Verdi, Giuseppe - Handwritten Letter and Portrait Print Ballet Memorabilia Astrid Varnay as Elektra and

Astrid Varnay as Elektra and Eberhard Waechter as Orest in Elektra at the Salzburger Festpiele 1965

boldly signed on top as "Cavaliere Ufficiale Enrico Caruso" (the first 2 words are abbreviated)

A really unique piece of memorabilia for any admiror of Toscanini

Belgian bass-baritone (1902-

Saison 1951-1952

Verdi, Giuseppe - Handwritten Letter and Portrait Print Ballet Memorabilia Astrid Varnay as Elektra andAutograph letter, handwritten by the great composer, mounted on mat with a very nice print (which includes a facsimile signature). Letter is untranslated and unsigned, one page, has letterhead of the Grand Hotel de Milan where Verdi stayed many times when he was in Milan. Dated in March 1898, this is a letter draft with some corrections and was probably torn appart by the composer, glued back together by unknown hand.