CABINET 2: LINA CAVALIERI--"THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN"--OPERA for Sale

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CABINET 2: LINA CAVALIERI--"THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN"--OPERA For Sale

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CABINET 2: LINA CAVALIERI--"THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN"--OPERA:
$145.00

CABINET: 2 LINA CAVALIERI--"THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN--OPERA-- LA BELLE EPOQUE BY PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLES REUTLINGER OF PARIS.I HAVE DECIDED TO SELL MY COLLECTION FEATURING WOMEN OF LA BELLE EPOQUE. IT INCLUDES 36 CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FAMOUS SUPERSTARS OF THE TIME----CLEO DE MERODE( 4 CABINETS), LIANE DE POUGY(10 CABINETS), LA BELLE OTERO (10 CABINETS), EMILIENNE D'ALENCON(6 CABINETS), AND LINA CAVALIERI (6 CABINETS). I WILL BE LISTING THEM INDIVIDUALLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS--ALL ARE IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN QUITE PARTICULAR IN ACQUIRING THE MOST PERFECT IMAGES POSSIBLE OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
SHIPPING IN THE USA WILL BE $5. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL BE VIA 'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM.
LINA CAVALIERI WAS BORN NEAR ROME IN 1874. ORPHANED AT AN EARLY AGE AND BEAUTIFUL, SHE MADE HER WAY TO PARIS WHERE SHE WORKED AS A CABARET SINGER IN MUSIC HALLS AND CAFES MAKING HER WAY THROUGH EUROPE. IN 1900 SHE MADE HER SOPRANO OPERA DEBUT AND HER CAREER TOOK OFF. SHE SANG WITH CARUSO AND OTHER OPERA GREATS, HEADLINED THROUGHOUT THE CAPITALS OF EUROPE, AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED CELEBRITIES OF THE TIME. SHE WAS FRQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE "WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN" AND WAS PART OF THE TIGHT LACING THAT SAW WOMEN USING CORSETRY TO CREATE AN 'HOUR-GLASS' FIGURE. SHE PARTOOK OF SEVERAL LOVERS AND HUSBANDS AND UPON RETIREMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL MARKETING BEAUTY PRODUCTS. WHEN WWI1 BEGAN, SHE WENT TO THE USA WHERE SHE STARRED IN FOUR SILENT FILMS MOST OF WHICH ARE NOW LOST. IN 1944 CAVALIERI WAS KILLED AT HER HOME IN FLORENCE, ITALY DURING AN ALLIED BOMBING RAID WHEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE DELAYED COLLECTING HER VALUABLE JEWERY INSTEAD OF RUNNING TO THE AIR-RAID SHELTER.