Wagner, Richard - Signed Letter About Bayreuth Festival 1873 Autographs Singers E-H German tenor (1885-1958)

German tenor (1885-1958)

Pablo de Sarasate

for a performance of Leoncavallo´s opera "Pagliacci" on August 5th

Stamped on verso by photographer Suzie Maeder

beautiful cabinet photo by W

Wagner, Richard - Signed Letter About Bayreuth Festival 1873 Autographs Singers E-H German tenor (1885-1958)Famous German opera composer (1813 1883), signed letter ("To the Patrons of the Performance Festival in Bayreuth"), with printed text, asking to patrons for donations to support and save the promised first Bayreuth Festival, which was (finally) going to take place in the summer of 1876. This is a fantastic, historically important document, with the authentic signature of Wagner at the end. Wagner describes the many difficulties of the project, that