Signed Matzene of Chicago photograph of the important French tenor and actor, inscribed to Mrs. Clark A. Shaw (then Executive Director of the Chicago Civic Opera). Scattered light marks, some surface impressions, else fine. 6.75 x 9 inches (17 x 23 cm).
Muratore created several Massenet operas such as Ariane and Bacchus, at the Opéra, and Roma, in Monte Carlo. He also took part in the creation of La Catalane by Le Borne, Monna Vanna by Henry Février, Déjanire by Camille Saint-Saëns, and Pénélope by Gabriel Fauré and was later principal French tenor with the Boston Opera Company, the Chicago Grand Opera Company (1913–1914), the Chicago Opera Association (1915–1921), and the Chicago Civic Opera (1922).
Signed Matzene of Chicago photograph of the important French tenor and actor, inscribed to Mrs. Clark A. Shaw (then Executive Director of the Chicago Civic Opera). Scattered light marks, some surface impressions, else fine. 6.75 x 9 inches (17 x 23 cm).
Muratore created several Massenet operas such as Ariane and Bacchus, at the Opéra, and Roma, in Monte Carlo. He also took part in the creation of La Catalane by Le Borne, Monna Vanna by Henry Février, Déjanire by Camille Saint-Saëns, and Pénélope by Gabriel Fauré and was later principal French tenor with the Boston Opera Company, the Chicago Grand Opera Company (1913–1914), the Chicago Opera Association (1915–1921), and the Chicago Civic Opera (1922).