ELSNER, Maria Miscellaneous Items with a facsimile/printed signature below)

with a facsimile/printed signature below)

was associated with the heroines of composer Donizetti

but also  in various operatic roles

small loss of paper over the left border

significant wear on edges but in generally good condition

ELSNER, Maria Miscellaneous Items with a facsimile/printed signature below)German mezzo soprano of Jewish origin (1905 1983), later obtained Hungarian citizenship after being forced out of Germany following the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Signed publicity photograph, shown as herself or in role, inscribed with sentiment, dated in Berlin in 1932. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 5 inches, small ink stains on verso, otherwise in excellent condition.