{"product_id":"3267-puccini-giacomo-fontana-ferdinando-photograph-signed-and-inscribed-to-francesco-tamagno","title":"[Puccini, Giacomo. (1858–1924)] Fontana, Ferdinando. (1850–1919) Photograph Signed and Inscribed to Francesco Tamagno","description":"A very scarce original CDV photograph by P. Zambini of Reggio-Emilia, a portrait bust image of the Italian journalist, dramatist and poet who is remembered chiefly for having written the libretti for the first two operas of Giacomo Puccini - \"Le Villi\" and \"Edgar.\"  Fontana has boldly signed and inscribed the photograph \"A Francesco Tamagno artista mirabile.\"   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe legendary tenor Francesco Tamagno, who  created the role of Verdi's Otello in 1887,  had originally been scheduled to sing in the 1889 premiere of Puccini's \"Edgar\" with a libretto by Fontana. Though he did not in fact sing in the original premiere, he did appear in the first performance of the revised three-act version outside of Italy (Teatro Real, Madrid) in 1892.  It is possible that the present image was signed around this time.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093186465951,"sku":"3267","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/3267-puccini-giacomo-fontana-ferdinando-photograph-signed-and-inscribed-to-francesco-tamagno","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}