Role portrait as Ivan Khovansky in Khovanshchina

by Musorgsky signed in full and inscribed by Raffaele AriÉ

$50 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Full-length. Autograph signature in black felt-tip pen to lower margin and autograph dedication to left margin: Al Sig. Sensa cordiale ricordo. From the studio of ?Doto Velanii. On glossy paper. 148 x 102 mm. Bulgarian bass Raffaele Arié originally Rafael Arie made Italy his home after 1945. In 1951 he created the role of Trulove in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and in 1953 sang the Commendatore in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg festival

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