MUZIO CLAUDIA: (1889-1936) Italian Soprano. A good, large vintage signed and inscribed sepia 9.5 x 11.5 photograph, the oval image depicting Muzio in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose in costume as Saint Cecilia from Licinio Refice's opera Cecilia (1934). Photograph by Ettore Reale of Rome and bearing their blindstamp. Signed by Muzio in bold fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image, adding Cecilia and the date, Rio, August 1935, in her hand beneath her signature. Rare. Some extremely minor, light age wear at the extreme edges, otherwise VG

Muzio sang the title role of Cecilia at the premiere of Refice's opera Cecilia in Rome in 1934 when the opera caused a sensation.