Eugène Crosti
(1833-1909)

The bass Eugène Crosti [Italian: Eugenio Crosti] is seen here in an unidentified role. Given the costume, this is possibly how he appeared as one of the principals in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, based on Schiller’s life of the tragic Queen of Scots.

He was later a professor of singing at the Conservatoire de Musique.

In 1902 in Paris he produced Paillasse, his own translation of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.