Rakowska, Elena - Signed Photograph in role 1914 Print Russian-born French pianist (1896-1976)

Russian-born French pianist (1896-1976)

Hans Knappertsbusch conducts at Munich Staatsoper

Grace Sherwood

Program for a performance of Bellini's opera "Norma" featuring Maria Callas and Giulietta Simionato at The Royal Opera House

Prince Kurlyatev in "The Enchantress" (1887) and Count Tomsky in "The Queen of Spades" (1890)

Rakowska, Elena - Signed Photograph in role 1914 Print Russian-born French pianist (1896-1976)Ukrainian born soprano (1883 1964), was the wife of famous conductor Tullio Serafin, who she married in 1915. Signed photograph, shown in role (possibly Richard Strauss's Salome), inscribed in Bologna and dated in 1914. Size is 6 x 9. 75 inches, slight paper loss and creases on edges as well as mounting traces on verso, otherwise in good condition.