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Caruso, Enrico

Caruso, Enrico (Naples, February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921), 1908

Estimate

€ 250 - 300

Sold

€ 191

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

85x135mm
Traveled postcard photo with dedication and autograph of the tenor Caruso.
In full costume as Vasco da Gama in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine" (The African Woman): the tenor wears elaborate medieval armor . At top left, printed: "Enrico Caruso (Vasco di Gama)".
The back reads:
- Postmark: "NEW YORK, DEC 30, 1908, 10:30 PM" (from New York, December 30 , 1908, 10:30 PM)
- Publisher: "Breitkopf & Härtel, New York – Made in Germany"
- Handwritten recipient address: "All.a Maria Felicetti / 52 Via Cavour / Rome"
- Caruso's handwritten text in italics: " Best wishes for the New Year – Caruso "

It measures approximately 85x135 mm, signs of use and age, good condition

The tenor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, he sang continuously from 1903 to 1920. "L'Africaine" was one of his favorite roles.

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