Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph playbills opera written in English about an

written in English about an appointment

declaring him the "first bass" of the theatre

Framed together with an engraving showing Catalani at a young age

German tenor (1902-1977)

8 autograph letters to a friend (not shown)

Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph playbills opera written in English about anItalian poet (1847 1906), playwright & librettist, well known for writing the libretto of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, and Madama Butterfly. Large size cabinet style photograph signed by him, dated in Milan, 1905, inscribed to Bianca Chigi Kaschmann, daughter of the famed baritone Giuseppe Kaschmann. Size is 6. 75 x 9. 7 inches, minor stains, irregularly cut and trimmed on the top and bottom, otherwise in excellent condition.