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PUCCINI, Giacomo. Autograph letter signed to Giulio Ricordi, Torre del Lago, [postmarked 4 June 1903], 6 pages, 8vo; envelope.
Physical and spiritual suffering - and an enquiry about Tosca. Puccini is ill and discouraged, his face swollen from toothache - though at least he seems not to have diabetes. 'Che vita che vita mio caro Giulio! Sono scoraggiato e triste. Quanta mia esistenza è atrocemente insopportabile! Sentirsi in forze e nella pienezza della vita e impotente a lavoro...' [what a life what a life my dear Giulio. I am discouraged and sad. My existence is atrociously unbearable - feeling oneself full of power and in the fullness of life, and yet incapable of work]. The letter closes with an enquiry about a delay to a production of Tosca.
Physical and spiritual suffering - and an enquiry about Tosca. Puccini is ill and discouraged, his face swollen from toothache - though at least he seems not to have diabetes. 'Che vita che vita mio caro Giulio! Sono scoraggiato e triste. Quanta mia esistenza è atrocemente insopportabile! Sentirsi in forze e nella pienezza della vita e impotente a lavoro...' [what a life what a life my dear Giulio. I am discouraged and sad. My existence is atrociously unbearable - feeling oneself full of power and in the fullness of life, and yet incapable of work]. The letter closes with an enquiry about a delay to a production of Tosca.
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