ZENATELLO, Giovanni CDVs Composers Elise Elizza (Conductor: Hans Richter)

Elise Elizza (Conductor: Hans Richter) added in pencil

and articles about his life and career

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This includes a significant portion of Act III where Callas' voice can be heard in the third Armida-Rinaldo duet as well as in the recitative that follows it

Photo is ink-stamped on verso by photographer Karsh

ZENATELLO, Giovanni CDVs Composers Elise Elizza (Conductor: Hans Richter)Italian tenor (1876 1949), who enjoyed an international career as a dramatic tenor of the first rank, becoming a respected interpreter of Otello and Pinkerton the latter a role he created in 1904. Signed postcard photograph, shown as himself, bold handwriting and signature. Photo by E. F. Foley, New York. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 5 inches, very small crease on top right and mounting traces on verso, otherwise in excellent condition.