Fine doubleweight photograph the important Italian conductor in a bust-length pose in formal attire, signed and warmly inscribed in white ink to Mr. and Mrs. Clark A. Shaw (then Executive Director of the Chicago Civic Opera), while conductor of the Chicago Opera Company. In very fine condition. 8 x 10.5 inches (21 x 27 cm).
Polacco had a long and diverse career: acclaimed in Russia as an early Wagnerian interpreter, at the Metropolitan Opera (1912-1917) where he succeeded Toscanini as principal conductor of the Italian repertoire, in Buenos Aires, Rio, Rome, Milan, Covent Garden and lastly, Chicago.
Fine doubleweight photograph the important Italian conductor in a bust-length pose in formal attire, signed and warmly inscribed in white ink to Mr. and Mrs. Clark A. Shaw (then Executive Director of the Chicago Civic Opera), while conductor of the Chicago Opera Company. In very fine condition. 8 x 10.5 inches (21 x 27 cm).
Polacco had a long and diverse career: acclaimed in Russia as an early Wagnerian interpreter, at the Metropolitan Opera (1912-1917) where he succeeded Toscanini as principal conductor of the Italian repertoire, in Buenos Aires, Rio, Rome, Milan, Covent Garden and lastly, Chicago.