Shostakovich, Maxim - Signed Photograph 1975 playbills opera extensively inscribed and dated in

extensively inscribed and dated in 1939

a couple handwritten by her mother

A mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera and many European houses in an exceptionally large lyric mezzo repertoire in German

shown in the title roles of Saint Saen's Samson et Dalila

starting in 1949

Shostakovich, Maxim - Signed Photograph 1975 playbills opera extensively inscribed and dated inRussian conductor and pianist (b. 1938), the second child of the celebrated composer Dmitri Shostakovich, and a famous performer of his father's works. Fine black and white photograph signed by him with a short sentiment on verso Rehearsal with Sydney Symphony, dated 1975. Size is 2. 25 x 5. 75 inches, in very good condition (see scans provided).