Montchanin, Marie - Vintage Cabinet Photograph Autographs Film Directors Ravel and Constantinescu

Ravel and Constantinescu

Scheidemantel created the role of von Faninal in the world premiere of Der Rosenkavalier in 1911

well known for her interpretations of Bel canto roles as forgotten operas by Rossini

signed and dated by him in Ferrara

on the Album Amicorum of Lydia and Pierre Fournier

Montchanin, Marie - Vintage Cabinet Photograph Autographs Film Directors Ravel and ConstantinescuFrench soprano, debutant at the Opra in 1875, and lover of the French officer Ferdinand Esterhazy (1847 1923). Nice cabinet photograph of her from 1878 by photographer Ferdinand Mulnier (Paris). Size is 4. 2 x 9. 2 inches, ink writing over the bottom, big crack over the left border affecting the image, otherwise in good condition.