Lamperti, Giovanni Battista - Signed Photograph Richard Wagner Italian mezzo-soprano (1918-2012)

Italian mezzo-soprano (1918-2012)

Italian composer (1883-1947) and also pianist

known for the films Luisa Sanfelice (1942)

slight paper loss at top left

Lamperti, Giovanni Battista - Signed Photograph Richard Wagner Italian mezzo-soprano (1918-2012)Famous Italian singing teacher (1839 1910), son of the singing teacher Francisco Lamperti. He was the author of The Technics of Bel Canto (1905) and source for Vocal Wisdom: Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1931). Signed photograph, shown as himself, inscribed and dated in 1902. The photo is 4. 25 x 5. 75 inches mounted onto soft cardboard (the signature is on the bottom of the cardboard not on the photo), total item size is 8. 5 x 9. 5 inches.