Lina Cavalieri (by Truus, Bob & Jan too!)
lina cavalieri on Flickr.
Vintage studio portrait, Poland
Polonia, 1907
Reutlinger had no photostudios in Poland and in the picture as can be seen it was taken in Paris. And the lady in the picture is the beautiful italian opera diva Lina Cavalieri
More info and images of Studio Reutlinger
Giovanni Boldini (1842 – 1931)
Portrait of Lina Cavalieri, oil on canvas.
The Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri was known for her great beauty. Blessed with a good singing voice, a young Cavalieri made her way to Paris, France, where her stunning good looks opened doors and she obtained work as a singer at one of the city’s café-concerts. During her career she sang with the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris, the Metropolitan Opera, the Oscar Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera Company; she was a much-loved star in pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg, Russia.
Her portrait by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini was acquired by Maurice Rothschild.
