McARDEN, Joy Callas Signed Score Russian soprano (1911-2009)

Russian soprano (1911-2009)

Larger size photograph signed and inscribed by her with a short sentiment in French

at the top program is wrapped around a nicely decorated wooden stick and the original

shown as Waltraute in Die Walkure

McARDEN, Joy Callas Signed Score Russian soprano (1911-2009)Dutch soprano (1893 1952), whose real name was Johanna Maria Goverdina (Jo) IJzerman. Signed photograph, shown as Octavian in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, inscribed in London, dated in 1939. Stamped on verso by photographer J. W. Debenham, Willesden. Size is 6 x 8 inches, mounting traces on verso and some silvering at the top, otherwise in very good condition.