Mario, Giovanni - Signed Photograph 1874 Autographs Actresses - Letter U-V-W American contralto (1895-1948)

American contralto (1895-1948)

Photo is also signed in pencil by the photographer (illegible name)

shown in role (possibly the Herald in Wagner's Lohengrin)

Mara Zampieri and Piero Visconti (Attila)

2 unidentified artist signatures

Mario, Giovanni - Signed Photograph 1874 Autographs Actresses - Letter U-V-W American contralto (1895-1948)Italian tenor (1810 1883), whose real name was Giovanni Matteo De Candia, and was considered one of the most celebrated singers of his time, lionized by audiences in Paris and London. Nice full body photograph signed by him, dated in Rome, 1874; blind stamped on verso by photographer G. Ambrosetti, Turin. Size is 3. 6 x 5 inches, trimmed from a larger format, otherwise in very good condition.