Mascagni, Pietro - Signed Photograph 1904 [SPORTS] and created the role of

and created the role of Barak in the world premiere of Strauss' "Die Frau ohne Schatten"

from Spokane

inscribed to opera director Max Ast

All three of their signatures are on the front cover of a full playbill/program for a 1955 Broadway production of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Saint of Bleecker Street (although they did not themselves appear in this production)

with more extensive inscription on verso

Mascagni, Pietro - Signed Photograph 1904 [SPORTS] and created the role ofItalian opera composer (1863 1945), mostly remembered today for his operas Cavalleria Rusticana and L'Amico Fritz among other creations. Original cabinet photograph of the composer by Gigoni & Bossi (Milan) signed and inscribed with a short sentiment by Mascagni to conductor Moise Sinigaglia, dated in Torino, May 18, 1904. Size is 4. 3 x 6. 4 inches, minor pinholes, mounting damage on verso, in overall good condition.