HAWKINS, Osie Autographs singers E-H Italian tenor (1932-2000)

Italian tenor (1932-2000)

The Paris production of 1645

Bright attractive photo by Axel Zeininger

Josef Stransky conducting the Philharmonic Society of New York orchestra (now the NY Philharmonic)

Also signed by photographer Venturini (Rome) in black ink

HAWKINS, Osie Autographs singers E-H Italian tenor (1932-2000)American baritone (1913 1993), sang for 25 years at the Metropolitan Opera and after his retirement worked there for 15 more years as Executive Stage Manager. Signed photograph, shown as Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal, inscribed. Stamped on verso by photographer Louis Melancon, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Size is 8 x 10 inches, small tear on bottom right corner, otherwise in excellent condition.