Gasparri, Galileo - Signed Photograph in Carmen Book and signed album page

and signed album page

Geraint Evans as Figaro and Martin Vantin as Don Curzio as in Nozze di Figaro at the Salzburger Festpiele 1964

among his most famous pieces are Oklahoma

a hundred years ago

both among the leading interpreters of the dramatic operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner from the 1960s to the end of the twentieth century

Gasparri, Galileo - Signed Photograph in Carmen Book and signed album pageItalian tenor (1875 ?), whose full name was Galileo Ainor Gasparri, sang mostly in Italy but also made successful guest appearances in Sydney and Kiev. His wife was the legendary French soprano Emma Calv. Signed photograph, shown as Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen, dated in 1923. Stamped on verso by photographer Aime Dupont. Size is 5 x 7 inches, small tear on bottom right, otherwise in very good condition.