VARTENISSIAN, Shakeh Autographs Singers 50 or less U-V to the librettist and writer

to the librettist and writer Karl Sondershausen (1792-1882)

active between 1951-2008

On verso: ink writing over the top

signed by the composer on the front cover

VARTENISSIAN, Shakeh Autographs Singers 50 or less U-V to the librettist and writerSoprano (1924 2003), most likely of Armenian origin but variously reported as of Turkish, Syrian, or Lebanese descent. Signed photograph, shown in role (possibly Massenet's Manon), inscribed and dated in 1957. Stamped on verso by photographer Sedge Le Blang, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Size is 8 x 10 inches, small creases on top left and right, otherwise in excellent condition.