Stevens Risë 1913 2013 (8 results)

On an album leaf ca. 99 x 132 mm. Together with a full-length role portrait photograph of Stevens in the title role of Ambroise Thomas's Mignon ca. 249 x 205 mm., with "890" handstamped to verso. Very slightly worn; signature very slightly smudged; very small label to verso. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Signed.

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Risë Stevens. Provenance; from the collection of the noted Boston (Belmont) autograph collector, Ray Crosby. Fine in all aspects and housed in the original envelope. Subjects: Stevens, Risë (1913-2013) ; Opera singer, United States. Mezzo-soprano opera singers ; United States. 3 Kg.

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Risë Stevens. Provenance; from the collection of the noted Boston (Belmont) autograph collector, Ray Crosby. Fine in all aspects and housed in the original envelope. Subjects: Stevens, Risë (1913-2013) ; Opera singer, United States. Mezzo-soprano opera singers ; United States. 1 Kg.

This American operatic mezzo-soprano starred in many productions throughout the 1930s and '40s, as well as a handful of films, most notably the blockbuster "Going My Way" (1944) with Bing Crosby. IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.d. Fine. Modern print of a lovely early head-and-shoulders portrait in evening gloves, signed and inscribed huge and bold later in life "With every good wish" in black fineline. A beautiful, choice example.

From the Bender studio in New York. Ca. 253 x 203 mm. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Signed.

From the studio of Bender in New York. Ca. 252 x 202 mm. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Signed.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. Photo (laser print) signed in the 2000s. Size : 10.5x15 cm. Condition : irregular cut, pixelated photo, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Farbige Porträtpostkarte (mit Nelson Eddy), eigenhändig signiert.