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George Shirley as Almaviva Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

George Shirley as Almaviva Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

$ 13.2

Availability: 79 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Industry: Music
  • Condition: Photo has curled. See scan.
  • Size: 8" x 10"
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Genre: Classical, Opera & Ballet

    Description

    George Shirley as Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon
    George Irving Shirley (born April 18, 1934) is an American operatic tenor, and was the first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
    Louis Mélançon
    (1901-1974) was the in-house
    photographer
    for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.