Verdi, Giuseppe AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (”G.VERDI”), ABOUT PAULINE VIARDOT, MEYERBEER AND THE PARIS OPÉRA, WITH TWO LETTERS ABOUT VERDI giving his views of the singers at the Paris Opéra, and the difficulties of finding a position for the mezzo soprano Emilia Goggi there, even without Marietta Alboni's presence, as the Directors of the Opéra have persuaded themselves that they don't need any more female lead singers, although he adds that some have been signed on because Meyerbeer insists on having Pauline Viardot in his new opera Le Prophète, which may perhaps be staged there next year, explaining this is why he cannot offer more for his friend's appeal on behalf of Goggi, informing him that he has stayed in Paris to oversee Jérusalem at the Opéra (“...appena in scena l'opera...”), but assuring him that he will return to Italy soon. 2 pages, 8vo (19 x 12.5cms), integral blank, [Paris], 6 January 1848, small crease to lower corner, later pencil annotation to the blank leaf together with 2 letters about Verdi's Attila (and Giovanna d'Arco) by Sofia Loewe and Fred. Loewe, discussing the production of Attila at Venice in 1846 and the cavatina that Verdi had promised to write for Sofia Loewe, 7 pages in all, 8vo, autograph envelope, Venice, 14 December 1845 and 20 March 1846
Verdi, Giuseppe AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (”G.VERDI”), ABOUT PAULINE VIARDOT, MEYERBEER AND THE PARIS OPÉRA, WITH TWO LETTERS ABOUT VERDI giving his views of the singers at the Paris Opéra, and the difficulties of finding a position for the mezzo soprano Emilia Goggi there, even without Marietta Alboni's presence, as the Directors of the Opéra have persuaded themselves that they don't need any more female lead singers, although he adds that some have been signed on because Meyerbeer insists on having Pauline Viardot in his new opera Le Prophète, which may perhaps be staged there next year, explaining this is why he cannot offer more for his friend's appeal on behalf of Goggi, informing him that he has stayed in Paris to oversee Jérusalem at the Opéra (“...appena in scena l'opera...”), but assuring him that he will return to Italy soon. 2 pages, 8vo (19 x 12.5cms), integral blank, [Paris], 6 January 1848, small crease to lower corner, later pencil annotation to the blank leaf together with 2 letters about Verdi's Attila (and Giovanna d'Arco) by Sofia Loewe and Fred. Loewe, discussing the production of Attila at Venice in 1846 and the cavatina that Verdi had promised to write for Sofia Loewe, 7 pages in all, 8vo, autograph envelope, Venice, 14 December 1845 and 20 March 1846
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