Marchesi, Blanche. (1863-1940). Signed Photograph as Santuzza. . Fine signed postcard photograph of the great French soprano, daughter of Mathilde Marchesi.
"She studied with her mother in Paris, singing at many private and charity concerts there, and made her professional concert début in London in 1896. Her first operatic appearance was in 1900 at Prague, as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She sang with the Moody-Manners Opera Company for several seasons, appearing at Covent Garden in 1902 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Isolde, Leonora in Il trovatore and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. She taught singing for many years in London and wrote her memoirs and a book on singing." (Elizabeth Forbes, Grove Online)
"She studied with her mother in Paris, singing at many private and charity concerts there, and made her professional concert début in London in 1896. Her first operatic appearance was in 1900 at Prague, as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She sang with the Moody-Manners Opera Company for several seasons, appearing at Covent Garden in 1902 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Isolde, Leonora in Il trovatore and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. She taught singing for many years in London and wrote her memoirs and a book on singing." (Elizabeth Forbes, Grove Online)
Marchesi, Blanche. (1863-1940). Signed Photograph as Santuzza. . Fine signed postcard photograph of the great French soprano, daughter of Mathilde Marchesi.
"She studied with her mother in Paris, singing at many private and charity concerts there, and made her professional concert début in London in 1896. Her first operatic appearance was in 1900 at Prague, as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She sang with the Moody-Manners Opera Company for several seasons, appearing at Covent Garden in 1902 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Isolde, Leonora in Il trovatore and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. She taught singing for many years in London and wrote her memoirs and a book on singing." (Elizabeth Forbes, Grove Online)
"She studied with her mother in Paris, singing at many private and charity concerts there, and made her professional concert début in London in 1896. Her first operatic appearance was in 1900 at Prague, as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She sang with the Moody-Manners Opera Company for several seasons, appearing at Covent Garden in 1902 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Isolde, Leonora in Il trovatore and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. She taught singing for many years in London and wrote her memoirs and a book on singing." (Elizabeth Forbes, Grove Online)