Der Ring des Nibelungen - 2 Cabinet Photos Bayreuth 1876 Programs Special Sections Composers Performing celebrating Richard Strauss´ 80th birthday

celebrating Richard Strauss´ 80th birthday

signed by the composer

with ink decorations made by hand in the four corners

4 x 4 (visible window size) for the photograph

In two pages with page two on verso of page one

Der Ring des Nibelungen - 2 Cabinet Photos Bayreuth 1876 Programs Special Sections Composers Performing celebrating Richard Strauss´ 80th birthdaySet of 2 original cabinet photos from the first ever Bayreuth Festival 1876. Depicted are German mezzo soprano Mina Lammert (1852 1921) as one of the 9 Walkyries (Rossweisse) in Die Walkure, and German tenor Rudolph Elgelhardt (1849 1886) as Froh in Das Rheingold. Each one is trimmed at the top and bottom, size is approx. 4. 4 x 6 inches, in very good condition.