Metropolitan Opera - Lot of 7 Singer Autograph Photos Autographs Singers 50 or less H 1967) with a particular interest

1967) with a particular interest in early and baroque music

Signed photo of the Australian-American lyric soprano (b

dated in pencil in London

German dramatic soprano (1884-1971) who was engaged by Richard Strauss at the Vienna Staatsoper where she became an admired member of the company

Richard Wagner's widow

Metropolitan Opera - Lot of 7 Singer Autograph Photos Autographs Singers 50 or less H 1967) with a particular interestGroup of 7 autograph photos of Met Opera singers, 1930s, 40s and 50s. Originally belonging to the same collection, these pictures had their white borders trimmed, but the signatures are authentic, and clearly visible. Singers include (in order): Beniamino Gigli, Ezio Pinza in Don Giovanni, Gladys Swarthout, Kurt Baum, Lauritz Melchior, Lily Pons and Robert Merrill. Sizes range from 3. 5 x 4. 4 inches the smallest (Pons), through 4. 4 x 6. 25 inches