{"product_id":"22409-capoul-victor-petit-pierre-cdv-photograph","title":"Capoul, Victor. (1839–1924) [Petit, Pierre. (1832–1909)] CDV Photograph","description":"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.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"Capoul studied at the Paris Conservatoire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, making his début with the Opéra-Comique in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"date\" style=\"\"\u003e1861\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e as Daniel (Adam’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eLe chalet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e).  Engaged by J. H. Mapleson in London, he appeared first in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e at Drury Lane in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"date\" style=\"\"\u003e1871\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. He made his Covent Garden début as Fra Diavolo in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"date\" style=\"\"\u003e1877\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. He\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e appeared in the opening season at the Metropolitan Opera in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"date\" style=\"\"\u003e1883–4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e as Wilhelm Meister and Alfredo.\" After \u003c\/span\u003eElizabeth Forbes and J.B. Steane in \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eGrove Music Online\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePierre 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.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093812465823,"sku":"22409","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Capoul_2C_Victo_SP_22409.jpg?v=1722190538","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/22409-capoul-victor-petit-pierre-cdv-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}