Carmen, Signed by John Galsworthy Ltd 326/650 Pavarotti teacher Lilly Wexberg BP

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Carmen , An Opera In Four Acts, Taken from the Story of Prosper Merimee and the Original Libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy. Galsworthy, John & Ada, London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, New York, Scribners, 1932, First Edition. 8vo. 80pp. Many pages uncut, laid in bookplate of Opera teacher to Pavarotti Lilly Wexberg. VG/VG, not clipped, no price shown. Limited to 326/650 numbered copies for England & America signed by the authors. from google search returning Don Leonardo's Grandmother on his mother's side was Lilly Wexberg , who passed away July 12th, 1972. She was one of the greatest and most sought after teachers of operatic singing in the world. Her students and associates included world-renowned names such as Beverly Sills, Leontine Price, Marilyn Horne, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti and many others. She worked closely with Otto Guth, a close family friend who worked with Herbert Addler, a former director of the San Francisco Opera.