Don Sebastien - Vintage Prints - World Premiere 1843 Autographs Instrumentalists 75 x 4 inches and

75 x 4 inches and is mounted in an album page

Italian opera superstar (1810-1883)

shown in role in Haendel's Xerxes

Franz Kneisel & Arthur Nikisch on piano

shown in The Tsar's Bride

Don Sebastien - Vintage Prints - World Premiere 1843 Autographs Instrumentalists 75 x 4 inches andVintage clips from L`Illustration, Journal Universel, issued in November 1843, just days after the world premiere of Donizettis opera "Don Sebastien" (which took place in Paris on November 13th). Two original clips, attached to both sides of a white cardboard, sized 12. 6 x 9. 4 inches, one side with a scene from the 3rd act, in a public square (clip is 9. 25 x 6. 75 inches), verso with a drawing depicting Nicolas Levasseur, who performed as The Great