Description
RIGOLETTO - May 26th
5 inches with 2 bullet holes on left
and immense dedication to nurturing young musical talent
large signed photograph
signed on front with additional signature and long inscription on verso
Pasqua, Giuseppina - Autograph Music Quote + Photo HM - Literature RIGOLETTO - May 26thItalian soprano and later mezzo soprano (1851 1930), most remembered today for having created the role of Mistress Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff, also the first Princess Eboli in that composer's revised version of Don Carlo that premiered at La Scala, Milan in 1884. Autograph musical quote signed underneath photo of her, dated in Lisbon in 1893. Additional signature and 2 extensive inscriptions on verso, both dated in Lisbon in 1884. Photo is 4. 25 x 6.