Lamperti, Giovanni Battista - Signed Photograph Richard Wagner Petersburg

Petersburg

slight paper loss at top left

shown as Lohengrin at Bayreuth Festival

Italian composer (1883-1947) and also pianist

Italian mezzo-soprano (1918-2012)

Lamperti, Giovanni Battista - Signed Photograph Richard Wagner PetersburgFamous Italian singing teacher (1839 1910), son of the singing teacher Francisco Lamperti. He was the author of The Technics of Bel Canto (1905) and source for Vocal Wisdom: Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1931). Signed photograph, shown as himself, inscribed and dated in 1902. The photo is 4. 25 x 5. 75 inches mounted onto soft cardboard (the signature is on the bottom of the cardboard not on the photo), total item size is 8. 5 x 9. 5 inches.