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Capoul, Victor. (1839–1924) [Petit, Pierre. (1832–1909)]. CDV Photograph. Three-quarter-length Pierre Petit of Paris photograph of the French tenor in costume. Name penned in an unknown hand to lower margin and mounted to white, laminated cardboard. Year "1869" in manuscript to lower margin of mounting. 6.5 x 4.25 inches (16.5 x 11 cm). In fine condition.
"Capoul studied at the Paris Conservatoire, making his début with the Opéra-Comique in 1861 as Daniel (Adam’s Le chalet). Engaged by J. H. Mapleson in London, he appeared first in Faust at Drury Lane in 1871. He made his Covent Garden début as Fra Diavolo in 1877. He appeared in the opening season at the Metropolitan Opera in 1883–4 as Wilhelm Meister and Alfredo." After Elizabeth Forbes and J.B. Steane in Grove Music Online
Pierre Petit was the official photographer of the 1867 Paris World Fair. He is noted for the photographic documentation of the construction of the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. In 1898 he became a pioneer of underwater photography.
Capoul, Victor. (1839–1924) [Petit, Pierre. (1832–1909)]. CDV Photograph. Three-quarter-length Pierre Petit of Paris photograph of the French tenor in costume. Name penned in an unknown hand to lower margin and mounted to white, laminated cardboard. Year "1869" in manuscript to lower margin of mounting. 6.5 x 4.25 inches (16.5 x 11 cm). In fine condition.
"Capoul studied at the Paris Conservatoire, making his début with the Opéra-Comique in 1861 as Daniel (Adam’s Le chalet). Engaged by J. H. Mapleson in London, he appeared first in Faust at Drury Lane in 1871. He made his Covent Garden début as Fra Diavolo in 1877. He appeared in the opening season at the Metropolitan Opera in 1883–4 as Wilhelm Meister and Alfredo." After Elizabeth Forbes and J.B. Steane in Grove Music Online
Pierre Petit was the official photographer of the 1867 Paris World Fair. He is noted for the photographic documentation of the construction of the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. In 1898 he became a pioneer of underwater photography.