LEADING SOPRANOS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

LEADING SOPRANOS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: A fine selection of three signed 3.5 x 5.5 photographs, one slightly larger, by various leading sopranos of the 20th century, comprising TEBALDI RENATA (1922-2004) Italian Soprano. One of the greatest voices of 20th century. A very good vintage signed postcard photograph showing Tebaldi in a half-length attractive pose, in costume as Tosca in Puccini´s opera of same name (1900). Signed in blue ink to a clear area of the image `Renata Tebaldi - Wien - 1958´; BERGANZA TERESA (1933-2022) Spanish Mezzo-Soprano. Vintage signed photograph, the Gyenes image shows a very young Berganza in a head and shoulders smiling pose. Signed in blue ink to the clear left border, and ANDERSON MARIAN (1897-1993) American contralto. Anderson was an important figure in the struggle for African-American artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid-twentieth century. With the aid of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson performed a critically acclaimed open-air concert in 1939, on the Lincoln Memorial steps in the capital. She sang before an integrated crowd of more than 75,000 people and a radio audience in the millions. Signed postcard photograph in bold black ink to the lower white border of the image. VG, 3