Bruna Rasa, Lina - Typed Letter Signed 1935 [POLITICS] 8 playbills

8 playbills

his son Friedrich Whistling (1809-1861)

with Giacomo Lauri-Volpi and composer Pietro Mascagni conducting

5 inches to 4

Set of 4 clips from original programs for performances at Royal Opera House

Bruna Rasa, Lina - Typed Letter Signed 1935 [POLITICS] 8 playbillsItalian soprano (1907 1984), who excelled in the verismo repertoire, she was the composer Pietro Mascagni's favorite Santuzza in his opera Cavalleria Rusticana. She also created the roles of Atte in Mascagni's Nerone, Cecilia Sagredo in Franco Vittadini's La Sagredo and Saint Clare in Licinio Reficie's 1926 oratorio Trittico Francescano. Typed letter signed, 1 page, dated in Milan in 1935 on her own letterhead, bold and clear handwritten signature