Muzio, Emanuele - Autograph Letter Signed about Verdi 1875 Autographs Singers 50 or less I shown as Gunther in Wagner's

shown as Gunther in Wagner's Gotterdammerung at the 2002 Bayreuth Festival

Stamped on verso by photo studio Lillo Foto

Bottom (left to right): Dagmar Herrmann (1920- )

Conductor: Hermann Scherchen

Muzio, Emanuele - Autograph Letter Signed about Verdi 1875 Autographs Singers 50 or less I shown as Gunther in Wagner'sItalian composer and conductor (1821 1890), lifelong friend and only student of Giuseppe Verdi. Muzio toured extensively as a conductor, giving first performances of several Verdi operas in France and in the USA. In the early 1870s, Muzio became the conductor of the Theatre Italien in Paris, which was experiencing financial difficulties (referred in the present letter) that led to its closure later in the decade. Autograph letter to an unidentified