Forst, Grete - Signed Photo in Role 1905 Programs Music Unsigned Conductors Buck Collins

Buck Collins

regarded as the leading baritone of German origin for Italian opera in the 1950s and 1960s

Star russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007)

who sang in Europe and America by the end of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century

who was for many years a concert master of the cleveland orchestra

Forst, Grete - Signed Photo in Role 1905 Programs Music Unsigned Conductors Buck CollinsAustrian soprano (1878 1942) of Jewish origin, whose career developed during the early 1900s, then became a concert singer and teacher before her tragic murder during the Nazi Holocaust in 1942. Fine cabinet photograph signed and inscribed by her, shown in role, dated in Vienna, 1905; an original photo by Mertens Mai, and Cie, Vienna. Size is 4. 5 x 8 inches, a beautiful historic item in excellent condition.