MARCHESI (Blanche, 1863-1940, Soprano concert singer)

Postcard Photo signed and inscribed “Most touched by your appreciative letter”, showing her head and shoulders in her costume as ‘Santuzza’, addressed on the verso to Frank Smith in Bromley, 5½” x 3½”, postmarked 25th May

She was best known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner. She was the daughter of Mathilde Graumann Marchesi, a German voice instructor who taught a variety of well-known opera singers, including Emma Eames, Nellie Melba, and Emma Calvé.
Cavalleria Rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Santuzza is a peasant girl in the village who is seduced by the Turiddu.

Item Date:  1903

Stock No:  42295      £75

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