Wagner, Richard - Autograph Letter Signed 1859 Maria Callas Posters shown as Amfortas in Parsifal

shown as Amfortas in Parsifal at the 1997 Bayreuth Festival

shown in role in Dalibor

then only 19 years old and later famous conductor himself

Program for July 27th

Munich in 1985

Wagner, Richard - Autograph Letter Signed 1859 Maria Callas Posters shown as Amfortas in ParsifalStar German opera composer (1813 1883), together with Giuseppe Verdi, Wagner was the most famous creator and a dominant figure in the genre for several decades of the 19th century. Autograph letter signed, dated in Venice on February 6th, 1859, where Wagner had friends and normally spent vacation time. After a marital scandal and fight with his wife Minna, who had discovered a love letter Wagner wrote to friend Mathilde Wesendonck, Minna left for