Maurel, Victor. (1848 - 1923)

Jumbo Cabinet Photograph in Le Juif Polonais

Full length jumbo Eug. Pirou of Paris cabinet photograph of the legendary baritone, creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff, Leoncavallo's Tonio and many other important roles - one of the GREATS of the Golden Age. Toning, light scratches, mounting remnants and some surface surface losses mostly on the mount. Rare in this large format. About 1 cm thick (!), measuring 8.5 x 12.75 inches [20 x 32 cm].


Maurel is shown (with Julia Guirandon), as Mathias, a role he created in Paris at the Opéra Comique on April 11, 1900 in the premiere of Camille Erlanger's "Le Juif Polonais." (10573)
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