CALLAS MARIA & DI STEFANO GIUSEPPE

CALLAS MARIA & DI STEFANO GIUSEPPE: Maria Callas (1923-1977) American-born Greek Soprano. One of the greatest opera singers of all time, & Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921-2008) Italian operatic tenor. Known as the "Golden Voice". Pavarotti said he modeled himself after Di Stefano who was his idol. A very fine multiple signed 5.5 x 4 photograph by Callas and Di Stefano, the unusual Erio Piccagliani image, from Teatro alla Scala of Milan, shows Callas in an amusing pose pointing up with her index finger while to Di Stefano is singing, both standing in half-length poses, during the recording of Leoncavallo´s opera I Pagliacci (1892). The 1954 recording of Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, conducted by Tullio Serafin with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, is an absolute reference recording of this opera. Individually signed by Callas and Di Stefano in bold black and blue inks respectively, both across largely clear areas of the image. VG