Melis, Carmen - Autograph Letter Signed 1914 Singers Russia mounted on a mat (sized

mounted on a mat (sized 8 x 6 inches)

ink-stamped on verso by photographer Guy Verwimp

American soprano (1899-1972)

and founder of the San Francisco Opera

Young Herbert von Karajan conducts

Melis, Carmen - Autograph Letter Signed 1914 Singers Russia mounted on a mat (sizedItalian soprano (1885 1967) and voice teacher. Autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by her, dated March 20, 1914, to the impresario Fano: il signor Russell a Londra lanno scorso mi promise di combinare con me per lanno prossimo per Boston. Io desidero voi mi trattiate questo affare e vi prego telegrafare subito. In Boston her roles included Desdemona and Helen of Troy, with the Giacomo Puccini heroines at the centre of her repertory. Open