Lot of eight vintage glossy photos of noted male opera singers, ranging in size from 7 x 9 to 8 x 10, individually affixed to a same-size cardstock mount, each signed in ink or fountain pen by the pictured singer, the majority inscribed: Chase Baromeo, Charles Kullman, Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza, John Charles Thomas, Lawrence Tibbett (2), and Leonard Warren. In overall very good to fine condition.
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.
