Castagna, Bruna - Signed Photograph in Carmen Programs Music Signed the Alden Hotel

the Alden Hotel

this is an excellent piece of Friends signed memorabilia

Birdice Blye Richardson (aka Birdie Blye) (1871-1935) was a famous American female pianist

signed here as "Edith Mason Polacco" reflecting her then marriage to the Italian conductor Giorgio Polacco

Castagna, Bruna - Signed Photograph in Carmen Programs Music Signed the Alden HotelItalian contralto and mezzo soprano (1896 1983), sang in various important theaters such as La Scala di Milano between 1925 1934, Met Opera of New York 1936 1945 and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires 1925 1942. Beautiful signed photograph, shown as Bizet's Carmen, stamped on verso by photographer James Abresch, New York, whose printed signature is also on the front. Size is 8 x 10 inches, mounting traces on verso, otherwise, in very good condition.