×
Tapestry Arm Chair Fabric Upholstered - The Grand Place ,central Square Of Brussels, Belgium Scene
Tapestry Arm Chair Fabric Upholstered - The Grand Place ,central Square Of Brussels, Belgium Scene

Tapestry Arm Chair Fabric Upholstered - The Grand Place ,central Square Of Brussels, Belgium Scene

Starting Bid
$20.00
0 bids
Item #61861
Lot #14 of 249
Item Description

Tapestry Arm Chair Fabric Upholstered The Grand Place ,Central Square Of Brussels, Belgium Scene
25.5"L x 35"H x 28"D
Condition: stains, wobbly. Sold as is.

This chair belonged the famous opera singer -Eleanor Steber (July 17, 1914 – October 3, 1990) was an American operatic soprano. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1940 and was one of its leading artists through 1961. She was known for her large, flexible silvery voice, particularly in the high-lying soprano roles of Richard Strauss. She was equally well known for her lyrical portrayals of Mozart's heroines, many in collaboration with conductor Bruno Walter. Beyond Mozart and Strauss her repertoire was quite varied.

She was noted for success in the music of Wagner, Alban Berg, Giacomo Puccini and also in French opera. Steber sang the lead in the world premiere of the American opera Vanessa by Samuel Barber. She was also featured in a number of Metropolitan Opera premieres, including Strauss's Arabella, Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Berg's Wozzeck.

Outside the Metropolitan her career included a 1953 engagement at the Bayreuth Wagner Festival, where her performance as Elsa in Lohengrin was highly acclaimed and recorded by Decca Records. She sang with Arturo Toscanini in his 1944 NBC Symphony broadcast of Beethoven's Fidelio. In 1954 at the Florence May Festival she sang a celebrated performance of Minnie in Puccini's La fanciulla del West with conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos. With Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra she sang the world premiere in 1948 of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a work which she commissioned.

Beyond the opera, Steber was popular with radio and television audiences in frequent appearances on The Voice of Firestone, The Bell Telephone Hour and other programs. Her extensive recording output included many popular ballads and operetta tunes in addition to arias, art songs and complete operas.

Condition

Stained

Categories

Furniture, Chairs

Seller Info
Sisters In Charge Estate Sales
  • AN5
  • AN5
  • AN5
  • AN5
  • AN4
251
Top Auction Locations

New York

Massachusetts

Vermont

Illinois

Texas

Colorado

Connecticut

California

Connecticut

New York

Pennsylvania

New York

Rhode Island

North Carolina

Washington

Massachusetts

Washington

District of Columbia