Alary, Jules Eugene - Autograph Letter Signed 1874

Italian composer (1814-1891), appointed as director of appointed as director of Théâtre des Italiens in Paris by Napoleon III.

Autograph letter in Italian (sold untranslated) signed by him, dated in London, June 10, 1874, to the impresario Innocenzo Canedi, concerning a trial against the soprano Madame Gaston Lacaze and other music issues:

"... I am very sorry for all that has happened, but amid three versions which I do not appreciate and which are rather contradictory, I cannot pronounce who is to blame - I shall see this on my return to Paris when I have spoken with the Lacazes - But of all the ways what is clear is that the affair is lost even to me - but let us be clear that if you think you can bring Madame Lacaze to trial if I do not succeed in what you want from mine I intend to participate in the mediation as we are intended to do so. Now I believe it is my duty that the 1st Tenor [Alessandro] Bettini (husband of [Zelia] Trebelli) is free from engagements from August (next) onwards, needless to say, his voice is always fresh, and he knows and has sung 40 operas and that at least here in London it is those old men there, who lead the boat forward – All the young men we were talking about at the beginning of the Season are finished..."

Size is 5.1 x 8 inches, 3 written pages in one folded sheet, folds, creases, some dirt, in overall very good condition.