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Auction No. 3 - A Rare and Important Collection of Autographs and Memorabilia: Science, Literature, Art, Music, and History
Lot 349:
OPERA - VALLETTI Cesare (1922 - 2000) - Photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed
Description
Photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed, dated “Bologna 49” of the Italian tenor. Hewas pupil of Tito Schipa and made his debut in Bari, as Alfredo in “La traviata” in 1947. He came to prominence in 1950, when he sang in “Il turco in Italia” with Maria Callas in Rome. In the same year he made his debut at La Scala in Milan, singing Fenton in “Falstaff”, a role he reprised when the company took the production to Covent Garden later that year. (8.5 x 13 cm).
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