#Gyenes Fotografo

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Autograph / Autógrafo

Elvira Quintillá

Madrid: Gyenes Fotografo Isabel la Catolica, 12 MADRID

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Mattiwilda Dobbs (July 11, 1925 – December 8, 2015) 

African-American coloratura soprano and one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera. She was the first black singer to perform at La Scala in Italy, the first black woman to receive a long-term performance contract at the Metropolitan Opera, New York and the first black singer to play a lead role at the San Francisco Opera. (Wikipedia)

Portrait of soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs. Printed on front: "Gyenes." Stamped on back: "Gyenes fotografo, Isabel la Catolica, 12. telefono 47 86 01, Madrid." Typed on back: "Mattiwilda Dobbs."

Courtesy of the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

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