SOPRANOS: A good selection of three vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photographs, comprising Toti dal Monte ...

SOPRANOS: A good selection of three vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photographs, comprising Toti dal Monte (1893-1975) Italian Soprano. Her real name being Antonietta Meneghel. Best remembered for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini´s Mada. ma Butterfly, recording this role in 1939 with Beniamino Gigli. Signed and inscribed `All´amico molto caro prof. Pasquale Alecce per ricordo di Cio-cio-san, Toti dal Monte, Roma, 24th February 1939´, the image showing Toti dal Monte in a full-length pose, in costume, as Cio-cio-san in Puccini´s Madama Butterfly; Giulietta Simionato (1910-2010) Italian Mezzo-Soprano. The Piccagliani image showing Simionato, in a full-length pose, in costume as Carmen at the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan; and Gina Cigna (1900-2001) French-Italian Soprano, the image showing Cigna in a close-up portrait pose. VG, 3