CLOSE OF AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN OPERATIC BARITONE DAVID BISPHAM.

- Close of a letter penned in black ink on an approximately 6-3/4 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide sheet of note paper. The fragment reads: "to hear of the death of your sister. I am ever yours sincerely" and is boldly signed "David Bispham". There are light stains & tiny black marks to the edges of the note paper. There are glue stains on the verso where the paper has been removed from an album. Good. American operatic baritone David Bispham [1857-1921] was born in Philadelphia and studied singing in Florence, Milan and Bayreuth. His first professional appearance was as the Duc de Longueville in a London production of Andre Messager's "La Basoche". In 1892 he was engaged to sing at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and, after substituting as Kurwenal in Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" under Gustav Mahler, he acquired a contract from Covent Garden and appeared there, mainly in Wagnerian roles, for all but two of the next ten seasons. He made his American debut at New York City's Metropolitan Opera in 1896 and remained there until 1903, again appearing mainly in Wagnerian roles. Subsequently he devoted most of his time to recitals, singing English versions of songs by such composers as Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann.…