Martin, Riccardo - Signed Photograph in La Gioconda HM - World Figures Leonie Rysanek as Leonore (unsigned)

Leonie Rysanek as Leonore (unsigned) 27

American-born French dancer

associated with several major artistic styles

shown in roles in Ernest Reyer's opera Salammbo

Martin, Riccardo - Signed Photograph in La Gioconda HM - World Figures Leonie Rysanek as Leonore (unsigned)American tenor (1874 1952) who sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1907 1915 and again from 1917 18 and in his time with the company created the lead tenor roles in three American operas: Walter Damrosch's Cyrano, Horatio Parker's Mona and Frederick Shepherd Converse's The Pipe of Desire. Also sang frequently in Chicago and elsewhere in the United States as well as in Europe. Signed postcard photograph, shown as Enzo in Ponchielli's La Gioconda,