Ferrani, Cesira - Autograph Letter Signed 1892 Autographs Singers 50 or less U-V Josef Manowarda

Josef Manowarda

shown in role (probably as the Duke of Mantua

recorded many piano rolls

Emmy Leisner

Opera News Magazine 2001 Signed

Ferrani, Cesira - Autograph Letter Signed 1892 Autographs Singers 50 or less U-V Josef ManowardaItalian soprano (1863 1943), who was the first Manon in Puccinis Manon Lescaut and the first Mimi in La Boheme. Important autograph letter signed, dated in July 1892, to Giacomo Puccini, talking about the upcoming world premiere of Manon Lescaut. Ferrani tells Puccini she is impatiently waiting for Manons music and praises his music, invites him to visit her. One page folded, written on both sides, 3. 75 x 6 inches per page, signed at the end by