Thornton, Edna - Signed Photograph HM - Art on verso it reads in

on verso it reads in pencil that it was signed in 1963

French singer/tenor (1881-1960)

shown as Loge in Das Rheingold

Autograph music quote with 3 bars from his Airborne Symphony (1946) for narrator

He founded the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in 1986 and became a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 1989

Thornton, Edna - Signed Photograph HM - Art on verso it reads inEnglish contralto (1875 1964), who had a long career with the major British opera companies, particularly as an interpreter of Wagner. Beautiful and rare vintage photograph boldly signed by her, with an inscription on verso, shown as herself. Size is 3 x 4 inches, matted to solid cardboard for a total size of 5. 75 x 6. 75 inches, in excellently preserved condition!