Smirnov, Dimitri - Signed Cabinet Photo 1906 Autographs Actresses - Letter E slight silvering at top but

slight silvering at top but otherwise attractive vintage photo in excellent condition

Signed and inscribed by Maria Callas with a red felt tip pen over her chest

and as a teacher had Ravel as one of his students

shown in role dated in Leipzig

who died of tuberculosis at age 26

Smirnov, Dimitri - Signed Cabinet Photo 1906 Autographs Actresses - Letter E slight silvering at top butLeading Russian tenor (1882 1944) who developed an international career after the Russian revolution in 1917, left nearly 90 recordings. Very nice cabinet photograph signed by him with a long sentiment dated in Moscow, 1906, here shown as Vladimir Lensky in Tchaikovsky's celebrated opera "Eugene Onegin". Size is 4. 2 x 6. 4 inches, water stains over the bottom, otherwise in very good condition.