Bentonelli, Joseph - Signed Photograph in Iris + Typed Letter Signed Maria Callas Programs known for Verdi and verismo

known for Verdi and verismo repertoire

taken during a performance of Richard Strauss' Elektra at the Vienna State Opera

Most photographs are in the 5 x 7-inch format

A beautiful lot of over 80 signatures of different opera singers from the period between the 1930s and 1940s

Bentonelli, Joseph - Signed Photograph in Iris + Typed Letter Signed Maria Callas Programs known for Verdi and verismoAmerican tenor (1898 1975). Set of 1 signed photograph, shown in role in Mascagni's Iris, inscribed to the famed author Leo Riemens, dated in Norman, Oklahoma in 1945, 4. 75 x 6. 75 inches, in very good condition, and 1 typed letter signed also written to Riemens, 3 pages, dated in 1941, size of each page is 8. 5 x 11 inches, also in very good condition. Not sold separately.