STRACCIARI, Riccardo [OPERA] Girofle-Girofla

Girofle-Girofla

French mezzo-soprano (1821-1910) of Spanish descent who enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a star performer in the 1840s until her retirement in the late 1860s

Extra large photograph signed and dated by him in Montevideo

Program for a concert by the star French cellist performing Boccherini's Cello Concerto with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos at Carnegie Hall

STRACCIARI, Riccardo [OPERA] Girofle-GiroflaItalian baritone (1875 1955), who had a very successful and prolonged career interpreting Italian operas. Signed photograph, shown as himself, dated in Bologna in 1917. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 25 inches, mounting traces on verso, otherwise in excellent condition.