Metropolitan Opera - Pieces of the Curtain of the Old Metropolitan Opera House New York Programs Music Unsigned Strings 1874 Playbill - Die Meistersinger

1874 Playbill - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Wagner) Beck - Scaria

French baritone (dates unknown) who sang in both Europe and the U

who was also a conductor and one of the most important Brazilian composers of the 20th century

English baritone Herbert Brown

This photograph is stamped on verso by Carmen Reproductions

Metropolitan Opera - Pieces of the Curtain of the Old Metropolitan Opera House New York Programs Music Unsigned Strings 1874 Playbill - Die MeistersingerTwo pieces of the original curtain from the old Metropolitan Opera House, built in 1882 83 and demolished in 1967, sold together with a fine photo postcard of the building. One of the pieces (3. 4 x 2. 5 inches) was issued in a limited edition with LP records and is numbered, the other, larger piece (1. 5 x 9. 75 inches) was sold separately, both belong to the curtain of the Met Opera House that was demolished in 1967.