Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 Autographs Composers Josef Krips

Josef Krips

Set of two programs for two different performances of works of the German composer conducted by the composer himself

Liszt and Saint-Saens

some damage over the lower part of the photograph

signed by the baritone on the front cover

Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 Autographs Composers Josef KripsFamous 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