Caruso, Enrico - Signed Caricature San Francisco 1905 Autographs Actors - Letter G Spanish composer and musicolotgist (1880-1969)

Spanish composer and musicolotgist (1880-1969)

Playbill for a performance at Teatro La Scala

Sallie Wilson

creator of many comic operas

credited with making the first ever recording of a solo piano piece in 1900

Caruso, Enrico - Signed Caricature San Francisco 1905 Autographs Actors - Letter G Spanish composer and musicolotgist (1880-1969)Fantastic ink self caricature of the star Italian tenor shown as Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, made by himself on a sheet of paper with the letterhead of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, signed boldly by him, dated in 1905. Caruso's note translates "Dear young lady, thank you for your postcards. Since I don't have any I will send you a sketch". ON VERSO there are two cards: one signed by Olive Fremstad and Alois Burgstaller