I have not met another like her on the globe. I was young, I did not know the world, and suddenly I met someone as great as the epoch," said about Ada Sari Boguslaw Kaczynski ("Polityka", 2009), who wrote a book about one of the most famous Polish singers: Ada Sari. Behind the scenes of great fame
Ada Sari, owned by Jadwiga Szayer , world-famous Polish opera singer, coloratura soprano. She performed on the greatest opera stages (including La Scala in Milan, Carnegie Hall in New York), after World War II she devoted herself to teaching.
Most of the singer's memorabilia, diplomas or photos were burned during the Warsaw Uprising, which she repeatedly mentioned in interviews.
The collection includes:
Ada Sari's collection of private sheet music with notes:
G. Puccini La Boheme, 1896. signature of Ada Sari, local corrections and notes in pencil and pen (cover loose, spine missing, number 9 inscribed on pasteboard, first folder loose
G. Puccini La Tosca, 1902, Ada Sari's signature on pre-title page, character list and title page, numerous pen and pencil annotations (spine missing, covers loose, folds loose, some pages soiled, damp)
Collection of sheet music and sheet music notebooks (16 pieces) with dedications and signatures of Ada Sari (bear traces of heavy use, tears, tape backing, dampness)
A collection of 55 photographs:
Photo of Ada Sari on the ship "Principessa Mafalda" in 1925 from Bologna (the ship was called the Italian Titanic, sank in 1927). The photograph comes from one of the singer's most exotic voyages. Already a star of European stages, she went on a tour of South America.
Photo of Rio de Janeiro Park Tijuca ca. 1925
Photo from 1909 sent as a postcard addressed to Ada Sari in 1913 from Rzeszow to Milan
2 photos from Italy (annotated near Bologna) 1934 or 1939.
Photographs from 1942 and post-war. Photographs from resorts including Szczawnica, Kudowa, Miedzyzdroje and Zakopane (a total of 45 photos)
2 photographs of Ada Sari's father Edward Szayer
Documents, reviews
Invitation from the President of Bolivia to La Paz for a ball celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bolivian independence (Ada Sari, along with other artists from La Scala, graced the event with a performance). Inside 5 handwritten autographs and a menu.
Ada Sari 50 years of artistic work anniversary note about the maestro, plus photos and newspaper reviews. With a handwritten dedication by Ada Sari to one of her students (46 pp.).
Publicity brochure with reviews and autographed by Ada Sari, covering the years 1923-1930 in Italian (18 pp.)
Ada Sari tour program from July 1, 1933 - July 31, 1934 in Poland (booklet 2 pp.) signed property of Ada Sari
Polish Last Critics 1928-1929 of Ada Sari artist of all-time fame (12 pp.) + stapled Ceskoslovenska republika (12 pp.) + Ultime critiche dell Ada Sari (18 pp.) + Press Comments of Ada Sari Triumphs (17 pp.) + Deutschland Letzte Pressestimmen uber Ada Sari (18 pp.) no back cover taped Signed by Ada Sari
80 years of life and 60 years of artistic work of Ada Sari Grand Theater 1966. with dedication to a student and signature of Ada Sari, several pages 1 p. loose
Invitation for Ada Sari to the opening ceremony of the rebuilt Grand Theater November 19, 1965 (folds, stains)
Radio and World Weekly with cover and article dedicated to Ada Sari on the occasion of her 50th anniversary of artistic work
Ruch muzyczny Dwutygodnik July 15-31, 1966 s
Sixty years of singing interview with Ada Sari
Ruch muzyczny dwutygodnik 15-31 August 1968 published one month after Ada Sari's death dedicated to the life and work of the artist, texts compiled by Boguslaw Kaczynski (mark in marker)
Letters, documents
10 letters from Ada Sari to one of her students from December 1967 to June 1968
Telegram to a student notifying of the singer's death dated 13-07-1968
Letters and applications regarding Ada Sari's post-war housing problems in Warsaw. The singer needed an additional room to give singing lessons, which involved many applications and obtaining certificates.
