Le Roi d'Ys - World Premiere Cabinet Photo Lot of 5, 1888 Autographs Singers 50 or less R French tenor of sicilian ascent

French tenor of sicilian ascent

This is the 1922 edition that came just after Caruso's death

Concert in Vienna

was music director at Glyndebourne and spent years in South America

signed on page 2 (program page)

Le Roi d'Ys - World Premiere Cabinet Photo Lot of 5, 1888 Autographs Singers 50 or less R French tenor of sicilian ascentBeautiful set of 5 vintage cabinet photos, showing singers for the world premiere of Le Roi d'Ys, opera by Eduard Lalo, at the Opera Comique in Paris, May 1888. Set includes: Jean Henri Cobalet (1855 ?) in the title role of the King of Ys, contralto Blanche Deschamps Jehin (1857 1923) as Margared, famous tenor Jean Alexandre Talazac (1853 1892) as Mylio, shown together with soprano Cecile Simonet (1859 ?) as Rozenn, and 2 more cabinet photos of