Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph playbills opera German tenor (1902-1977)

German tenor (1902-1977)

French-Canadian pianist (b

8 autograph letters to a friend (not shown)

declaring him the "first bass" of the theatre

Marcus Haddock

Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph playbills opera German tenor (1902-1977)Italian poet (1847 1906), playwright & librettist, well known for writing the libretto of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, and Madama Butterfly. Large size cabinet style photograph signed by him, dated in Milan, 1905, inscribed to Bianca Chigi Kaschmann, daughter of the famed baritone Giuseppe Kaschmann. Size is 6. 75 x 9. 7 inches, minor stains, irregularly cut and trimmed on the top and bottom, otherwise in excellent condition.