Verdi Aida Stage Scenes Teatro della Scala-10 Photos Drawings Ricordi Arch. 1945

Description

Collection of seven original photographs of the 1945 Verdi’s Aida performance at Teatro alla Scala
&
Three colored drawings of Aida stage objects
Seven Photographs by Mario Crimella (Stabilimento Fotografico Crimella)
Photos stamped on verso “
Library copy.  G. Ricordi & Co. (London) ltd.  Music Publishers
.”
The images depict:
(# 1)
Act IV – Scene II –
Opera scene at the vaults and the Temple of Vulcan; (# 2)
Act IV – Scene I –
Temple of Justice; (# 3)
Act III – Banks of Nile in front of the Temple of Isis;
(# 4)
Act II – Gate at the city of Thebes;
(# 5)
Act II – Scene I – The Chamber of Amneris;
(# 6)
Act I – Scene II – Inside temple of Vulcan;
(# 7)
Act I – Scene I
Photos with inscription in print reading: “Teatro Della Scala ------ Stagione Lirica 1945 XXIII -----   Bozzetti e Sceni di Giovanni Grandi ----- Direttore Scenico Nicola Benois ----AIDA---Musica- Giuseppe Verdi ----- Maestro G. Marinuzzi ---- Regista Mario Frigerio---- Stab. Fot. Crimella – Milano”.
Photos placed in an original envelope stamped "Library copy G. Ricordi & Co. (London)" with a manuscript inscription identifying the contents “7 Aida Opera Verdi.  Stage scenes.  Photographs."
Three colored drawings of stage objects for an Aida performance
With annotations
in pencil “
Bach of Aida throne. Scene II, Octob.2
” , “
Aida trophy Act II scene II
”, and “
Trophy Aida Act II scene II”.
The collection protected in an old folder, front cover inscribed "Aida".
Photos in very good condition. Drawings in good used, stained, soiled, fold marks, other minor imperfections.