Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955) [Gatti-Casazza, Giulio. (1869-1940)]
Signed Photograph to Gatti-Casazza
Impressive and unusal signed doubleweight photograph inscribed by the great scientist and thinker to the influential Italian opera manager: "Mr. Gatti-Casazza / A. Einstein 1930 / 12. XII." The photograph with a few nicks and light ripples along the right edge and lower right corner, none affecting the signed area on the opposite side and otherwise in fine condition. 8 x 10 inches. Sold together with a trimmed photograph of Einstein and Gatti-Casazza together after a Metropolitan Opera performance of "Carmen" on the day this photograph was inscribed.Einstein, a talented violinist, who adored Mozart and revered the music of Bach, once declared that had he not been a scientist he would have become a musician, and that the most joy in his life had come to him from his violin.
Gatti-Casazza succeeded his father as manager of the municipal theatre in Ferrara and was manager of La Scala in Milan from 1898 to 1908, before his move to New York City where he was head of the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1935. (5955)
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