Castagna, Bruna - Signed Photograph in Role 1936 Autographs Singers 50 or less J 75 inches for the handwritten

75 inches for the handwritten note (visible window size)

minor trimming at the top and bottom margins

was the first western guest artist to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet in 1957 and with the Peking Ballet and Shanghai Company

Stamped on verso by photographer Kurt Julius

Castagna, Bruna - Signed Photograph in Role 1936 Autographs Singers 50 or less J 75 inches for the handwrittenItalian 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. Gorgeous photograph shown probably as Carmen, signed, inscribed, and dated in Philadelphia, 1936; a photograph by De Bellis, New York. Size is 8 x 10 inches, in very good condition. Listen to Bruna Castagna sing "Seguidille" from Bizet's Carmen: