Spadoni, Giacomo - Signed Photograph Autographs Composers Italian soprano (1905-1979)

Italian soprano (1905-1979)

Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1954)

clear and bold handwriting and signature

taken during a performance of Richard Strauss' Elektra at the Vienna State Opera

75 inches with some silvering at top but in otherwise excellent condition

Spadoni, Giacomo - Signed Photograph Autographs Composers Italian soprano (1905-1979)Italian orchestral and operatic conductor (1884 1960), was also an opera voice coach for Enrico Caruso and Mario Lanza, MGM and Warner Brothers Studios, and several leading American opera companies. Signed photograph, shown as himself. Stamped on verso by photographer Ray Davidson, Los Angeles. Size is 8 x 10 inches, slight crack on bottom left, and creases on other edges, otherwise in good condition.