Rosa Ponselle

And over the years, I've fallen in and occasionally out of love with hundreds of opera singers from all eras, from Rosa Ponselle to Renee Fleming, from Beniamino Gigli to Ben Heppner.

Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic 2010

And over the years, I've fallen in and occasionally out of love with hundreds of opera singers from all eras, from Rosa Ponselle to Renee Fleming, from Beniamino Gigli to Ben Heppner.

Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic 2010

And over the years, I've fallen in and occasionally out of love with hundreds of opera singers from all eras, from Rosa Ponselle to Renee Fleming, from Beniamino Gigli to Ben Heppner.

Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic 2010

And over the years, I've fallen in and occasionally out of love with hundreds of opera singers from all eras, from Rosa Ponselle to Renee Fleming, from Beniamino Gigli to Ben Heppner.

Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic 2010

Missing from this collection, because she never recorded it: Rosa Ponselle, who sang Elisabetta in the 1920 Metropolitan Opera premiere.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

Missing from this collection, because she never recorded it: Rosa Ponselle, who sang Elisabetta in the 1920 Metropolitan Opera premiere.

Compare and Contrast 18, Italian Soprano Division Lisa Hirsch 2009

Natalie Dessay, singing Violetta's Act I final scene from "La Traviata," wore a sumptuous red velvet gown based on one worn by Bidú Sayão in 1937; for the final scene of "Carmen," Waltraud Meier donned a severely elegant frock (toreador bodice, slim black skirt) inspired by Valentina's for Rosa Ponselle in 1935.

The Met-as-Museum Gala 2009

They are, from left to right: Mary Pickford as Little Lord Fauntleroy; Rosa Ponselle in "Norma"; Ethel Barrymore as Ophelia; and Marilyn Miller in the title role in the musical "Sunny."

Miracle on W. 46th Street Brooks of Sheffield 2007

They are, from left to right: Mary Pickford as Little Lord Fauntleroy; Rosa Ponselle in "Norma"; Ethel Barrymore as Ophelia; and Marilyn Miller in the title role in the musical "Sunny."

Archive 2007-02-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007

In its early years, the opera hosted talent such as Christine Nilsson, Marcella Sembrich, Rosa Ponselle and more recent famous names include the late Luciano Pavarotti.

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