Stevens Risė (30 results)

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. VG+ vinyl, light scuffs. outer sleeve is G+, some staining, edge wear. rubbing. 12" Vinyl 33 rpm LP on RCA Victor LM-2008. Track Listing: Overture; Opening Chorus; Where is the Mate For Me?; Make Believe; Ol' Man River; Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man; Life on the Wicked Stage; Till Good Luck Comes My Way; I Might Fall Back On You; You Are Love; Opening of Act II; Why Do I Love You?; Bill; After The Ball; Dance Away The Night; Finale.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus; Ezio Fortunato Pinza, Rise Stevens, & Eleanor Steber on Cover (illustrator). 1st. 32 clean, unmarked pages; stapled wraps; includes items by/about: Ezio Fortunato Pinza, Rise Stevens, & Eleanor Steber on Cover; Susie Perl (Operantics); Rise Stevens, Salvatore Baccaloni, Ezio Pinza, Nicola Moscona, Licia Albanese, Martha Lipto, Robert Merrill, John Brownlee, Danza Ilitsch, Etc.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Bing Crosby & Stevens Cover (illustrator). WAR BONDS ED. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK; Back Cover Advert For GOTHAM CLASSICS list.WORDS & MUSIC.BLACK & WHITE TITLES ON GREEN COVER with Nice Photos. ; Sheet Music; 4pg thin pages; Words & Music.

Very Good condition. Cover photo features Rise Stevens as Carmen.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Photograph. Part of a set of photographs and letters sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8" x 10" photograph portrait of Stevens. With a short holograph note transmitting the photograph and authorizing use of it in the book. Also with a nine line letter, typed, signed by Stevens, dated May 10, 1984, thanking him for a copy of the book and congratulating him on it. Signed by Author(s).

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. Risė 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.

Audio CD. Condition: New. 5.5 X 4.9 X 0.4 inches; New copy, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

INSCRIBED by Ms Stevens. 9-7/8" x 8" "One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier". Her other notable roles in 21 years with the company included the two characterizations most associated with her, the title role in Bizet's "Carmen" and Dalila in Saint-Saens's "Samson et Dalila." Furthermore, Ms Stevens is known for literally saving the entire 1961 season. After the company had canceled its entire 1961-62 schedule due to stalled labor negotiations, a persuasive telegram from Rise Stevens convinced President Kennedy to intervene, and he ordered the Secretary of Labor to arbitrate the dispute. Just three weeks later, the entire season was reinstated on schedule demonstrating notables such as President Kennedy were not immune to the entreaties of the Met's attractive reigning mezzo-soprano. A great beauty as well as a great singer, she also enjoyed one of the more successful careers of the many opera singers who made films, most notably in "The Chocolate Soldier" opposite Nelson Eddy and "Going My Way" with Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald. She was also something of a fixture on early TV, appearing frequently on such programs as "The Bell Telephone Hour" & "The Voice of Firestone," where she sang both operatic arias & popular songs. She also appeared on one of the first telecasts from the Met, in 1954, singing her favored role of Carmen opposite one of her most frequent Don Joses, Richard Tucker." [IMDb]. Faint dimple in lower left corner. Very Good. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

Condition: New.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Rise Stevens") boldly penned in black ink on First-Day Cover for the 2.7 cent Nonprofit Stamped Envelope, with pictorial cachet by Art Craft, postmarked Raleigh, N.C, July 5, 1978. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. Signed and inscribed: "To Adrian Faigin, with my best wishes - Rise Stevens". Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Sehr gut. Mit leichten altersbedingten Lager- und Gebrauchsspuren. U-w-Ga-236 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 204 Audio CD, Maße: 14.43 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.69 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). Octavo. Color jacket photograph by Art Selby; b/w illustrations from photographs; pictorial endpapers. Color pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; few small chips). Very good. 240 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Boldly signed and inscribed by Rise Stevens on the half title page in black: "To Doris, with our friendship and our love, Rise, Walter and Nicky. " Rise Stevens and Walter Szurovy were married January 6, 1939-November 4, 2001 (until his death); they share one son, Nicolas Szurovy.

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Risė 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, Risė (1913-2013) ; Opera singer, United States. Mezzo-soprano opera singers ; United States. 3 Kg.

White card rimmed in red, oblong 4 x 6.25", with Stevens' name engraved at top; "Dec. 29, 1988 / Dear Frances, / What a pleasure hearing from you. Thank you for your sweet note. All my best wishes to you for the New Year. Fondly, / Rise"; in the original mailing envelope, addressed by Stevens. Frances Greer sand with the Metropolitan Opera, and later was on the faculty of the University of Michigan.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Foreword by Anthony A. Bilss. Introduction and essay by George R. Marek. Adaptation ("The Cavalier of the Rose") by Anthony Burgess. Libretto (German/English text) by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, translated by Alfred Kalisch. 16 color and 27 b/w plates. List of productions; discography. Original full dark blue cloth, gilt stamped spine and upper cover, blindstamped lower cover. Very good. 203 pages. Publisher's original gray cloth slipcase. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 787 of 1000 special copies, signed by Rise Stevens and Judith Blegen on limitation page. (Stevens sang the part of Octavian numerous times, and Blegen sang the role of Sophie). Signed by Author(s).

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO30163825: NON DATE. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1 disque audio 33 tours - pochette en bon état. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours.

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Risė 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, Risė (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.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Signed-Autographs Very good STEVENS, Rise. BOLD SIGNATURE on album leaf [Los Angeles, 1942]; with signature of broadcaster Bob Garred of CBS on verso. Oblong 8vo. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Rise Stevens") in blue fountain pen ink on vintage pink album leaf. 6" x 4 1/8". Very good, ca. 1940. Nice bold example. Signed: "Rise Stevens".

From the Bender studio in New York. Ca. 253 x 203 mm. Risė 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. Risė 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.

Two vintage oversize, borderless, double weight photographs from the 1941 musical. Signed, struck, and mounted by MGM photographer Bert Lynch. Loosely based on Ferenc Molnar's 1924 play Testor, which had previously been adapted to film in 1931 as The Guardsman, about husband who tests his wife's fidelity by disguising himself as another man, which she sees through immediately, and tortures him accordingly. The feature film debut of opera star Rise Stevens. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Photographs 12.75 x 9.75 and 9.75 x 12.75 inches, mounted to 16 x 20 inches. Photographs Near Fine with some light edgewear. Boards very good plus with some edgewear, toning at edge and tide mark most evident on versos.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Small quarto (6 ½" x 8"). Bound in textured black leather over flexible card covers, white moiré endpapers, all edges gilt. Short tears and chipping to the head and tail of spine back and along the edges of both covers, else very good. Laid-in is a page from a 1950 Boston Symphony program inscribed by Leonard Bernstein, a Pierre Monteux autograph, and printed flyer announcing a 1956 lecture by Sir Hubert Wilkins at the Georgia Institute of Technology. An important autograph book kept by the Philadelphia architect LeRoy B. Rothschild from 1908 until his death in 1935, and later by his wife Mille up through 1952. Rothschild was a member of "The Ell Kube" a secret society founded by American Jews at the University of Pennsylvania, and designed several commercial buildings in Philadelphia. The book contains 48 autographs and inscriptions, several of which date from performances given by the New York Metropolitan Opera at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia from 1908-12. Included is one autograph and two full page self-portrait sketches signed by Enrico Caruso, together with autographs and inscriptions by several other world famous singers and musicians. The album also includes autographs and inscriptions by several world famous explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and Hubert Wilkins, and the American traveler and filmmaker E. Burton Holmes. Among the later entries in the book are autographs by virtuoso violinists Naoum Blinder (1947), Isaac Stern (1947) and Yehudi Menuhin (1952), and laid-in is a program inscribed by Leonard Bernstein "For Mrs. Rothschild." An impressive autograph book kept by two prominent figures among Philadelphia's Jewish community. A more detailed list of selected entries is available.

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.

1 vols. 1 vols. "To Alfred Eisenstaedt, In the future I will always think of birds and cranes when I have a photo taken. 'Apples too!' Many thanks- Rļse Stevens, May 19, 1954".

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ("Rise Stevens") boldly penned in black fountain pen ink on full length portrait of Rise Stevens, performing with orchestra in the background, wearing a low cut black floral gown with flowing shirt. Note the diamond necklace, bracelet and earrings. Photograph is in single weight stock; 8" x 10". Very good. ca. 1952. With rubberstamp on the back that reads: "RISE STEVENS Metropolitan Opera Co. New York City." Boldly signed and inscribed: "To Satoru Yamano With best wishes! Rise Stevens." Provenance: from the collection of Satoru Yamano. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Rise") New York City, Hotel Salisbury, 123 West 57th Street, January 7, 1943, 1 page to Louis B. Mayer at MGM Studios. 10 1/2" x 7 1/4". Very good. Stevens recommends Mayer consider turning "Rosalinda" based on Stevens "Fledermaus" into a film. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Yours, Rise") 3 pages (on two leaves of her engraved letterhead to studio head Louis B. Mayer during filming her first film "The Chocolate Soldier" December 6, 1941. 10 1/2" x 7 1/4". Very good. Stevens discusses her busy schedule at the Met and her pleasant experiences on the film in progress. Stevens (b. 1913), born June 11, 1913, New York City; American opera singer; attractive mezzo-soprano at the Metropolitan Opera: 1938-1961; first appearance with Metropolitan Opera Company in "Migmon" December 1938; featured in a number of Hollywood films, including "The Chocolate Soldier" 1941; "We Must Have Music" 1942; "Going My Way" 1944; "Carnegie Hall" 1947; "Journey Back to Oz" 1971. Inscribed by Author(s).