Lot of 11 vintage glossy photos of noted male opera singers, ranging in size from 7 x 9 to 8 x 10.25, each signed and inscribed in ink or fountain pen by the pictured singer: Salvatore Baccaloni, Kurt Baum, Victor Chenkin, Louis D’Angelo, Nicola Moscona, Lodovico Olivero, Nino Ruisi, Alexander Sved, Francesco Valentino, Jess Walters, and Robert Weede. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered creases.
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.
