Documents signed (2), dated : Paris, 17 March 1859, 1859 Mar. 17.

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Documents signed (2), dated : Paris, 17 March 1859, 1859 Mar. 17.

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Being contracts between Louis Brandus and Meyerbeer to engrave, sell, and publish in England his new three-act opera, presently in rehearsal at the Opéra-Comique, in Paris, under the provisional title Dinorah [i.e. Le pardon de Ploërmel]; one contract also bears a three-line note in Meyerbeer's hand dated Paris Mar. 19 1859.

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Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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