Ancona, Mario - Signed Photo Postcard 1910 Autographs Instrumentalists shown as Riccardo in Verdi´s

shown as Riccardo in Verdi´s opera "Un Ballo in Maschera" at Teatro La Scala

circa 1925

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

famous for his interpretations of buffo roles in opera

Hungarian violinist (1898-1960)

Ancona, Mario - Signed Photo Postcard 1910 Autographs Instrumentalists shown as Riccardo in Verdi´sItalian 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.