Bruna Rasa, Lina - Typed Letter Signed 1935 HM - Space and Exploration American soprano (1909-2008)

American soprano (1909-2008)

ALSO INCLUDED: 2 gala programs of her 25th anniversary Met Gala performance in 1956 (from which most of the photos originated as well)

comedian and composer

and son of the celebrated actor Bruce Lee

dating the signature in 1962

Bruna Rasa, Lina - Typed Letter Signed 1935 HM - Space and Exploration American soprano (1909-2008)Italian soprano (1907 1984), who excelled in the verismo repertoire, she was the composer Pietro Mascagni's favorite Santuzza in his opera Cavalleria Rusticana. She also created the roles of Atte in Mascagni's Nerone, Cecilia Sagredo in Franco Vittadini's La Sagredo and Saint Clare in Licinio Reficie's 1926 oratorio Trittico Francescano. Typed letter signed, 1 page, dated in Milan in 1935 on her own letterhead, bold and clear handwritten signature