[Bayreuth] Richter, Hans. (1843 - 1916), Levi, Hermann. (1839 - 1900), Mottl, Felix. (1856 - 1911)
Signed Cabinet Photograph
Original J. Hartmann cabinet photograph of the three most important early Bayreuth conductors ("Dirigenten der Festspiele Bayreuth"): Hans Richter, legendary Austrian-Hungarian conductor who conducted the very first Bayreuth Festival and in 1877 shared the conductorship of the Wagner festival in London with the composer; Hermann Levi, important German Jewish conductor, best remembered as a close friend of Richard Wagner and the conductor of the first performance of Parsifal at Bayreuth in 1882; Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer who assisted Hans Richter in preparing the first complete Ring Cycle at Bayreuth in 1876, and himself conducted Tristan und Isolde at Bayreuth in 1886. Signed by each on the verso - Richter and Levi in ink, Mottl in pencil, adding "Bayreuth / August 1889." In fine condition. 10.5 x 16.5 cm. (11767)Signed Photograph Opera