Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph HM - Musicians & Bands and the founder of the

and the founder of the Harlem School of the Arts

Richard Strauss toured America in 1921 with soprano Elisabeth Schumann

Signed by all cast

mounted on a double mat for a total size of 14 x 18 inches

American soprano (1878-1964)

Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph HM - Musicians & Bands and the founder of theItalian poet (1847 1906), playwright & librettist, well known for writing the libretto of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, and Madama Butterfly. Large size cabinet style photograph signed by him, dated in Milan, 1905, inscribed to Bianca Chigi Kaschmann, daughter of the famed baritone Giuseppe Kaschmann. Size is 6. 75 x 9. 7 inches, minor stains, irregularly cut and trimmed on the top and bottom, otherwise in excellent condition.