Jess Thomas Autograph on Large Photo 8 x 10, CoA

Jess Thomas portrait photo, hand-signed with green ink.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

20,3 x 25,7 cm. Very good condition.

Jess Thomas (1927 – 1993) was an American operatic tenor, best known for his Wagner singing.

Thomas made his operatic debut in 1957 for the San Francisco Opera performing in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier as the Haushofmeister. In 1958, he debuted in the title role of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin for the Karlsruhe Staatstheater at the commencement of a career in Germany. Thomas appeared as Bacchus in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at the Munich Festival.

It was at Bayreuth that he established his reputation as a Wagnerian tenor.