Gomes, Carlos - Biscuit Bust [FILM] director of La Monnaie

director of La Monnaie

Brazilian-born German singer (1929-2004)

vintage programs for performances at the famous McVicker´s Theatre in Chicago

extensively inscribed and dated in 1933

Gomes, Carlos - Biscuit Bust [FILM] director of La MonnaieBrazilian composer (1836 1896) who was the only successful non European opera composer; contemporary to Verdi and Puccini, and the first composer of non European lineage to be accepted into the Classic tradition of music. Large biscuit bust of the composer on clay base, signed on the back by Raul Ditet (or similar). Size is 11. 5 x 15. 75 x 9 inches, some yellow stains, in overall very good condition.