Metropolitan Opera

[Emma Eames, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front wit...

Copyright by B.J. Falk, NY. No. 75. Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Caruso, J.J. Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti

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Mme. 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

Caruso in "Armide" - Public domain portrait photograph

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Caruso - Public domain portrait photograph

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Caruso & Philip Gordon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Caruso - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Caruso & Mrs. A. Gallitin - Public domain photograph

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Figure of Caruso - Public domain monumental decor photograph

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Mrs. Arturo Toscanini, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Caruso - Public domain portrait photograph

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E. Caruso walking with unidentified woman

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[New York City: Metropolitan Opera House]

Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Elev. RR.

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, three-quarters length portrait, standing, f...

Photo copyrighted by E. Chickering. No. 1. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 299. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

"Give this to the youngest boy who sells papers in Sydney" ; A Merrie ...

Our great diva could be generous, but the poor boy selling newspapers would probably have preferred a shilling or two! Amazingly the boy's gift made its way to the Library in 1974. A Happy New Year from the Sta... More

Farrar as "Carmen", George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967), an American soprano opera singer and film actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... 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

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

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, In "Girl of the Golden West", full length p...

J152820 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Operas & operettas; PI; Shelf.

Caruso, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... 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)

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

E. Caruso, 22015, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Sophie Braslau, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1888-1935), 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

Bodansky, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Artur Bodanzky (Bodzansky) (1877-1939), an Austrian-American conductor. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: ... More

Caruso & Muzio, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows tenor opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) with Italian opera singer Claudia Muzio (1889-1936). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the... 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)

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)

E. Caruso - Public domain portrait photograph

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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)

R. Martin, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American opera singer Riccardo Martin (born Hugh Whitfield Martin, 1874-1952). Martin debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Faust in 1907 and remained as lead tenor for the company... More

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

G. Polacco, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Giorgio Polacco (1875-1960), a conductor with the Metropolitan Opera, possibly when he traveled aboard the SS Lafayette to New York City. Enrico Caruso was also on board. (Source: Flickr Common... More

Farrar & Lou Tellegen, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by ... More

Lou - Tellegen & wife - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows silent film actor Lou Tellegen and his wife, opera singer Geraldine Farrar on their wedding day, February 8, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano ... More

Caruso & wife, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian tenor opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) and his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Park Benjamin (1893-1955), at a Police Field Day benefit at Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Brooklyn, New Yor... More

Caruso family, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo depicts opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) with his daughter, Gloria Caruso (1919-1999), on lap, and wife Dorothy Park Benjamin Caruso (1893-1955), behind. Possibly depicted to the right are his son E... 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)

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

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Geraldine Farrar, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of opera singer Geraldine Farrar, seated, facing front. Published title. On verso: "Geraldine Farrar, 1897?" FBJ label: 39. Forms part of: Artistic photographs col... More

Geraldine Farrar, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of opera singer Geraldine Farrar, seated, facing front. Published title. On verso: "Geraldine Farrar, 1897?" FBJ label: 39. Forms part of: Artistic photographs col... More

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

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

Caruso with phonograph - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Caruso - Public domain portrait photograph

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Caruso - Public domain portrait photograph

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Caruso & bride - Public domain image related to music prformance, phot...

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Caruso - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Caruso & wife - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Geraldine Farrar, 1882-1967, full length, kneeling, facing left; in t...

H108560 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Aimé Dupont, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Opera; Photog. I.; BI; Shelf. Geraldine Farrar, an Amer... More

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, half-length portrait, facing right, in cost...

Portrait of Caruso in operatic role. Copyright by A. Dupont, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Opera; Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

Geraldine Farrar, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Removing Conried's body from Metropolitan Opera House

Photo shows funeral and coffin of Heinrich Conried (1855-1909), a theatrical manager and, until 1908, director of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Conried Funeral - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows funeral service and coffin of Heinrich Conried (1855-1909), a theatrical manager, and, until 1908, director of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Met. Opera House - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Ober as Amneris - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Scotti; Amato; Hinshaw - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo probably shows three opera singers, baritones Antonio Scotti, Pasquale Amato, and William Hinshaw, who arrived in New York City aboard the steamship George Washington in 1912 to perform with the Metropoli... More

Geraldine Farrar, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II heading to Europe. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008 and New York Times, May 30, 1913) Title and date from data provided by... More

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, three-quarter length portrait, standing, fa...

J178004 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phonographs; BI; Shelf.

"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

Mme. Ober, George Grantham Bain Collection

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) ... More

E. Caruso, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lou Tellegen & Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Geraldine Farrar, an Americ... More

Caruso, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

E. Caruso, 2/20/15 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Lt. A. Caruso, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

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

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

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

E. Caruso - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Farrar, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by ... More

Caruso, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian tenor opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) arriving in New York City on the ship S.S. Saga, Nov. 4, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain N... More

G. Setti, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian choral director Giulio Setti (1869-1938) who was chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera. He is at the Italian festa held on June 27th and 28th, 1918 at the corner of the New York Publi... More

Caruso & wife, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian tenor opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) and his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Park Benjamin (1893-1955), at a Police Field Day benefit at Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Brooklyn, New Yor... More

Farrar, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public Library at 5th Avenue and 4... More

Carusos, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian tenor opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) and his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Park Benjamin (1893-1955) with their child Gloria (1919-1999). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) ... More

Renato Zanelle, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, aiming a folding c...

Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Photog. ... More

Geraldine Farrar by John H. Garo, 747 Boylston St., Boston

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of opera singer and actress Geraldine Farrar, in oval, facing left, wearing hat. H109756 U.S. Copyright Office. On item: #2. Date and copyright number from: U.S. Co... 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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[Geraldine Farrar, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

J220225 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hartsook Studios. Exhibited: Joan of Arc, Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, CT, May - August, 2007. Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film... 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

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

Nielsen, portrait, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows Swedish opera singer Christine Nilsson, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. No. 1111. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, full-length portrait, facing right, walking...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

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

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

E. Caruso Jr., Caruso & wife, G. Setti

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Caruso - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Caruso & Muzio - Public domain portrait photograph

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Caruso - Public domain portrait photograph

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Caruso & Philip Gordon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Geraldine Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1882. She began her career in Europe. Metropolitan Opera in... More