Philadelphia: 1853. 1st Edition. No Binding.

Very rare signature from Sontag penned during her historic tour of the United States in 1853. Comes with a print of the engraving done by Girard picturing her as Donna Anna. Signed, Henriette Rossi Sontag, Philadelphia the 19 April 1853.

Henriette Sontag (1806-1854) is considered the greatest German soprano of the 19th century. She made her debut in 1821 and was quickly ranked the equal of Catalani and Malibran and easily superior to such rivals as Giulia Grisi, Fanny Persiani, and Jenny Lind. She retired in 1830 to become the Countess Rossi, and then amazed the music world in 1849 by returning to the stage with undiminished powers. She was particularly famous as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Sontag died suddenly of cholera in Mexico in 1854, just over a year after signing this autograph.

Price: $300.00