Artot de Padilla, Desiree - Autograph letter Signed 1873 Theater Unsigned Photos shown backstage in the costume

shown backstage in the costume for the title role of Verdi's Aida at the Vienna State Opera in 1963

This opera was premiered a few years before (1872)

Program for a performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" at the Royal Festival Hall

German mezzo of Polish descent (1873 -1949)

Romeo et Juliette at the Met Opera

Artot de Padilla, Desiree - Autograph letter Signed 1873 Theater Unsigned Photos shown backstage in the costumeBelgian mezzo soprano(1835 1907), daughter of the composer Jean Dsir Montagney Artot. Autograph letter in French signed by her, dated June 26, 1873, to the German tenor Bernhard Pollini (1838 1897), concerning performances: " Thank you for Hamburg's permission, we will accept a concert in Baden if, like in Hamburg, you are given 2,000 Francs. But it must not be later than the 11th or 12th, for the one in Hamburg is the 7th, and we would not want to