Last Chance Blech, Leo (1871-1958). Signed Postcard Photograph Price Crushed By 50% [LhZV1dpE]

Sepia bust profile photograph of the noted German conductor and composer, signed "Leo Blech" in blue ink lower right and signed additionally and with a short note on the verso. 3 x 5 inches, a few small corner creases, else fine.


Blech held many important posts with opera houses in both Germany and Austria throughout his career, including a four-year stint in Riga when, being Jewish, he found himself unable to return to Berlin as conductor at the Staatsoper from a guest engagement in 1937. "[His] operatic repertory was wide. He was especially renowned for his performances of Wagner and Verdi... and was also a fine orchestral conductor, admired for reliability, clarity and elegance, and for his sensitivity as an accompanist... During his lifetime he achieved considerable success with his own operas..." (J.A. Fuller Maitland in Grove Online)