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James McCracken as Canio Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

James McCracken as Canio Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

$ 13.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Genre: Classical, Opera & Ballet
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Size: 8" x 10"
  • Industry: Music
  • Condition: Photo has curled. See scan.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    James McCracken as Canio in
    Leoncavllo's Pagliacci
    Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon
    James McCracken (December 16, 1926 – April 29, 1988) was
    an American operatic tenor.
    At the time of his death The New York Times stated that McCracken was "the most successful dramatic tenor yet produced by the United States and a pillar of the Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s and 1970s."
    Louis Mélançon
    (1901-1974) was the in-house
    photographer
    for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.