Academy of Music - Adelina Patti and Etelka Gerster Playbills 1884 Maria Callas Autographs folded in the center

folded in the center

Photo signed by the Japanese conductor (now Music Director of the Boston Symphony and the Vienna State Opera)

Photo and mat are both signed by photographer Pauline Hamilton

5 inches: Ernest van Dyck (1861-1913) as Lohengrin

shown as Pollione in Bellini's Norma

Academy of Music - Adelina Patti and Etelka Gerster Playbills 1884 Maria Callas Autographs folded in the centerSet of 2 playbill announcements for opera performances at the Academy of Music, New York, with Adelina Patti in Semiramide and Etelka Gerster in Faust, 1884. Each playbill is 5. 7 x 9. 25 inches, minor loss of paper at the top margin, in overall very good condition. Not sold separately.