books0977: Design for Black Breaches, Cap and Cape for Ganna Walska in “Rigoletto” by the Chicago Op
books0977: Design for Black Breaches, Cap and Cape for Ganna Walska in “Rigoletto” by the Chicago Opera Company (1922). Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (French/born Russian, 1892-1990). Drawing. Met.Reviewing a Paris production of Rigoletto in 1923, Time commented that Walska had a voice “good enough for small parlour singing,” but no more. It further reported that the audience laughed openly at the squawks which formed her upper register. The curt headline said it all: “Beautiful, Wealthy, She Has No Voice.” -- source link