Padovani, Alfredo - Signed Photograph Richard Wagner shown in Donizetti´s opera L´Elisir

shown in Donizetti´s opera L´Elisir d´Amore at the Metropolitan Opera

The first public performance (semi official world premiere) of this opera was the final public rehearsal at the Salzburg Festival 1944

Kirill Troussov (signed on verso)

shown in title role of Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Austrian-Hungarian tenor (1909-1994)

Padovani, Alfredo - Signed Photograph Richard Wagner shown in Donizetti´s opera L´ElisirItalian born Chilean conductor (1878 ?), who was also composer. Padovani was important in the development of opera in Chile. Signed photograph, inscribed, dated in Malta during the 1932 33 season. Stamped on verso by photographer I. Hochhausler, Santiago, Chile. Size is 6. 5 x 9 inches, very slight paper loss on several corners, otherwise in excellent condition.