DONIZETTI GAETANO: (1797-1848) Italian composer. A good and curious A.L.S., Donizetti ...

DONIZETTI GAETANO: (1797-1848) Italian composer. A good and curious A.L.S., Donizetti, one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris), n.d., on his personal stationey, in French. The letter bears to the upper left corner a crowned blind embossed nseal with his initials, G.D. Donizetti reports on his opera rehearsals which have been postponed in spite of himself, stating `Monsieur Scribe hier au soir a fixé la répétition pour la mise en scène de mon opera à demain soir; vous me voyez donc forcé à vous remercier du diner malgré moi´ (Translation: "Mr. Scribe yesterday evening set the rehearsal for the staging of my opera for tomorrow evening; you therefore see me forced to thank you but refuse the dinner invitation in spite of my wishes.") Further Donizetti adds a statement using the words of Don Rodrigo in Othello´splay `et je dirais avec Rodrigo dans othello - Diviene piu grato - quant´e piu .... - atteso piacer´ (Translation: "and I shall say, as does Rodrigo in the opera Othello - "An awaited pleasure is all the more so, when it is eagerly deisred") Paper with a Whatman watermark. Very small minor age wear, otherwise G

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