{"product_id":"13514-bassi-amedeo-signed-photograph-postcard-with-facsimile-amqs","title":"Bassi, Amedeo. (1872-1949) Signed Photograph Postcard with Facsimile AMQS","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ePostcard portrait of the great Italian tenor with a facsimile AMQS from his role as Chopin in the opera by Giacomo Orefice, and with an autograph signature in bold ink to the right of the image. Orefice's fancified version of the composer's life premiered at the Teatro Lirico, Milan, in 1901, and Bassi recorded excerpts from the opera ca. 1903-1905. The postcard is addressed on the verso to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño and postmarked April 14, 1904. In fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\"[Bassi] trained in Florence, making his début at Castelfiorentino in Filippo Marchetti’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eRuy Blas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e in 1897. After travelling widely in Italy he sang with great success in South America, where he performed regularly until 1912. He joined the Manhattan Opera Company in 1906 and made his Covent Garden début the following year; he returned in 1911 for the British première of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eLa fanciulla del West\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, in which he also sang at the first performances in Rome and Chicago...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e In the 1920s at La Scala he began a second career, as an admired Wagnerian tenor. He taught in Florence where Ferruccio Tagliavini was among his pupils. Early recordings show a powerful voice produced in the typical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003everismo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e style.\" (J. B. Steane, New Grove Dictionary of Opera)\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093520699551,"sku":"13514","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bassi_Amedeo_SP_13514_001.jpg?v=1722188572","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13514-bassi-amedeo-signed-photograph-postcard-with-facsimile-amqs","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}