Crespin, Regine - Signed Photograph Dialogue des Carmelites Autographs Theater unique stamp collection of opera-related

unique stamp collection of opera-related stamps from various European countries

Austrian soprano (1902-1968)

Program for a concert honoring this Spanish composer

widely recorded in a wide range of lyric mezzo repertoire

American singer and actress (1861-1882)

Crespin, Regine - Signed Photograph Dialogue des Carmelites Autographs Theater unique stamp collection of opera-relatedFrench dramatic soprano (1927 2007) who later became a mezzo , excelled in both French and German repertoire. Signed photograph, shown as Madame de Croissy, the Old Prioress in Poulenc's Dialogue des Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (Crespin had been previously best known for her earlier performance of Madame Lidoine, the New Prioress, in the premiere of the French version of the opera first presented in Paris in June 1957). Photo by