Three-quarter length photograph of the noted Swedish mezzo-soprano, seated, in formal dress. Signed in full, dated New York, 1922, and inscribed to Alice E.L. Wolff
5-7/8" x 3-15/16" (150 x 100 mm.). With "Ferd. Flodin... Stockholm" handstamp to verso.
Remnants of adhesive to upper and lower margins of verso.
"[Claussen] studied in Stockholm, making her début in 1903 at the Royal Opera, where she was engaged until 1912. She sang in Berlin, London, Vienna, Paris, Brussels and Chicago (1913–17); her Covent Garden roles (1914) were Ortrud and Amneris. She made her Metropolitan début in 1917 as Delilah and was engaged there for 15 years; her repertory included Gluck’s Orpheus, Léonore (La favorite), Fidès (Le prophète), Carmen, Marina (Boris Godunov), Brangäne, Kundry and Fricka." Elizabeth Forbes in Grove Music Online.
Item #31088
Price: $35.00 other currencies