
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Lou Tellegen, Geraldine Farrar, and Two Dogs

Date: 1917
Description: Lou Tellegen, Dutch-born actor, and Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano and silent film actress, and two canine friends. Tellegen and Farrar were m...
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Louise Homer and Children

Date: 1915
Description: Original caption from a newspaper clipping: "Mme. Louise Homer, Famous Contralto, and her four children. Mme. Homer, famous American prima donna, is also o...
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Marguerite Sylva

Date: 03 20 1918
Description: Original caption: "Marguerite Sylva who was once so popular on the operatic stage is seldom heard now. She sang Carmen in Boston recently but New York has ...
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing...
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Robert Cain, Raymond Bloomer, and Lina Cavalieri scene still

Date: 1918
Description: In a scene still for the silent drama "A Woman of Impulse," Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage ...
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In the Public Eye

Date: 04 09 1970
Description: Two women on the left are sitting at tables and talking into telephones. On the right are large show windows, and a bus and passers-by are visible through ...
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Script Page for "The Threepenny Opera"

Date: 1954
Description: A page from the working script for "The Threepenny Opera" production at the Theatre de Lys in New York City in 1954. The page is from the start of the oper...
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Script Page for "The Threepenny Opera"

Date: 1954
Description: Reverse side of a script page for "The Threepenny Opera" with two possible alternate stanzas for the song Mack the Knife; one stanza is typewritten and the...

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