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Offline Annette Witherby

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Opera Singer ?
« on: Sunday 25 August 19 06:36 BST (UK) »
Hi, could someone please identify the subject of this photo - the family think he was an opera singer. He was painted by my husband's aunt when she was 15 years old in 1929.
Thank you.
Annette.
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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 August 19 07:43 BST (UK) »
How about Enrico Caruso


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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 25 August 19 08:32 BST (UK) »
It is strange but I had not considered anyone so famous.

I will go looking at pictures now - thankyou for your suggestion to compare.

Many thanks,   Annette
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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 25 August 19 08:37 BST (UK) »
I was thinking it was like when I was a teenager and girls drew pictures of the Beatles. Copied from album covers or posters.

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« Reply #4 on: Sunday 25 August 19 09:16 BST (UK) »
Certainly this could have been the case.  Gee I wish I was one of those teenagers again!

I will definitely explore the possibility of Caruso sitting in my dining room with me.  Yes sounds good to me.

Thankyou,  Annette
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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 25 August 19 11:14 BST (UK) »
Not sure about that, looks like an Indian person to me. The headwear seems quite distinctive.

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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 25 August 19 11:15 BST (UK) »
Quote from: melba_schmelba on Sunday 25 August 19 11:14 BST (UK)
Not sure about that, looks like an Indian person to me. The headwear seems quite distinctive.

Or in costume?  If an opera singer, this could be a representation of a character in an opera.  Aida?


added:  no, sorry, more likely Mozart's Il Seraglio which has Turkish characters
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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 25 August 19 11:20 BST (UK) »
See here, the pointy part of the top of the turban is a khulla, worn by some regiments of the Indian Army

http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2013/turbans-of-the-indian-army

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Re: Opera Singer ?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 25 August 19 11:23 BST (UK) »
Quote from: IgorStrav on Sunday 25 August 19 11:15 BST (UK)
Quote from: melba_schmelba on Sunday 25 August 19 11:14 BST (UK)
Not sure about that, looks like an Indian person to me. The headwear seems quite distinctive.

Or in costume?  If an opera singer, this could be a representation of a character in an opera.  Aida?
Not sure why someone would be depicted in Indian dress for an opera set in ancient Egypt ;D. I think the person looks more genuinely Indian than a performer made up.
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