{"product_id":"13486-barrientos-maria-signed-hand-colored-postcard","title":"Barrientos, Maria. (1883-1946) Signed Hand-Colored Postcard","description":"A lovely hand-colored photograph postcard of the Spanish coloratura soprano, with a facsimile signature above and an autograph signature at the left, dated 1905. On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño, with the original stamp and postmark. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.7 x 13.7 cm).\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"After a short course of singing lessons at the Barcelona Conservatory, [Barrientos] made her début at the age of 14 at the Teatro Lirico... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAfter further studies, she sang at Covent Garden (in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, 1903), at La Scala (in Meyerbeer’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eDinorah\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eBarbiere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, 1904–5), and at many leading theatres throughout the world. On 31 January 1916 she made her Metropolitan début in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eLucia di Lammermoor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and she appeared there regularly in the standard coloratura roles during the next four seasons. In later years \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hit highlight\" style=\"\"\u003eBarrientos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e became an admired interpreter of French and Spanish songs, and made a valuable set of records, including Falla’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eSiete canciones populares españolas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eSoneto a Córdoba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e with the composer at the piano. These complement many fascinating discs documenting her stage roles and displaying the charm of her airy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003esoprano leggero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e.\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eDesmond Shawe-Taylor, New Grove Dictionary of Opera.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093519782047,"sku":"13486","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Barrientos_Maria_SP_13486_001.jpg?v=1722188567","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13486-barrientos-maria-signed-hand-colored-postcard","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}