Fyodor CHALIAPIN / Fine original very large vintage three-quarter length Signed

Description

Fine original very large vintage three-quarter length photograph of the distinguished Russian bass in formal dress
Author:
CHALIAPIN, Fyodor 1873-1938
Title:
Fine original very large vintage three-quarter length photograph of the distinguished Russian bass in formal dress
Description:
372 x 292 mm.
Creased at corners, especially lower left; slightly silvered.
Together with:
Chaliapin's autograph signature ("F. Chaliapin 1930 M.Video") on an album leaf also signed by the noted Italian bass Salvatore Baccaloni (1900-1969), Montevideo 1930. 117 x 125 mm.
Together with:
A program excerpt of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera of Boïto's opera Mefistofele with Chaliapin performing the lead role.
"Chaliapin's international career began in 1901 at La Scala, as Boito's Mefistofele... He was a perfectionist as far as his own make-up, costuming and musical and dramatic preparation were concerned, and untiringly attentive to the staging of the operas he appeared in. Those who worked with him or who knew him off stage testify to his almost superhuman vital force, warmth and fierce intolerance of artistic mediocrity." Harold Barnes and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online.
Seller ID:
24780
Subject:
Art & Photographs
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians
The firm of J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians, established in 1977 by John and Jude Lubrano, has come to be recognized as one of the leading international antiquarian dealers in the specialties of Music and Dance.
Items handled by the company include autograph musical manuscripts and letters of composers; rare printed music; and rare books, prints, drawings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to music and dance, all dating from the 15
th
through the 21
st
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