Two portrait photographs of Gertrude Wettergren

by Gertrude Wettergren, Carl Van Vechten

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

1 vols. Apx. 13-1/2 x 11 inches. Item #56143 The Swedish contralto Gertrude Wettergren 1897-1991 , made her debut there in Stockholm in 1922 as Cherubino. She was engaged at the Stockholm Royal Opera for more than 25 years. She also sang all over Europe and in the USA, making her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1945 as Amneris and her Chicago debut in the following year as Carmen.

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