Duprez, Gilbert - Signed Book "L'Art du Chant" [LITERATURE] This photo is rated one

This photo is rated one of Life Magazine's most iconic photos in history

signed by him with 4 bars of one of his songs

to a doctor

showing a scene (closing of act 3) from the world premiere of Parsifal

shown as Magda in Puccini´s "La Rondine"

Duprez, Gilbert - Signed Book "L'Art du Chant" [LITERATURE] This photo is rated oneFrench tenor (1806 1896), who performed at the world premiere in Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). His book "L'Art du Chant" signed twice by the author (on the title page and over the opposite blank page) with a 3 bar music quote and lyrics. Size is 7. 5 x 10. 8 inches, 123 pages, 2nd edition (no year); original covers were removed and rebound with leather hard covers, in overall very good condition.