Lot of nine vintage photos of noted female opera singers, glossy and matte-finish, ranging in size from 6 x 9.5 to 8 x 10.25, each signed and inscribed in ink or fountain pen by the pictured singer: Lucrezia Bori, Christina Carroll, Vivian Della Chiesa, Lotte Lehmann, Raquel Ravina, Kerstin Thorborg, Rene Thornton, Jennie Tourel, and Helen Traubel. In overall very good to fine condition, with a central vertical fold to Carroll.
From the autographed portrait collection of Harry Friedgut, the first managing director of the New York City Center of Music and Drama. A champion of New Jersey’s musical arts, Friedgut also served as the first managing director of the Griffith Music Foundation and as the Vice President and Business Manager of the Essex County Symphony Society, through which he directed the Town Hall series and organized the very successful summer stadium concerts.
