Caruso, Enrico - 1919 Metropolitan Opera Gala Program celebrating 25th Anniversary of his operatic debut HM - Science and Invention active between 1920 and 1971

active between 1920 and 1971

considered one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century

autograph letter signed on two sets of folded four-page documents

15 x 20 cm with photo of Werner Egk

Signed photo postcard shown in title role of Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Caruso, Enrico - 1919 Metropolitan Opera Gala Program celebrating 25th Anniversary of his operatic debut HM - Science and Invention active between 1920 and 1971Unsigned program from a special gala presented by the Metropolitan Opera, New York on March 22, 1919, celebrating the upcoming twenty fifth anniversary of Caruso's career (he made his professional stage debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1895 in the opera, L'Amico Francesco by the amateur composer Mario Morelli). Program is complete, with all pages and covers and includes several large photos of Caruso as himself and in role (see scans). Program