Pons, Lily - Signed Metropolitan Opera Contract also signed by Rudolf Bing Richard Wagner signed on verso only as

signed on verso only as "Francesco"

irregularly cut top border

inscribed and signed only as "Estelle"

Autograph letter written in French (sold with a translation in English)

Pons, Lily - Signed Metropolitan Opera Contract also signed by Rudolf Bing Richard Wagner signed on verso only asFrench American coloratura soprano (1898 1976), a Metropolitan Opera star for nearly 30 years. Typed signed contract with that company, dated in 1956, eight pages, with both Pons and Metropolitan Opera General Manager Rudolf Bing's handwritten signatures at the bottom of the front page (see scan). Size is 8. 5 x 13. 5 inches, small stain at top of the front page and small crease on the back page, otherwise in very good condition.