Opera Gallery

Joseph Isidore Samson (1793-1871) in the role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville'

XIR172277 Joseph Isidore Samson (1793-1871) in the role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville, engraved by Choubard (fl.1810-30) (coloured engraving) by Lecurieux (19th century); Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal, Paris, France; (add.info.: written by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-88);); French, out of copyright

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Mlle. Caroline Lassiat in Maziliers Orfa at the Academie Imperiale de Musique. . Lassiat was a French soloist and later became a teacher at the Paris Opera ballet school as Mme. Dominique. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris 1852

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Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Princess Grace of Monaco

Margot Fonteyn (R) speaks 02 July 1968 with Soviet born ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (C) and Princess Grace of Monaco in front of the stage setting for the Third International Ballet Festival in Monte Carlo. Nureyev studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School, and became a soloist with the Kirov Ballet. While touring with the Ballet in 1961, he obtained political asylum in Paris. Nureyev's virtuosity and expressiveness made him one of the greatest male dancers of the 1960's, in both classical and modern ballets. He became ballet director of the Paris Opera in 1983. / AFP PHOTO

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