Lot n° 344
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60 - 80
EUR
Marie LITTA(Marie Eugenia von ELSNERdite, 1856-1883, America - Lot 344
Marie LITTA(Marie Eugenia von ELSNERdite, 1856-1883, American opera singer, changed her name from Marie von Elsner to Marie Litta when she came to Paris at the end of 1877, she died at the height of her fame at the age of 27, struck down by meningitis) / Autograph letter signed "Mlle Litta",in French, 1 p in-8,Paris,December 17, 1877, to music publisher Léon ESCUDIER(1821-1881, he edited Verdi, director of the Salle Ventadour): "I'm sorry to tell you that I have a voice extinction and that it will be impossible for me to sing this evening despite all my wishes. If you'd like to send for the doctor as he sees how I am, I'd be much obliged".
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