Varnay, Astrid - Schoeffler, Paul - Double Signed Photograph in Tristan und Isolde Enrico Caruso pianist and conductor

pianist and conductor

Some mounting traces and some ink handwriting on verso

an important autograph collector

on the letterhead of the Grand Hotel et Des Iles Borromees in Streasa

Hand signed by photographer Schlemmer

Varnay, Astrid - Schoeffler, Paul - Double Signed Photograph in Tristan und Isolde Enrico Caruso pianist and conductorAmerican soprano of Swedish Hungarian descent (1918 2006) and German baritone (1897 1977), both leading interpreters of the Wagner and Strauss repertoire in the 1940s and 1950s. Double signed photograph, shown as Isolde and Kurwenal in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at La Scala, Milan. Stamped on verso by photographer Piccagliani, La Scala, Milan. Size is 4 x 5. 75 inches, slight paper loss on edges, otherwise in very good condition.