Garcia, Manuel Sr. - Signed Contract 1803 Autographs Film Directors bold signature at the bottom

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Program for a performance in Paris

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widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century

Garcia, Manuel Sr. - Signed Contract 1803 Autographs Film Directors bold signature at the bottomSpanish tenor (1775 1832), composer, impresario, and singing teacher, and father of the celebrated mezzo sopranos Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot. Rare contract handwritten and signed by Manuel Garcia and impresario Domenico Rossi on April 2, 1803, where Garcia gave up the rights to the Teatro Coliseo de los Caos de Peral, Madrid, of his opera "El Luto Fingido", premiered on May 30, 1803; and also obliging himself to sing his opera as many nights