(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.

(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.

(21) Carlotta Patti (1835 - 1889). Sister of Adelina Patti, she confined her singing mostly to the concert platform. A Gurney stereoview.