Crespin, Regine - Signed Photograph Dialogue des Carmelites Book Signed Inscribed and dated in 1955

Inscribed and dated in 1955

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songwriter and former professional soccer player

German-born American soprano (1872-1957)

27 September 1969

Crespin, Regine - Signed Photograph Dialogue des Carmelites Book Signed Inscribed and dated in 1955French dramatic soprano (1927 2007) who later became a mezzo , excelled in both French and German repertoire. Signed photograph, shown as Madame de Croissy, the Old Prioress in Poulenc's Dialogue des Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (Crespin had been previously best known for her earlier performance of Madame Lidoine, the New Prioress, in the premiere of the French version of the opera first presented in Paris in June 1957). Photo by