Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Large Signed Photo CDVs Cabinets Instrumentalists 5 inches (2 typed letters

5 inches (2 typed letters and the autograph letter)

(at 2m:41s):

trimmed corners

American contralto (1841-1921)

with family members

Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Large Signed Photo CDVs Cabinets Instrumentalists 5 inches (2 typed lettersItalian opera composer (1857 1919) whose opera Pagliacci (1892) is considered one of the most successful in opera history. Larger size cabinet style photograph, signed by him and inscribed to Henri de Farconnet, director of the Municipal Casino Theater in Nice, France, on occasion of the premiere of Leoncavallos opera "Zaz", dated in Nice on May 24th, 1904. An original photo by Anadone, Novara, Italy, ink stamp on verso by a previous owner, otherwise