Photograph of Rosa and Carmela Ponselle for press for "La Gioconda" at the Metropolitan Opera with newspaper clipping on the back "Associated Press Photo. Play 'Sister Act' in Opera. Rosa (right) and Carmela Ponselle, both famous in grand opera,…
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in Don Giovanni costume. Back stamped "Rosa Ponselle in DonGiovanni" with "From the Metropolitan Musical Bureau 38 W. 42nd St., New York City" scratched out, also stamped "Management Libbie Miller, 113, West 57th Street,…
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Leonora in La Forza del Destino Postcard from the Pillar Scene. From November 1918 Metropolitan Opera debut performance.
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana. Reverse has sticker with reviews of Rosa singing Santuzza, handwirtten "Ponselle Property- please return to Villa Pace" and stamps "Rosa Ponselle, Prima Donna Dramatic Soprano,…
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Selika in "L'Africaine" by Meyerbeer. Ponselle wears blackface makeup (a staging decision now widely considered racist and offensive) and gold headbands and elaborate beaded jewelry. With inscription "To charming Daisy…
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Elizabetta in "Don Carlo" in ornate gown with crown band and heavy make up. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc. and handwritten "Ponselle as Elizabetta in Don Carlo"
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in "Andrea Chenier" in bonnet and white kerchief. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc." and handwritten "Rosa Ponselle in 'Andrea Chenier'"
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Amneris. Back stamped "From Sundelson Associates, 11 West 42nd Street, New York City Longacre 5-4423" and "Jan 1933" with blurb about Carmela Ponselle singing Amneris in a benefit performance.