Mme. Gatti-Gasazza (Alda) – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Mme. Gatti-Gasazza (Alda) comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mme. Gatti-Gasazza (Alda)
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Frances Alda, the New Zealand-born soprano, is the sitter here, listed under her married name as Mme. Gatti-Gasazza, though the correct spelling of her husband's surname is Gatti-Casazza. Alda sang leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for many years, and in 1910 she married Giulio Gatti-Casazza, who was then the company's general manager. The Bain News Service, which made this glass negative, was a busy New York press photo agency that supplied images of performers and public figures to newspapers, so the sitting shows how opera stars were presented to the public in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,841 × 4,291 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-7201 |
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