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Caravaggio 1610-1960 Lire 25 Colombati 1960

Josephine Lucchese was born in 1893, the daughter of famed boot maker Sam Lucchese. She studied music from a young age, including piano, mandolin, and voice from Italian Soprano Virginia Colombati. At 18, Lucchese accompanied Colombati to New York to continue her training. In 1920, Lucchese appeared as Olympia in Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann. She quickly gained fame for her coloratura roles, which require great vocal dexterity and skill, particularly as Rosina in The Barber of Seville. Lucchese toured throughout America and Europe, where she was called the "American Nightingale," despite being one of the few opera stars without classical European opera training. She returned to Texas and taught voice at the University of Texas from 1956 to 1968. She retired to her hometown of San Antonio, where she continued to take private pupils. Josephine Lucchese passed away in 1974.

Eleonora Duse - Centenario della nascita - 1858 - 1958 Lire 25 Colombati 1958

Guerra dell’Indipendenza 1859 Lire 110 - Lire 25 Quieti - Colombati 1959