Léo DELIBES (1836-1931). 5 L.A.S., [1876-1879... - Lot 63 - Ader

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Léo DELIBES (1836-1931). 5 L.A.S., [1876-1879... - Lot 63 - Ader
Léo DELIBES (1836-1931). 5 L.A.S., [1876-1879 and s.d.], to various; 17 pages in-8 or in-12. About his ballet Sylvia and his operas. Clichy-la-Garenne [1876?], to the librettist Jules Barbier, after a mood swing... "at the beginning of next week I will make arrangements with Reinach to come and ask you for hospitality and I hope at the same time to be able to play you a good part of our last act [Sylvia?]"... - Saturday [1876?], to the publisher Henri Heugel, about his ballet Sylvia ou la Nymphe de Diane. He does not move from his work table and is "frightened by the task I have imposed on myself, to orchestrate in 2 ½ months, 3 big acts! But, at no cost, I do not want to be the cause of an hour's delay"... The next day takes place the double audition of Lauwers and Miss Fauvelle, " who is being considered for the role of Diane [...] Your opinion would have a great weight on mine, always so undecided; and it is a capital question ! Paris, February 3 [1879], to his Viennese friend Felix, asking him for news from Vienna, and asking him to take Le Roi l'a dit out of the "ruins of the Komische Oper" and bring it to the Opera. "I am firmly committed to Jean de Nivelle, which will be definitively housed at the Opéra-Comique and which I hope to perform before the end of the exhibition, towards the autumn"... He evokes the great success of Le Petit Duc: "from an artistic and purely musical point of view, I must hate it [...] Has Rheingold been performed at your place? This is a serious matter"... - Saint-Germain 23 September [1879], to the singer Juliette Bilbaut-Vauchelet, about her role in Jean de Nivelle, with a post-script by the librettist Philippe Gille (autographed photograph of the singer attached). - 1879, to Henri Heugel?], about Jean de Nivelle and the cast he discussed with Carvalho, Ph. Gille and Gondinet...
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