LEHMANN LILLI: (1848-1929) German operatic Soprano and voice Teacher. Among his pupils was Geraldine Farrar. Lehmann sang in the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876, singing in the first complete performances of The Ring Cycle and was considered unsurpassed in the Wagner roles of Brünnhilde and Isolde. Rare signed 4 x 7 cabinet photograph by Lehmann, the sepia Falk image from New York depicting the German soprano in costume in her iconic role as Brunnhilde from Wagner´s opera The Valkyrie (1870), standing in a three-quarter length pose. Signed `Lilli Lehmann´ in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower white border. With remnants of former affixing to the verso. Small overall minor age wear with an extremely small clipped corner, otherwise G

Benjamin J. Falk (1853-1925) was a prominent 19th-century celebrity photographer who operated his studio at 949 Broadway (corner of 22nd Street, near the Flatiron Building) in New York City from 1881. He was known for photographing important contemporary figures such as Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt or Lillian Russell.