Original drawing in charcoal of Rethberg as Helena in Strauss's Die ägyptische Helena

by American Southwest artist Kent Pachuta b. 1953 by Elisabeth Rethberg

$250 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Signed

One large sheet of paper. 660 x 508 mm. Rolled.Signed by the artist and dated 1976.From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934 .Slightly creased. Rethberg’s beautiful lirico spinto soprano was perfectly equalized between the registers, and a combination of natural musicianship and sound training enabled her to maintain an unusually even legato in the most difficult

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