Breiting, Hermann - Large Collection of Playbills 1830s, 40s and 50s Autographs Actors - Letter M Rudolf Kempe

Rudolf Kempe

Lot of 6 vintage Vienna recital programs from 1894 through 1914

shown in Cyrano de Bergerac

12 December 1911

Hans Knappertsbusch conducts Das Rheingold

Breiting, Hermann - Large Collection of Playbills 1830s, 40s and 50s Autographs Actors - Letter M Rudolf KempeFamous German tenor (1804 1860), a proteg of Spontini, Breiting sang at the most important theaters in Germany in his time, and in London, Prague and in France, eventually developing symptoms of a mental disease that ended his career and his life early. Extraordinary, unique collection of 23 original, vintage playbills from the 1830s, 40s and 50s all opera performances listing his name in the cast. Of the total of 23, most (16 of them) are 9 x 14