{"product_id":"23560-pinza-ezio-signed-photograph-in-boris-godunov","title":"Pinza, Ezio. (1892-1957) Signed Photograph in \"Boris Godunov\"","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eVintage sepia doubleweight photograph of the great basso in the title role of \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eMussorgsky’s epic masterpiece, b\u003c\/span\u003eoldly signed with his name alone in blue ink.  In fine condition, mounting remnants to verso where dated July 3, 1949 in an unknown hand. 8 x 10 inches 20.5 x 25.5 cm. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eIn the final season of Chaliapin’s celebrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eBoris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e performances at the Met (1929), the young Italian bass, Ezio Pinza, sang the role of the monk Pimen. Ten years later, Pinza would take the title role when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eBoris Godunov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e was revived for the first time since the Chaliapin years. Pinza, who naturally sang in Italian along with the rest of the cast, would remain the Met’s chief interpreter of the title role for the next decade, though he was briefly spelled by Ukrainian bass Alexander Kipnis in 1943.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093849755807,"sku":"23560","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/PinzaSPinBorisGodunov23560.jpg?v=1722435642","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23560-pinza-ezio-signed-photograph-in-boris-godunov","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}