Original Photo - Gotterdammerung, 17 August 1933 (e) [MUSIC] Pianist: Wilhelm Backhaus

Pianist: Wilhelm Backhaus

she was the favorite Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (opera by Pietro Mascagni)

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Spanish pianist and conductor (1895-1980)

Stamped on verso by photographer Fayer

Original Photo - Gotterdammerung, 17 August 1933 (e) [MUSIC] Pianist: Wilhelm BackhausConducted by Karl Elmendorff, 3d act, Vorspiel with Max Lorenz. Part of a set of ORIGINAL (unpublished) pictures of the Ring performances during the Bayreuther Buhnenfestspiele, August 12 17, 1933. Rare pictures of the first version of the legendary Preetorius stage decors which were used only in 1933, the second version was presented between 1934 1939. These are the probably the only prints made or still surviving. All photographs 9 x 13 cm, mounted