Borodin, Alexander - Signed Cabinet Photo 1886 Programs Music Signed Signatures on central pages program

Signatures on central pages program

issued for the centennial of the opera house in 1983

April 21st

Famous italian opera impresario (1869-1940)

Borodin, Alexander - Signed Cabinet Photo 1886 Programs Music Signed Signatures on central pages programRussian romantic composer (1833 1887) and chemist, Borodin was one of the most important Russian composers in the second half of the 19th Century. Exceedingly rare signed photo, with a short sentiment in French, dated by him in St. Petersburg in 1886, almost exactly a year before his death at age of only 44 during a festive ball. Size is 4. 2 x 5. 7 inches, trimmed at the top, professionally repaired cracks but clearly legible signature, inscription