Breiting, Hermann - Large Collection of Playbills 1830s, 40s and 50s Programs Music Unsigned Conductors shown at the piano

shown at the piano

Strauss and Goetz

Alvary retired in 1897

1928) as Klytaemnestra in Richard Strauss' Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera

Breiting, Hermann - Large Collection of Playbills 1830s, 40s and 50s Programs Music Unsigned Conductors shown at the pianoFamous German tenor (1804 1860), a proteg of Spontini, Breiting sang at the most important theaters in Germany in his time, and in London, Prague and in France, eventually developing symptoms of a mental disease that ended his career and his life early. Extraordinary, unique collection of 23 original, vintage playbills from the 1830s, 40s and 50s all opera performances listing his name in the cast. Of the total of 23, most (16 of them) are 9 x 14