GATES, Lucy Unsigned Photos - Music American tenor (1892-1966)

American tenor (1892-1966)

creator of the role of Hans Sachs in the World Premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1868 and also the first Wotan in the first complete cycle of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen performed in 1876

Stamped on verso by Giovanni Consoli photo studio

Signed photo shown young by Maurice Seymour

GATES, Lucy Unsigned Photos - Music American tenor (1892-1966)American soprano (1882 1951), whose full name was Emma Lucy Ann Gates Bowen. Signed vintage photograph, shown as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, inscribed and dated in 1940. Bold and clear handwriting and signature. Also contains hand signed signature "Polk" (presumably photographer) on front side. Size is 4 x 6 inches, in excellent condition.