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Stereographs (also called stereo
cards, stereo- views, or stereotypes) are 3-D images that were introduced in the
mid-nineteenth century solely for entertainment purposes. These images, along
with the introduction of a stereoscope viewer invented by Sir Charles Brewster,
were presented to the public at the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851. The
earliest stereographs were either produced by one camera taking two nearly
identical pictures about two inches apart, or by two cameras placed side by
side. The photographs were developed on separate plates. Soon the process was
perfected where both images could not only be taken with a single camera but on
a single plate as well.
These images can be viewed in 3-D
if you have "3-D glasses."
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(1)
Victor Capoul: French tenor (2 Feb
1839 - 13 Feb 1924): Debut (1861) at the Opéra-Comique in Le Chalet.
Sang mostly in London, Paris, and NY. He lost his entire fortune to
speculation. Bitter, he burned all of the mementos he collected over the
years. Rare recordings on Fonotipia exist. This is a Jeremiah
Gurney & Son stereoview.
(2) Victor Capoul: Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
(3) Annie Louise Cary (22
Oct 1841 - 3 Apr 1921): American mezzo. Debut Copenhagen 1868, Azucena.
Stockholm, Hamburg, St. Petersburg, London (as Louise Cari). Sang Amneris in
first USA Aida. Also the first American-born woman to sing a Wagner
role (Ortrud: 1877). Serious vocal trouble resulted in her retirement in 1881.
This is a Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview, however, this exact same view
(slightly larger) can be found with a Sarony stereo back. So who was the
actual photographer?
(4) French soprano Jeanne
Granier was primarily seen in walk-on parts as a member of the Jacques
Offenbach company. When the principal soprano (Louise Theo) in Jolie
Parfumeuse fell ill, Granier was the substitute, and in typical fairy tale
fashion made a brilliant debut. She was snapped up by composer Charles Lecocq
who was at the time the leading producer and composer of operettas. Granier's
physical appearance, described as "built on the stocky, generous lines," is
not entirely supported by the pictures seen here. Much to Lecocq's distress,
Granier was a classically trained artist. She was recoached by Lecocq
specifically in a mold suitable for his operettas. She was an instant success.
Many of his operettas might have fallen flat without her popular presence. She
created roles in Lecocq's Le petit duc and La cigale et la fourmi,
as well as roles in works by Messanger, Hervé, Lacôme, and Planquette. Her
popularity lasted nearly twenty years. This is a Nadar stereoview with a
tissue back.
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(5) Metropolitan Opera: European American Views.
(6) Crosby's Opera House:
Views of Chicago, J. Carbutt, photographer.
(7) Paris Opera: Vues de Paris.
(8) Carlotta Patti (1835 -
1889). Sister of Adelina Patti, she confined her singing mostly to the concert
platform.
(9) Marie Roze [orig.
Hippolyte Ponsin] (2 Mar 1846 - 21 Jun 1926): French soprano. Debut Paris
Opéra-Comique (1865) in Herold's Marie. London; Carl Rosa U.S. tour;
First London Manon. Married Mapleson's son, had son Raymond Roze (1875-1920)
who produced opera at Covent Garden. A C. Emmet Crawford stereoview, possibly
purchased from another photographer.
(10)
Christine Nilsson [orig.
Tornerhjelm] (20 Aug 1843 - 22 Nov 1921): Swedish soprano. She made her debut
(1864) as Violetta in La Traviata at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris. Her
operatic credits include the first Ophelia in Thomas's Hamlet (1868),
the first London and New York Mignons, London's first Margherita in Boito's
Mefistofele, and she was Marguerite in Faust in the first ever
performance at the Metropolitan Opera (1883). A Jeremiah
Gurney & Son stereoview.
(11) Christine Nilsson:
Nilsson rests her right arm on an open cabinet card album. Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
(12) Christine Nilsson: Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
(13) Pauline Lucca
(Vienna: 25 Apr 1841 - Vienna: 28 Feb 1908): Austrian soprano. Debut (Olomouc,
1859) as Elvira in Ernani. Engaged in Berlin, studied roles there under
Meyerbeer. First London Selika. Toured USA 1872-74. Vienna soprano 1874-1889.
A Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
(14) Pauline Lucca: Fritz Luckhardt, Vienna.
(15) Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa
(Edinburgh: 7 May 1836 - London: 21 Jan 1874): Scottish soprano, daughter of
soprano Elizabeth Seguin. Debut at the age of 16 in Malta (1855: Amina: La
sonnambula). Italy, Spain, Portugal. London debut as Elvira in I
puritani. US tours with the Maretzek company. Married Carl Rosa in 1867
and toured USA and Britain with her husband as the principal soprano (Carl
Rosa Opera Company). A Jeremiah Gurney &
Son stereoview. Stereoviews from this sitting can be found in other studios,
such as the photographer J.G. Vail in Geneva, NY. Reproductions tend not to
have the clarity and contrast depth as the images produced in the original
studio.
(16) Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa: Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
(17) Clara Louise Kellogg
(Sumterville, SC: 12 Jul 1842 - New Haven, CT: 13 May 1916). American soprano
and impresario. She made her debut at the NY Academy of Music (27 Feb 1861) as
Gilda (Rigoletto). She was the first New York Marguerite (Faust)
(25 Nov 1863). London debut (2 Nov 1867) as Marguerite at Her Majesty's
Theatre. In 1872 she formed an opera company with Pauline Lucca and then
formed her own, the English Opera Company. She retired in 1887. A Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
Like the Parepa-Rosa image number 15, a reproduction image from the same
sitting was published by the photographer J.G. Vail in Geneva, NY.
(18) Clara Louise Kellogg: Sarony, Stereo Celebrities.
(19) Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa: Jeremiah Gurney & Son stereoview.
(20) Marie Roze: Published
by N. W. Kendall.
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