Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph HM - Musicians & Bands damaged at the top and

damaged at the top and bottom

some creases in various places

and Koussevitzky responding sarcastically "good thing

Extensive inscription to Leo Riemens

considered one of the first dramatic sopranos of the 19th century

Giacosa, Giuseppe - Signed Photograph HM - Musicians & Bands damaged at the top andItalian 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.