Autograph signature of the noted Austrian contralto and mezzo-soprano

by Ernestine Schumann-Heink

$65 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

On a slip of paper 68 x 109 mm. Dated London, March 27, 1909. In black ink.Slightly creased; right edge slightly frayed, not affecting signature.Together with a three-quarter length vintage photograph of Schumann-Heink by the White Studio in New York, ca. 177 x 126 mm. Between 1897 and 1901 Schumann-Heink took part in four consecutive Covent Garden seasons, and became a regular member of the Metropolitan company for a similar

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