Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 HM - Literature active between 1928-2009

active between 1928-2009

with Adelina Patti in Semiramide and Etelka Gerster in Faust

Russian conductor and virtuoso pianist (b

some in rehearsal and performance

Signed and dated in 1888 by previous owner in German on frontend page

Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 HM - Literature active between 1928-2009Famous German bass baritone (1835 1900), creator of the role of Hans Sachs in the World Premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg in 1868 and also the first Wotan in the first complete cycle of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen performed in 1876. Half tone postcard photograph, shown in role (possibly Hans Sachs), initialized signature with a short textual quote, dated in Nuremberg in 1897. Photo by Max Marcus, Berlin. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 5