LE BEL, John Paul price-reduced and inviting the music critic

and inviting the music critic Calvo Coressi (1877-1949) to attend

inscribed and dated in 1963

Both letters are 5

discovered by George Balanchine in Paris in the 1930s

Full program from NY City Opera for a ballet performance of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

LE BEL, John Paul price-reduced and inviting the music criticAmerican tenor and inventor (1921 2006), active with the Michigan Grand Opera company, also appeared on radio and films. Signed photograph, shown in role, inscribed in 1950. Bold handwriting and signature. Stamped on verso by photographer John Karalis, Detroit. Size is 8 x 10 inches, small creases and folds, otherwise in very good condition.