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ALESSANDRO BONCI (February 10, 1870 – August 10, 1940) Italian Tenor Studied at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro with Carlo Pedrotti and Felice Coen. He had private lessons in Paris with retired baritone Enrico Delle Sedi. Debut 1896 in Parma as Fenton in "Falstaff" , debuted at La Scala milan in 'I Puritani" . Appeared in Eiurope and Covent Garden London . Made his American debut with the Manhattan opera Company New York , performed at the Metropolitan and chicargo Opera

as Die Griex "Manon" by Massenet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Die Griex "Manon" by Massenet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Die Griex "Manon" by Massenet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Don Jose "Carmen" by Bizet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Don Jose "Carmen" by Bizet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Don Jose "Carmen" by Bizet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Rodolfo "'La Boheme" by Puccini EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

as Werther "Werther" by Massenet Giovanni Apostolou (Ioannis Apostolou) 1860 – 1905 Greek tenor He studied singing at the Conservatory in Athens He conducted the Choir in 1888 in Xyndas' opera “ O ypopsifios” ("The Candidate" ).Soon after he appeared in Lambelets “Komidyllio”(“ The Miller ") and sang the role of Daniel Donizetti's opera “Betly, o La Capanna Svizzera “In the following years he expanded his repertoire to include more bel canto operas –Partien “Pavlos Carrers“ Donizetti and Belmonte in Mozart's ,“Abduction „. He went on long tours to the then Greek-speaking world (including Alexandria, Cairo, Smyrna, Constantinople Opel, several cities in Romania) but also Marseille and Trieste .When the tour was canceled in 1890 in Odessa, the Greek communities of Odessa and Bucharest financed his stay in Milan to further vocal studies. With Felice Pozzi as a teacher . Debut at Teatro La Fenice in Venice in December 1890 as Alvaro in Verdi's “La forza del destino “ He had a extraordinary career as a spinto tenor founded in Italy, mainly in parts of Verdi and Puccini , but also sang (Werther , Faust , Carmen) and Lohengrin . Foreign engagements have taken him to the theater in Odessa, Monte Carlo and Paris, rarely in his hometown of Athens

as Manrico "Il trovatore" by Verdi ENRICO CARUSO ( February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) Italian Tenor Stage debut March 15, 1895 at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples. L'Amico Francesco, by the amateur composer Domenico Morelli. He received instruction from the conductor and voice teacher Vincenzo Lombardi .Caruso's 25-year career, stretching from 1895 to 1920, included 863 appearances at the New York Metropolitan Opera sang at such venues as La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, he was also the leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 18 consecutive seasons. It was at the Met, in 1910, that he created the role of Dick Johnson in Giacomo Puccini's La fanciulla del West. Caruso's voice extended up to high C in its prime and grew in power and weight as he grew older. He sang a broad spectrum of roles, ranging from lyric, to spinto, to dramatic parts, in the Italian and French repertoires. In the German repertoire, Caruso sang only two roles, Assad (in Karl Goldmark's The Queen of Sheba) and Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, both of which he performed in Italian in Buenos Aires in 1899 and 1901, respectively

as Paul & Virginie in "Paul et Virginie" by Masse ......... Capoul CREATOR role l’Opéra-National-Lyrique 15 th November 1876 VICTOR CAPOUL (27 February 1839 – 18 February 1924) French Tenor He began his studies in 1859 at the Conservatoire of Paris . He debuted in 1861 at the Opéra-Comique Paris as Daniel in 'Le chalet' of Adam. By 1870, he remained at the Opéra-Comique as principal tenor until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 .during which he sought asylum in England , There he joined the Mapelson Company at Drury Lane , making his debut as Faust in Gounod's "'Faust " then 1871-75 at the Italian Opera London At London he appeared at Covent Garden for the first time in 1877 , as Fra Diavolo . Lionel 'Marta" , Faust , Elvino ,and Ernesto.With Mapelson he went to the USA where he was regular visitor until 1884 , again at the New York Metropolitan Opera 1891-1892 ; He made his debut there as Gounod's Faust and sang seven roles: the Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor ', in Wilhelm Meister' Mignon 'of A.Thomas, Count Almaviva in" The Barber of Sevbilla', the Alfredo in "La Traviata 'Tybalt in' Romeo et Juliette 'by Gounod, the Enzo in "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli and worked among others in 1891 in the Metropolitan premiere of Verdi's' Othello' as Cassio with. In the years 1892-97 he lived as a singing teacher in New York; then he became a director of the Grand Opera of Paris. In 1905 he gave up this activity. MARIE HEILBRONN ( 1851- 31 March 1886). Belgian soprano. She studied in Paris and made her début in 1867 at the Opéra-Comique, as Alice in the first performance of Jules Massenet's "La grand’tante". In 1870 she appeared at La Monnaie as Violetta, the role of her début at Covent Garden in 1874, and in 1878 at the Théâtre Ventadour as Juliet in Victor Capoul's "Les amants". She returned in 1879 as Ophelia (Hamlet). The same year she appeared at the Paris Opéra as Marguerite and in 1880 she sang Zerlina and Ophelia there. At Monte Carlo in 1883 she sang Susanna, Philine (Mignon), Marguerite, Victor Massé's Galatea and Rose in Aimé Maillart's Dragons de Villars. In 1884 she created the title role of Massenet's "Manon" at the Opéra-Comique.

Reverse autographed 1868

Ulysse Alexandre Toussaint, (Ulysses Duwast or Wast) March 30, 1839- February 4, 1919. French Tenor Studied Paris with Gilbert Duprez . Early in his operatic he appeared in concerts from 1861 after his release from military service. He was first tenor in the theater of Mulhouse in November 1863 , in March 1864 he was at the theater Colmar 1864 and early 1865 at Mons in Belgium and by mid-1865 he was at Dieppe. At the end of 1865 he was in Paris appearing as Lyonnel in “Joan of Arc “ by Gilbert Duprez. which launched his career in Paris , He made his debut at the Imperial Theatre in 1866 in the role of Faust in ‘Faust” by Gounod. Sang in Toulon November to March 1866, 1867 at Nice until June and sang at Brussels La Monnaie theater September 1867 for a temporary replacement of Jourdan. He was engaged at the Royal Theatre in Antwerp for the season 1867 to 1868. In Lille from mid-December 1868 to late April 1869 and in Toulouse in October 1869 to May 1870. He participated in the reopening of the Theatre Lyrique in Athénée in September 1870 and sang Lionel in “Marta” by Flowtow .He sang the season at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 1874-1875 .He went to Opera Comique from August 1876 to late June 1877. In Antwerp for the entire season from 1879 to 1880 Opera season 1883-1884 in Saint-Etienne. In October 1885 began teaching at the school of his friend Leon Duprez

Marie Heilbronn as Manon & Jean Alexandre Talazac as Des Grieux In “'Manon" by Massenet CREATOR’S PARIS OPERA COMIQUE 1884 MARIE HEILBRONN ( 1851- 31 March 1886). Belgian soprano. She studied in Paris and made her début in 1867 at the Opéra-Comique, as Alice in the first performance of Jules Massenet's "La grand’tante". In 1870 she appeared at La Monnaie as Violetta, the role of her début at Covent Garden in 1874, and in 1878 at the Théâtre Ventadour as Juliet in Victor Capoul's "Les amants". She returned in 1879 as Ophelia (Hamlet). The same year she appeared at the Paris Opéra as Marguerite and in 1880 she sang Zerlina and Ophelia there. At Monte Carlo in 1883 she sang Susanna, Philine (Mignon), Marguerite, Victor Massé's Galatea and Rose in Aimé Maillart's Dragons de Villars. In 1884 she created the title role of Massenet's "Manon" at the Opéra-Comique. Jean Alexandre Talazac May 16, 1853 - December 26, 1892 FrenchTenor Debut April 28, 1878 Lae Statue (Selim). He sang in 1879 at the premiere of the Magic Flute (Tamino) by Mozart, and la Traviata in 1886 (Rodolphe). He created in 1880 Jean de Nivelles (Jean) by Léo Delibes, 1881 les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach, in 1883 Lakmé (Gérald) by Léo Delibes, January 19, 1884 Manon (Des Grieux) by Jules Massenet, in 1888 the Roi D'ys (Mylio)d'Edouard Lalo (Joseph) Romeo and Juliet (Romeo),Richard Cœur de Lion (Richard).

As Loge "Das Rheingold" by Wagner Heinrich Hensel 29 Oct 1874 - 23 Feb 1935 German Tenor His voice was discovered by the conductor Felix Mottl and he studied in Vienna under Gustav Walter and Frankfurt with Eduard Bellwidt and made his début at Freiburg in 1897 , as Breisgau in ‘’Alessandro Stradella’’ by. von Flotow. remaining a member of the ensemble there until 1900. After engagements at Frankfurt, where he created the Prince in Humperdinck’s Dornröschen (1902),He became the leading Heldentenor at the Hamburg Opera (1912–29).He was chosen by Sigfried Wagner to create Banadietrich at Karlsruhe in 1910 and to sing Parsifal and Loge at Bayreuth 1911-1912.He visted the US and sang Siegmund, Siegfried and Lohengrin at the Metropolitan and Chicago opera also appearances at Covent Garden London singing Wagner roles. He performed at Bayreuth, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brüssel, Chicago, Frankfurt/Main, Freiburg/Breisgau, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe Later he worked as vocal pedagogue in Hamburg. He was married to the dramatic soprano Elsa Hensel-Schweitzer (1871-1937).

THEODOR REICHMANN 15 March 1849 -22 May 1903 German Baritone Studied Berlin and Milan . Debuted 1869 (as Ottokar in "Der Freischütz") in Magdeburg .After engagements in Rotterdam (1870-1871), Cologne (1871/1872), Strasbourg (1872) and Hamburg (1872-1875), belonged to 1875-1883 the Munich Court Theatre on and came on April 5, 1881, as a guest at the Hofoper (René in "Masked ball").Debut on June 4 as Dutchman April 8 , 1889 , and from 1 September 1895 until 22 May 1903 Reichmann was a member of the Court Opera , Roles Dutchman , Hans Sachs , Wotan , Don Juan , Count Almaviva , Amonasro , Escamillo , Rigoletto .Sang regularly at the Bayreuth Festival

Fritz Friedrichs Fritz Cristofes 31/1/1849-15/5/1911 German Baritone Started as a chorister and performer in small acting roles in Braunschweig, He was later engaged in Potsdam, Stettin, Elbing, St. Gallen and Dusseldorf. In 1880 he arrived at the Municipal Theatre of Nuremberg, - he began his career as an opera singer without any proper training . He remained until 1884 in Nuremberg, 1884-90 in Bremen. In 1888 he sang at the Bayreuth Festival as Beckmesser in the 'Meistersinger' .and sang the role again at the Bayreuth Festival in 1889 and 1899; 1897-1902 he also sang at Bayreuth as Alberich in " the Nibelung Ring", and in 1902 as Klingsor 'Parsifal'.In the years 1890-93 he made limited appearances in concerts due to a nervous disorder . From 1896, he worked again at the Municipal Theatre of Bremen, but also made extensive guest performances 1899-1902 he was engaged at the New York Metropolitan Opera, where sang Alberich, Beckmesser and Falstaff in the "Merry Wives of Windsor ' by Nicolai .. Guest performances have taken him to the Kroll Opera in Berlin (1887, 1888), at the Court Opera in Vienna (1888), Berlin (1896, 1899), Dresden (1897) and Munich (1898), to the opera houses of Frankfurt (1896 ) and Hamburg (1902), Court Theatre of Stuttgart (1898) , Karlsruhe (1899-1902) and at the German Theatre in Prague (1899, 1902). In 1902 he made guest appearances at the Royal Opera Stockholm as Alberich and Beckmesser. his other Wagner roles were Baculus ,and van Bett in 'Zar und Zimmermann' and Stadinger in 'Waffenschmied ' by Lortzing, also Bombardon in 'Goldenen Kreuz' by Ignaz Brüll and Bartolo in Rossini's' Barber of Seville '

Otto Schelper Peter Johann Christian Otto Buck April 10th 1844- 10 January 1906 German baritone . Trained with tenor Joseph Eichberger while performing as a chorister. Debut in Martha by Friedrich von Flotow . He sang in Cologne (1864), Bremen (1867), the Berlin court theater (1870-71) and again in Cologne. In 1876 he went to Leipzig and remained until his death. In 1878 he sang at Angelo Neumann Wotan and the Wanderer in the Leipzig premiere of Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen . In 1881 he toured with this role in Berlin. 1882 as a member of Neumann's wandering Wagner ensemble during a European tour in the world premiere of the Ring cycle in London . In 1884 he shone under Victor Ernst Nessler in the role of Kirchdorferfeld in acclaimed premiere of the opera Der Trompeter von Säckingen at Carola Theater. In 1875 he joined as a bass soloist at the German premiere of Verdi - Requiem in Cologne. He was also a celebrated concert singer .Just a few days before his death he was singing on stage at Leipzig . His wife was coloratura soprano Anna Schelper