Mishkin, Herman - Lot of 11 Unsigned Vintage Opera Photos Autographs Singers Letters Roberta Peters

Roberta Peters

Conductor: Arthur Nikisch

left to right): Victor Damiani

best known for creating the title role in Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd

with Maria callas as Leonora

Mishkin, Herman - Lot of 11 Unsigned Vintage Opera Photos Autographs Singers Letters Roberta PetersHerman Mishkin (1870 1948), Russian American photographer in New York City who specialized in photographing opera signers, official photographer for the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 1932. Set of 11 vintage opera photographs from the early twentieth century "golden age" including Antonio Scotti and several others, in role and as themselves, several blind stamped by Mishkin on front. Sizes range from 6 x 8 inches to 7. 5 x 9. 5 inches. All in excellent