Mascheroni, Edoardo. (1859 - 1941)
Signed Cabinet Photograph
Early original cabinet card photograph of the important Italian conductor and composer, signed and inscribed. The image by G. Felici, measuring 11 x 16.5 cm. Rare."He worked in Rome from 1884, mainly at the Teatro Apollo, becoming president of the Società Musicale Romana. He gave the Italian première of Fidelio at the Apollo in 1886, and the first performances in Rome of Tannhäuser and Der fliegende Holländer in successive seasons (1886–7) and of Manon Lescaut (1893), and La bohème (1896). In 1891 and 1893 he also introduced the two Wagner operas at La Scala, where, with the support of Verdi and Boito, he was engaged as chief conductor (1891–4). There he conducted the premières of Catalani’s La Wally (1892) and, at Verdi’s request, Falstaff (1893). Verdi called him the ‘third author’ of Falstaff and entrusted him with productions elsewhere in Italy and in Austria and Germany." (Grove Online) (5585)
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