Mascagni, Pietro - Signed Photograph 1904 [SPORTS] Australian soprano (1910-1996)

Australian soprano (1910-1996)

American singer and actor (1935-1977)

and created the role of Barak in the world premiere of Strauss' "Die Frau ohne Schatten"

Beautiful casual black and white photograph signed by both artists

All three of their signatures are on the front cover of a full playbill/program for a 1955 Broadway production of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Saint of Bleecker Street (although they did not themselves appear in this production)

Mascagni, Pietro - Signed Photograph 1904 [SPORTS] Australian soprano (1910-1996)Italian opera composer (1863 1945), mostly remembered today for his operas Cavalleria Rusticana and L'Amico Fritz among other creations. Original cabinet photograph of the composer by Gigoni & Bossi (Milan) signed and inscribed with a short sentiment by Mascagni to conductor Moise Sinigaglia, dated in Torino, May 18, 1904. Size is 4. 3 x 6. 4 inches, minor pinholes, mounting damage on verso, in overall good condition.