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Auction archive: Lot number 144

G. VERDI, AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO CESARE VIGNA, ABOUT "AIDA", 24 JULY 1876

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,282 - US$3,938
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 144

G. VERDI, AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO CESARE VIGNA, ABOUT "AIDA", 24 JULY 1876

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,282 - US$3,938
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Verdi, Giuseppe AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO CESARE VIGNA, ABOUT A PRODUCTION OF AIDA IN VENICE, 28 JULY 1876 Verdi observes that the impresario Antonio Gallo has been losing money, opining that an impresario's job is one that requires "know how" and that the best time to have staged Aida in Venice was soon after its Italian premiere in Milan, pointing out that Gallo had the means to mount it then but lacked the courage to do so ("...Il momento di dare Aida a Venezia era subito dopo che venne eseguita a Milan. Allora era il momento, e Gallo poteva farlo! Io glielo consigliai, ma...aveva allora paura!..."); Verdi also follows up on his agent Corticelli's enquiries about plumbing for an Artesian well 2 pages, 8vo, integral blank, autograph envelope, stamped & postmarked, Busseto, 28 July 1876, staining to lower margin

Auction archive: Lot number 144
Beschreibung:

Verdi, Giuseppe AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO CESARE VIGNA, ABOUT A PRODUCTION OF AIDA IN VENICE, 28 JULY 1876 Verdi observes that the impresario Antonio Gallo has been losing money, opining that an impresario's job is one that requires "know how" and that the best time to have staged Aida in Venice was soon after its Italian premiere in Milan, pointing out that Gallo had the means to mount it then but lacked the courage to do so ("...Il momento di dare Aida a Venezia era subito dopo che venne eseguita a Milan. Allora era il momento, e Gallo poteva farlo! Io glielo consigliai, ma...aveva allora paura!..."); Verdi also follows up on his agent Corticelli's enquiries about plumbing for an Artesian well 2 pages, 8vo, integral blank, autograph envelope, stamped & postmarked, Busseto, 28 July 1876, staining to lower margin

Auction archive: Lot number 144
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