Wagner, Cosima - Large Signed Photograph 1896 Autographs singers E-H Australian star soprano (1926-2010)

Australian star soprano (1926-2010)

Photo signed by swedish-hungarian soprano Astrid Varnay (1918-2006)

narrated by Margaret Juntwait

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Opening performance of the Salzburger Festspiele 1950

Wagner, Cosima - Large Signed Photograph 1896 Autographs singers E-H Australian star soprano (1926-2010)Cosima Wagner (1837 1930) was Richard Wagners second wife and daughter of composer Franz Liszt, together with Richard Wagner she co founded the Bayreuth Festival and devoted her life after her husbands death to directing the festival (which she ran for 22 years) and his Music. Large photograph of her, signed and dated on verso, inscribed to Heinrich Landgraf expressing gratefulness for his help and true friendship. Dated in Christmas, 1896 (and