Booth, Margery - Signed Photo, Rare! Conductors 75 x 17 inches

75 x 17 inches

shown conducting in China

Karl Elmendorff conducting a special concert dedicated to Peter Cornelius

shown conducting

who later became the director of the Metropolitan Opera of New York from 1935 to 1950

Booth, Margery - Signed Photo, Rare! Conductors 75 x 17 inchesEnglish soprano (1905 1952), who married a German man, emigrated to Germany and became a British spy during the World War II. She met Hitler and eventually was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo for being a spy, ended up imprisioned in a British war camp, where she sang for prisoners. Very rare signed photo, shown as herself. Size is 7 x 9 inches. Photo has a repaired crack over the top center not affecting her signature, in good condition.