Crespin, Regine - Signed Photograph Dialogue des Carmelites Autographs Theater Austrian soprano (1902-1968)

Austrian soprano (1902-1968)

first Berlin performance (the world premiere was in 1918)

unique stamp collection of opera-related stamps from various European countries

performances between 1945 and 1955

Crespin, Regine - Signed Photograph Dialogue des Carmelites Autographs Theater Austrian soprano (1902-1968)French dramatic soprano (1927 2007) who later became a mezzo , excelled in both French and German repertoire. Signed photograph, shown as Madame de Croissy, the Old Prioress in Poulenc's Dialogue des Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (Crespin had been previously best known for her earlier performance of Madame Lidoine, the New Prioress, in the premiere of the French version of the opera first presented in Paris in June 1957). Photo by