Bust-length oval photograph of the American contralto in profile with a garland in her hair with autograph signature
1909.
Inscribed "To Miss Alice E. L. Wolff With best wishes Sincerely yours Louise Homer 1913 N.Y." From the studio of Aimé Dupont on Fifth Avenue in New York, with her embossed stamp to blank lower margin and copyright date of 1909 printed in white in the plate. Image size 145 x 108 mm., photograph size 177 x 126 mm.
Laid down to mounting paper.
"Homer began a long and successful Metropolitan career, singing chiefly in Italian and French opera, but she soon assumed leading Wagnerian roles; she was also a notable Orpheus in Toscanini’s 1909 revival of Gluck’s opera, created the Witch in Humperdinck’s Königskinder (1910), and was the first to sing the title role in Parker’s Mona (1912) ... She returned to the Metropolitan in 1927 and made her last appearance there in 1929, as Azucena. A performer of great artistic integrity, she had a beautiful voice and a majestic stage presence." Herman Klein et al. in Grove Music Online.
Item #39149
Price: $120.00 other currencies