Bottesini, Giovanni - Patti, Carlotta - Mattei, Tito and others - Signed Album Page 1878 Richard Wagner she was the favorite Santuzza

she was the favorite Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (opera by Pietro Mascagni)

Richard Margison

See photos of volume cover and some inside pages

signed photo shown as Beckmesser in Wagner´s "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"

Signature cut matted with a photograph of the composer

Bottesini, Giovanni - Patti, Carlotta - Mattei, Tito and others - Signed Album Page 1878 Richard Wagner she was the favorite SantuzzaAlbum page signed by Italian composer and double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini (1821 1889), soprano Carlotta Patti (1840 1889, sister of star soprano Adelina Patti), Italian pianist, composer and conductor Tito Mattei (1839 1914), plus 2 unidentified signtures. Dated in 1878 by Patti. Page is 6. 25 x 7. 2 inches, overall age staining, minor rust over the edges, in very good condition.