Ancona, Mario - Signed Photo Postcard 1910 Autographs Instrumentalists Orchestra of the Berlin State

Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera

Set of 12 original photographs taken during the 1920s in Rio de Janeiro

British clarinetist (1869-1952)

Tannhauser (Wagner) conducted by Arturo Toscanini Stage direction: Siegfried Wagner / Alexander Spring with Ivar Andresen - Sigismund Pilinsky - Herbert Janssen - Joachim Sattler - Maria Muller

circa 1925

Ancona, Mario - Signed Photo Postcard 1910 Autographs Instrumentalists Orchestra of the Berlin StateItalian baritone (1860 1931), starred as Silvio in the world premiere of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Signed photo postcard, shown in role (possibly Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhauser), signed at Covent Garden, London, dated in 1910. Inscription and signature on verso (text is in Italian). Size is 3. 5 x 5. 5 inches, noticeable wear on corners of photo, not affecting the image, verso some browning but not affecting the handwriting and signature.