Sontag, Henriette - Signed Card 1849 playbills opera and also a dancer and

and also a dancer and writer

3 inches (scan 1)

Arthur Schnabel (14 years old

shown in title role of Richard Strauss's opera Die Liebe der Danae at Bavarian Statsoper

one of the world's most famous vocal performers in history

Sontag, Henriette - Signed Card 1849 playbills opera and also a dancer andGerman super star soprano (1806 1854) of international fame. Sontag was the soprano of choice for the soprano solo in the world premiere of Beethovens 9th Symphony and in his Missa Solemnis. Sontag also created the title role in Euryanthe, opera by Carl Maria von Weber, later in 1854 Sontag sang Mexicos national anthem for the first time. Signature on card, dated by her in Normanton, December 23rd, 1849. Size is 4. 4 x 3. 3 inches, trimmed from a