3 inches with significant silvering throughout the photograph not affecting the clear and bold signature
English conductor and organist (1870-1932)
Strauss offers to an unknown recipient the rights to a first performance at no cost
creator of the opera "Cecilia" (1934) and the famous popular song Ombra di Nube (1935)
creator of the music for the ballet Flit of Fury/The Monarch
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo - Signed La Scala Contract + Unsigned Photograph in Turandot Broadway Musicals 3 inches with significant silveringStar Italian tenor (1892 1979), one of the greatest voices of the first half of the 20th century. Signed contract for the 1929 30 season at La Scala, Milan, typed on 4 pages, signed by Lauri Volpi on the last page, discussing his singing both Verdi's Il Trovatore and Rossini's William Tell during that season. Very rare historic item! 4 folded pages of 8. 25 x 12 inches each, in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is an unsigned photograph, shown as