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MASCAGNI Pietro (1863 - 1945)

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MASCAGNI Pietro (1863 - 1945)
L.A.S., Naples February 27, 1919, to his beloved Peppino| 2 pages infol.
(slight cracks on one edge)| in Italian.
Beautiful letter. He explains the reasons for his silence: his wife was bedridden for more than five weeks, for a violent attack of appendicitis, then a serious pericolitis, and he really feared to lose her. Fortunately, he had a friendly impresario at the San Carlo who gave him a lot of freedom| he directed few performances, including his Lodoletta, with the tenor Beniamino
GIGLI: the success was very great, and culminated in a triumph at the 5th and 6th performances. He prepared Isabeau, that he will give the following day. Then he speaks at length about a very important affair that he must be proposed, probably a project for the Americas, which obliges him for the moment to postpone any other engagement...