Maria Callas. Postcard photograph signed, showing the great diva in the title role of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena", c.1957

CALLAS, MARIA

Postcard photograph signed ("Maria Meneghini Callas"), showing the great diva in costume for the title role in Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena", c.1957

c.14.5 x 10.5, by Piccagliana for Teatro alla Scala, Milan, "Stagione Lirica 1956-57", signed on the image in blue-black ink, verso blank; together with a photograph of Callas and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at Covent Garden in 1959, for the celebrated production of "Lucia di Lammermoor"

This photograph shows Callas at the height of her career, in her pioneering role in the post-war renaissance of "bel canto" opera.