110 - Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901) - DISDERI

Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901) - DISDERI Photograph with autographed music and dedication; 28 x 20 cm mounted on a card measuring 51 x 42 cm. A very beautiful and rare photograph of Verdi by Adolphe-Eugène DISDERI (1810–1890), signed by the photographer “Disderi phot.” Below the photograph, Verdi wrote out a line of music (music and lyrics), the opening of Manrico’s aria from *Il Trovatore*: “Sconto col sangue mio,” along with the dedication: “To Mr. Gaiffe, Paris, Dec. 14, 1853, G. Verdi.” [*Il Trovatore* (The Minstrel), following its premiere in Rome in January 1853, was performed in Paris at the Théâtre Italien on December 23, 1854. Verdi’s dedication is addressed to the journalist Adolphe GAIFFE (1830–1903).]