Raaff, Anton - Autograph Note Signed 1757 [OPERA] and director

and director

Program for a performance of Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera House

and 2 unidentified signatures (probably stage manager E

dated in London in 1932

Raaff, Anton - Autograph Note Signed 1757 [OPERA] and directorGerman tenor (1714 1797), famous in his time for singing alongside Farinelli in Madrid (1755 1759), and creator of Mozart's Idomeneo title role during its world premiere in 1781. Signed receipt for a payment for a performance in Spain, handwritten and dated by another hand in 1957, and signed by Raaff at the bottom. Size is 8. 4 x 4. 25 inches, folds, in excellent condition. Extremely rare and scarce!