Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.historicopera.com

Last Update: 4 November 2007

> HistoricOpera.com > Main Index > Alterocca-Terni 1

Back to Main Index

Alterocca -Terni Opera Sampler - 1   Click on an image for a larger version           (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)           (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)           (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)           (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)               Italian Opera Images - Alterocca - Terni Opera was so popular in Italy at the turn of the century that the publishing companies of Alterocca-Terni, Ricordi, and C.A. Pini recognized the financial value of mass producing black and white cards of the popular and new operas. These postcard sets often contained bars of music from the operas. Some of the characters featured on the cards were actors, some were cartoonish characters and if you're lucky, some were legitimate stars. What to look for? Look for the postcards in the Zaza set (original cast), individual postcards without music featuring stars such as Mary Garden, the Manon set featuring Gemma Bellincioni, the Cavalleria Rusticana and Santa Lucia sets featuring Gemma Bellincioni and her husband Roberto Stagno, and the Chopin set (original cast).  Back to Main Index

(1) Mary Garden - 3353 (2) Fanny Toresella - 3693 (3) Fanny Toresella - 3694 (4) Rosina Storchio - 3363 (5) Aida - 3193 (6) Mefistofele - 3586 : No cartoonish character here. This (and the next two postcards) are of the basso, Ettore Borucchia, in his celebrated role. (7) Mefistofele - 3587 (8) Mefistofele - 3589 (9) Boheme - 3269 (10) Boheme - 3276 (11) Boheme - 3277 (12) Boheme - 3278 (13) Boheme - 3270 (14) Boheme - 3279 (15) Boheme - 3280 Chopin is a four-act opera by Giacomo Orefice which first was performed in Milan at the Teatro Lirico (25 Nov 1901). The original cast in their original costumes have been, fortunately, captured in this set of Alterocca-Terni postcards. Here are some postcard examples representing the rarely performed opera, Chopin : (16) Chopin - 3009 - Alice Zeppilli (17) Chopin - 3018 - Amadeo Bassi (18) Chopin - 3021 -  Corradetti, Bassi, and Adami-Corradetti. (19) Chopin - 3007 - Ferruccio Corradetti (20) Chopin - 3010 - Bice Adami-Corradetti