Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 Autographs Actors - Letter R Manuel Freres

Manuel Freres

pianist Claudio Arrau

small bends and some silvering near the top of the photo

Stamped on verso by photographer Susan Schimert-Ramme

Beautiful signed photo shown in the title role of Bizet's Carmen

Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 Autographs Actors - Letter R Manuel FreresFamous German bass baritone (1835 1900), creator of the role of Hans Sachs in the World Premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg in 1868 and also the first Wotan in the first complete cycle of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen performed in 1876. Half tone postcard photograph, shown in role (possibly Hans Sachs), initialized signature with a short textual quote, dated in Nuremberg in 1897. Photo by Max Marcus, Berlin. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 5