ESSELSGROTH-VON ERNST, Mary Autographs Composers Premiered many important operas by

Premiered many important operas by Verdi & Donizetti and commissioned I Masnadieri from Verdi

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Stamped on verso by photography studio Max

signed in Chicago

Lot of 4 full concert programs - 1) Performing Schumann

ESSELSGROTH-VON ERNST, Mary Autographs Composers Premiered many important operas bySwiss soprano (1883 1949) whose birth name was Mary Ruhle (The name of her first husband was Von Ernst and her second husband was the singer Ernst Esselsgroth). Signed postcard photograph, shown as herself, dated in 1941. Photo by Hartungs photographers, Berlin. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 25 inches, in very good condition.