Gaspare SPONTINI. P.A.S. "Spontini Comte de Sant' Andrea", P - Lot 163

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Gaspare SPONTINI. P.A.S. "Spontini Comte de Sant' Andrea", P - Lot 163
Gaspare SPONTINI. P.A.S. "Spontini Comte de Sant' Andrea", Paris 10 March 1845; 3/4 page in-4, red wax seal. Official statement testifying "that since the time (before the end of the last century) when I saw the opera Matrimonio secreto, by one of my masters, Cimarosa, first staged, immediately after the theatre in Vienna, under the direction of the composer himself, at the Fiorentini theatre in Naples, finding myself then in the conservatory of music of the Pietà of this city, until the present time, and even in Paris on the Favart and Odeon theatres, of which I had the direction, the role of Caroline, in the aforesaid opera, was always entrusted and filled by the prima Donna, such as Mesd. Strinasacchi, Barilli and so many others! And that the role of Elisette, qualified as second part, was entrusted to the seconda Donna; unless by an exception of pure complacency, or by amicable agreement, or by express stipulation in the engagement, a prima Donna has consented, of her own free will, to take on and fill the said role of Elisette "...
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