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
Italian composer (1813–1901) who was one of the most influential figures in the history of opera. ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, October 27, 1856. Verdi sends financial documents and gives a list of debits and directions for their payment. He asks the balance of a sum he now remits to be kept with Mr. Rondoni until he returns to Italy, who is free to send it to Milan, if necessary. Second integral page bears an address panel in another hand and an almost intact red wax “G. V.” seal. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one affecting opening stroke of signature, some mild toning, small area of paper loss to second integral page, and light show-through from writing on opposing sides.
Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ premiered in London the same year as the creation of this financial statement, but if the great composer was counting on the opera to provide an immediate financial windfall, he was mistaken. What is now viewed as one of Verdi’s greatest works was initially met with mixed reviews following its debut on the London stage in May. One critic called it ‘foul and fulminating’ in its subject matter, with others maintaining a ‘wayward woman’ idyllically living in unmarried love was outrageous. A financially intriguing page from the year of one of his greatest works.
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