#cavalieri

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Lina Cavalieri

Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri on a vintage Reutlinger postcard

Kneight

Two Knights (Due Cavalieri) by Giorgio de Chirico

This cover of the April 1905 issue of Musica magazine shows the famous soprano Lina Cavalieri, who was the most photographed woman in the Belle Epoque. She was a good friend of Enrico Caruso. A beautiful woman and an exciting life story. Was able to acquire some of these rare, preserved editions.

After that, “the most beautiful woman in the world”, as fans called her, also became “the kissing primadonna”: that “coup de théâtre” on the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House made Umberto Giordano’s “Fedora” simply unforgettable, and brought Cavalieri great luck in her career. (x)