From J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC, Syosset, NY, U.S.A.
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Signed by the photographer, Herbert Mitchell, in white ink at lower left. Ca. 251 x 202 mm. Slightly worn and soiled. American contralto Gladys Swarthout "studied singing in Chicago, making her operatic début there in 1924 as the Shepherd-boy in Tosca; the following year she sang Carmen at Ravinia. Her début role at the Metropolitan was La Cieca (La Gioconda, 1929); she performed there regularly until 1945, as Siébel, Preziosilla, Adalgisa and her most famous roles Mignon and Carmen. She also sang in the première of Hanson s Merry Mount (1934). After 1954 she retired to Florence." Swarthout had a "fine, well-placed voice" and a beautiful, but placid stage presence. She starred in five films for Paramount Pictures. Max de Schauensee in Grove Music Online. Mitchell (1898-1980) was a noted photographer of theatrical celebrities in the 1930s, with a studio on Broadway in New York City. Seller Inventory # 23956
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