Pessina, Arturo - Signed Photograph in Falstaff [MUSIC] dancing for the Ballet Russe

dancing for the Ballet Russe company under Massine

including: lyricist/songwriter and singer Charles Aznavour (French-Armenian

Stamp on front by photographer Atelier Frankonia

signed on the cast page by both the legendary Italian Soprano Claudia Muzio and Italian baritone Giovanni Inghilleri

in Bologna

Pessina, Arturo - Signed Photograph in Falstaff [MUSIC] dancing for the Ballet RusseItalian baritone (1858 1926), sang throughout Italy and made guest appearances at the Royal Opera Convent Garden, among other theatres. Following his 1910 retirement, became a leading voice teacher, one of his most prominent pupils was the well known bass Tancredi Pasero. Very attractive signed vintage photograph mounted onto a cabinet, shown in the title role of Verdi's Falstaff, inscribed in Naples, dated in 1897. Bold handwriting and signature.