Rossini, Gioachino AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (“ROSSINI”), TO THE THEATRICAL AGENT MAURO CORTICELLI, 15 OCTOBER 1853 A letter of recommendation for the singer Mademoiselle Fremont, described as a “professora di musica”, who has sung with great success at the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence, having a good technique, agile voice and little acquaintance of theatrical intrigue, unlike a number of mediocre singers that have made operatic careers, and asking him to accord her every courtesy as is his custom (“...La mia protetta è professora di musica, cosa rara ai nostri tempi; ha buon metodo, voce [?insinuante] e scorrevole e non conosce ancora l’intrigo teatrale…” 1 page, 8vo (c.22 x 13.7cm), blue paper, autograph address-panel, Florence, 15 October 1853, some tears with paper-loss, affecting a couple of words, address panel detached, some creasing and browning
Rossini, Gioachino AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (“ROSSINI”), TO THE THEATRICAL AGENT MAURO CORTICELLI, 15 OCTOBER 1853 A letter of recommendation for the singer Mademoiselle Fremont, described as a “professora di musica”, who has sung with great success at the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence, having a good technique, agile voice and little acquaintance of theatrical intrigue, unlike a number of mediocre singers that have made operatic careers, and asking him to accord her every courtesy as is his custom (“...La mia protetta è professora di musica, cosa rara ai nostri tempi; ha buon metodo, voce [?insinuante] e scorrevole e non conosce ancora l’intrigo teatrale…” 1 page, 8vo (c.22 x 13.7cm), blue paper, autograph address-panel, Florence, 15 October 1853, some tears with paper-loss, affecting a couple of words, address panel detached, some creasing and browning
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