Zärtliche Pantomimen, 1977
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Helene Thimig as Iphigenie, 1927
Helene Thimig by Fleischmann
Fred Holland Day :: ‘The (Last) Seven Words’, 1898. (Plate 6 of 7. “Into thy hands I commend my spirit.”) Platinum print. | src Met Museum
From 1895 to 1898 Day undertook a project that was without precedent: an extended series showing scenes of the life of Christ, from the Annunciation to the Resurrection, in which he played the title role.
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Mae West as Catherine II in “Catherine Was Great”, 1944 / src: Museum of the city of New York
Dana Gluckstein :: Chanter with Tears, Hawaii, 1996 / src: amici della fotografia
Paul Popper :: Portrait of Czech soprano singer Maria Jeritza
(1887-1982) wearing an ornate costume as she appears in a production of
Puccini’s ‘Turandot’, circa 1926. (Popperfoto / Getty Images) / related post, here
Franz Xaver Setzer :: Maria Jeritza as Turandot, 1926.
The last of Puccini’s operas, Turandot is set in long-ago China. It is
the story of Prince Calàf, who falls in love with the forbidding
Princess Turandot. / src: Music Division, Library of Congress. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.
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