Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 24 April 1902, to an unidentified director, 1902 Apr. 24.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 24 April 1902, to an unidentified director, 1902 Apr. 24.

Saying he has read in Il mondo artistico that [Puccini's] Tosca was not a success in St. Petersburg and that the singers were all Russian except Apostolu; in fact, the principal singers were Medea Mei-Figner, [Yannis] Apostolu, and Giraldoni himself--only the conductor and the secondary singers were Russian--, and giving a different account of the opera's reception.

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Mei-Figner, Medea, 1859-1952.

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Russian soprano of Italian birth. From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Montevideo, 18 August 1903, 1903 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873565 ...

Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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Giraldoni, Eugenio

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Italian baritone. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 24 April 1902, to an unidentified director, 1902 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577878 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Florence, 5 October 1921, to an unidentified recipient, 1921 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873361 ...

Puccini, Giacomo

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An Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini at the time of this letter was overseeing the production of La Fanciulla del West at the Teatro Grande, Brescia. The recipient, Antonio Bettolacci, was Puccini's personal business agent. From the guide to the ALS, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Bettolacci, Torre del Lago, 1911 Aug. 19, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1911 Aug. 19, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Be...

Apostolou, Yannis, 1860?-1905.

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