Zenatello, Giovanni - Signed Photograph as Canio 1908 Posters James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Probably a copy from a library or archive of an opera house

with a short greeting in Hawaiian

Four-page program for a recital by the New Zealand-born lyric soprano and bass

handwritten in red ink on the front

Zenatello, Giovanni - Signed Photograph as Canio 1908 Posters James GandolfiniItalian tenor (1876 1949), who enjoyed an international career as a dramatic tenor of the first rank, becoming a respected interpreter of Otello and Pinkerton the latter, a role he created in 1904. Gorgeous black and white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment dated in London, July 27, 1908, shown as Canio in Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci", mounted on a mat and blind stamped on it by photographer Foley (New York). Total size