Van Dyck, Ernest - Signed Cabinet photo as Parsifal CDVs Opera dated 1893

dated 1893

written on verso to an unknown recipient (folded on itself to be used as its own envelope)

Original photograph of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as Feldmarschallin and Christa Ludwig as Octavian in Rosenkavalier at the Salzburger Festrpiele 1961

poor contrast on signature

Double signed photo of these singers in Un Ballo in Maschera

Van Dyck, Ernest - Signed Cabinet photo as Parsifal CDVs Opera dated 1893Belgian dramatic tenor (1861 1923) a very successful Parsifal at Bayreuth in the early years. Van Dyck also sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York during 1898 1902. Great signed (and dated in 1889) cabinet photo showing him in the title role in Wagner? s opera "Parsifal". Cabinet photo is also signed and inscribed on verso, with a sentiment "an affectionate souvenir from Bayreuth 1889". Size is 4. 25 x 6. 5 inches, in pristine excellent condition,