Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Brief ALS in Italian, one page, Torre del Lago letterhead, 6 x 9.75, October 6, 1907. In a quick letter, possibly addressed to Arturo Toscanini, principal conductor at La Scala in Milan during this time period, Puccini writers, in full: “I am thinking of returning to Milan for a few days (perhaps seven or eight). Then we will speak of what you wrote to me and other things.” In very good condition, with three horizontal folds, minor paper loss to the right edge, and moderate scattered foxing. In the fall of 1907, Puccini would finally come to settle on the theme for his first opera since the wildly successful release of Madame Butterfly to Brescia audiences in 1904. This next endeavor would focus on Belasco’s play, La Fanciulla del West (Girl of the West), a play Puccini and his wife, Elvira, saw while visiting New York in 1906. This letter, dated at the time of Puccini’s long-awaited decision, could very well reference the announcement of his anticipated operatic idea.
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