Lucia di Lammermoor Unsigned Score

Score for this opera by Donizetti, personal copy that belonged to Maria Callas. 

Score bound with Maria Callas´ initials on the spine (MMC, from Maria Meneghini Callas, her first husband´s name was Meneghini, 1949-1959), with Italian lyrics.

This is a score used to study the role, and used for rehearsals, but is NOT SIGNED. 

Callas underlined her role in red ink throughout the score, and made numerous annotations in pencil and ink. See scans of all the more significant pages.

Green cloth binding with MMC on the spine, hardcovers, published by Ricordi, Milan, 1944, 280 numbered pages, 8 x 10.5 inches, in excellent condition.

ALSO INCLUDED is a second score for Lucia, a much later edition (1969), signed on the title page by piano accompanist and conductor Eugene Kohn, who worked with Callas during the famous masterclasses at Juilliard School in 1971. Some annotations in pencil, published by Ricordi, 1969, 8.25 x 10.5 inches, 280 numbered pages, red cloth hardcovers, in excellent condition. A nice addition to the Callas personal study score! See the last 3 scans.

 

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