Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Silk Gala Program 1893 recently_added not stamped by photographer on

not stamped by photographer on verso

shown playing piano

inscribed (including 2 bars of music) and signed by him in 1918

known for Mozart and other lyric tenor roles

Signed color photo shown at home with his archive of Playboy magazines

Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Silk Gala Program 1893 recently_added not stamped by photographer onProgram for a gala dated in July 4th, 1893, in honor of the marriage of the Duke of York and Princess May of Teck. Program included the performance of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette with an important cast such as Nellie Melba and Jean de Edouard De Reszke, conducted by Luigi Mancinelli. Size is 12. 75 x 19. 9 inches (actual size is large in 1 or 1. 5 inches because borders are folded over a piece of cardboard), in excellent condition.