JAN KIEPURA PHOTOGRAPH

Vintage, 7" X 8 1/2", double weight, glossy (contrasty print)

Signed and inscribed in German:

 

"Herrn Swinilc freundlichst / Jan Kiepura / 1934"

Condition: light signs of handling

Jan Kiepura was an acclaimed Polish-born singer (tenor) and actor. In 1936 he married Hungarian-born lyric soprano

Marta Eggerth (1912-2013) and in 1937, with the rise of Hitler, they fled Europe and emigrated to the United States.

Kiepura appeared  in 23 films of which the best known are: The Song of Night (1932), Ich Liebe Alle Frauen (1935),

The Story of La Boheme (1937), Das Land des Lacheins (1937). 

 

Born: 1902, Sosnowiec, Poland; died: 1966, New York City, New York.