Photograph of Rosa and Carmela Ponselle for press for "La Gioconda"

Photograph of Rosa and Carmela Ponselle for press for "La Gioconda"

Photograph of Rosa and Carmela Ponselle for press for "La Gioconda" at the Metropolitan Opera with newspaper clipping on the back "Associated Press Photo. Play 'Sister Act' in Opera. Rosa (right) and Carmela Ponselle, both famous in grand opera, played the leading roles in 'La Gioconda', at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, the evening of Dec. 21. They are shown here in full costume and make-up. The sisters found their way to operatic renown through a New York music hall, where they were discovered, several years ago by a friend of Antonio Scotti."

Associated Press

Associated Press

1932 December

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Arthur Friedheim Library, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.