Refice, Licinio - Autograph Music Quote Signed Maria Callas Unsigned Photos declaring him the "first bass"

declaring him the "first bass" of the theatre

Signed photo postcard of the German tenor (1899-1984) shown as Froh in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth Festival

conducted by Karl Richter (whose name is printed in ink at the top)

Latvian-born German-American tenor (1873-1947)

studied conducting with Max Rudolf and Erich Leinsdorf

Refice, Licinio - Autograph Music Quote Signed Maria Callas Unsigned Photos declaring him the "first bass"Italian composer and priest (1883 1954), who represented the new direction taken by Italian church music in the twentieth century. Autograph music quote with 3 bars from his opera "Cecilia" (1934) signed and dated by him in Rio (Brazil) illegible date. On verso there is a signature by the famous American contralto Marian Anderson. Size is 8. 5 x 5. 5 inches, central fold, minor rust on edges, otherwise in very good condition.