VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Autograph letter signed ('G. Verdi') to Giuseppe De Amicis, Sant'Agata, 31 July 1893.
In Italian, 2 pages, 179 x 113mm, on a bifolium. Autograph envelope.
Practical arrangements for his arrival in Genoa. Verdi announces his impending arrival on either Wednesday or Thursday evening in Genoa, and hopes De Amicis will eat with him at the station restaurant; he will be coming with Roberto, and will go to his house to freshen up (he asks De Amicis to forewarn the housekeeper). He asks De Amicis about investments in two Italian railway companies, 'le Mediteranee' and 'le Meridionali', with the apology 'I'm giving you this trouble because I would like not to waste time, and to finish everything as quickly as possible'. Verdi promises a telegram to give his precise arrival day, and concludes by asking for reassurance that there is no cholera in Genoa.
De Amicis was a close friend of Verdi's, often carrying out small commissions for him. The previous six months had seen the hugely successful first performances of Falstaff in Milan on 9 February and in Rome in May.
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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Autograph letter signed ('G. Verdi') to Giuseppe De Amicis, Sant'Agata, 31 July 1893.
In Italian, 2 pages, 179 x 113mm, on a bifolium. Autograph envelope.
Practical arrangements for his arrival in Genoa. Verdi announces his impending arrival on either Wednesday or Thursday evening in Genoa, and hopes De Amicis will eat with him at the station restaurant; he will be coming with Roberto, and will go to his house to freshen up (he asks De Amicis to forewarn the housekeeper). He asks De Amicis about investments in two Italian railway companies, 'le Mediteranee' and 'le Meridionali', with the apology 'I'm giving you this trouble because I would like not to waste time, and to finish everything as quickly as possible'. Verdi promises a telegram to give his precise arrival day, and concludes by asking for reassurance that there is no cholera in Genoa.
De Amicis was a close friend of Verdi's, often carrying out small commissions for him. The previous six months had seen the hugely successful first performances of Falstaff in Milan on 9 February and in Rome in May.
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