Cotogni, Antonio - Autograph Letter Signed 1870 Conductors some mounting damage on verso

some mounting damage on verso

Wilhelm Backhaus

Color photo

appeared in a silent film and performed at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1910s

English composer (1809-1886)

Cotogni, Antonio - Autograph Letter Signed 1870 Conductors some mounting damage on versoItalian baritone (1831 1918) of the first magnitude, regarded internationally as one of the greatest male opera singers of the 19th century. Fine and long autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by him, dated in London, 1870, addressed to a colleague excusing himself for not being able to be part of a concert due to family concerns in Rome, and other personal issues (plus two extra letters addressed to close friends at the end). Size is 5. 2