Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine - Taglioni, Marie - Large Playbill London 1837 Autographs Singers 50 or less B A photo by van Bosch

A photo by van Bosch

shown in the title role as Siegfried in Bayreuth Festival

October 23d 1963

Program Wagner Memorial Concert 25th Anniversary of his death

See scans and also detailed scan of the cast

Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine - Taglioni, Marie - Large Playbill London 1837 Autographs Singers 50 or less B A photo by van BoschStar German soprano (1804 1860) creator of several Wagner roles and Swedish prima ballerina (1804 1884), both central figures in their arts at their times. Large playbill announcement for a concert including both singers, Schroder Devrient in a very early (June 1837) performance of Norma, and Taglioni in her signature piece La Sylphide, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Size is 8 x 16. 25 inches, minor paper loss on borders, otherwise in fine