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PUCCINI, Giacomo (1848-1924). Autograph letter signed to Giulio Ricordi, n.p., n.d. [?1904], 'Venerdi', four pages, 4to, on a bifolium.
Butterfly in Buenos Aires. Puccini is about to depart for Abetone, where he invites Ricordi to join him. Regarding 'Butt. in America', he has received 'una fila di lettere e biglietti da B. Aires -- con rallegramenti etc di persone sconosciute. Si vede dunque che l'opera è andata bene'. For a forthcoming production in Lucca, he is inclined to let it be -- not least because he is not inclined to come down from Abetone to attend rehearsals in the heat. He is much more concerned about the threatening failure of a production in Genoa -- 'Ma è proprio vero che Genova minaccia di andare a monte?'. Perhaps something can be arranged.
Puccini visited Buenos Aires himself in 1905 to observe the success of the production of Butterfly at first hand.
Butterfly in Buenos Aires. Puccini is about to depart for Abetone, where he invites Ricordi to join him. Regarding 'Butt. in America', he has received 'una fila di lettere e biglietti da B. Aires -- con rallegramenti etc di persone sconosciute. Si vede dunque che l'opera è andata bene'. For a forthcoming production in Lucca, he is inclined to let it be -- not least because he is not inclined to come down from Abetone to attend rehearsals in the heat. He is much more concerned about the threatening failure of a production in Genoa -- 'Ma è proprio vero che Genova minaccia di andare a monte?'. Perhaps something can be arranged.
Puccini visited Buenos Aires himself in 1905 to observe the success of the production of Butterfly at first hand.
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