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Program for Rosa Ponselle as Rachael in La Juive with the Metropolitan on the Road at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, November 30, 1920. Cast includes Caruso, Rother, Scotney, Diaz, Leonhardt, D'Angelo, Ananian and is conducted by Bodansky.…

Program for Rosa Ponselle as Fiora in L'Amore dei Tre Re at the Metropolitan Opera, December 29, 1926. Cast includes Didur, Danise, Gigli, Bada, Paltrinieri, with Serafin conducting. Advertisement for Romano Romani. Back cover has listing of Rosa…

Program for "Ernani" at the Metropolitan Opera, February 27, 1922. Cast includes Rosa Ponselle as Elvira, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Danise, Jose Mardones, and was conducted by Gennaro Papi. Also includes advertisements for Columbia Records and…

Program for Rosa Ponselle as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera, January 18, 1935. Includes mention of RP in La Gioconda January 21

Program for Rosa Ponselle as Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera, January 25, 1936. Special performance benefiting French Benevolent Society and Hospital. Cast includes Burke, Votipka, Oelheim, Giovanni Martinelli, Pinza, Bada, with Hasselmans…

Program for La Gioconda with Carmela (Laura) and Rosa Ponselle at the Metropolitan Opera, December 27, 1934 with Panizza conducting. Program autographed by Rosa Ponselle.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle with American flag and four soldiers holding a sign "To Rosa Ponselle, from LeCroix-Murdock Post No. 585 to a Real American Girl from her Own Home Town, Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass., Nov. 12, 1922". Back with article from…

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 Leonora in La Forza del Destino Postcard from the Pillar Scene. From November 1918 Metropolitan Opera debut performance.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Carmen close up with fan and matador hat with ornate shoulders, costume designed by Valentina.