Varnay, Astrid - Signed Photograph in Die Walkure Autographs Actresses - Letter T star composer George Gershwin

star composer George Gershwin

Gorgeous cabinet-style photograph of the composer signed and inscribed by him

some silvering over image

1897 (according to postal marks on verso)

active between 1910 and 1976

Varnay, Astrid - Signed Photograph in Die Walkure Autographs Actresses - Letter T star composer George GershwinAmerican soprano of Swedish Hungarian descent (1918 2006), who was a leading interpreter of the Heroic soprano roles of Wagner and Strauss in the 1940s and 1950s and later became a celebrated interpreter of character mezzo parts. Signed photograph, shown as Brunnhilde in Wagner's Die Walkure, inscribed to photographer Mark Hagmann, whose blind stamp is below. Size is 8 x 10 inches, in very good condition.