De Lucia, Fernando - Large Signed Cabinet Photo 1912 Programs Music Signed Strings Birgit Engell

Birgit Engell

German opera composer (1791-1864) who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the XIX century

Bound with MMC initials on the spine (her initials while married)

shown in role in Verdi's Falstaff at the 1935 Salzburg Festival

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De Lucia, Fernando - Large Signed Cabinet Photo 1912 Programs Music Signed Strings Birgit EngellItalian tenor (1860 1925) and singing teacher who enjoyed an international career. Spectacular, large cabinet photograph, signed by him and inscribed to star soprano Tina Poli Randaccio (1879 1956), in Naples, De Lucias hometown, in 1912. De Lucia adds "admiration" on the side, and also "ideal Minnie" and "Great Artist" in Italian, referring to Poli Randaccio. An original cabinet photo by photographer Francesco Felicetti, Roma, size is 6. 8 x 9. 5