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FRENCH THEATRE -- 19th-CENTURY BALLET AND MUSIC. Four autograph letters signed by Carlotta GRISI (1819-1899, dancer who created the role of Giselle). Autograph letter signed to [Jules] Janin, 2 rue de la Grange Batelière, 21 April n.y., 2 pages, small 8vo, blank; Théophile GAUTIER (1811-1872, Grisi's brother-in-law). Autograph receipt signed for 500 livres, for the libretto of La Péri, [1843], one page, 8vo; Giudetta GRISI (1797-1865, singer). Autograph letter signed ('Judith Grisi') to [Achille] Devéria, rue Richelieu, 4 January, n.y., one page, 8vo (browned, tear in bottom edge); Jules MASSENET (1842-1912). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent, Monaco, 3 March 1903, and an autograph manuscript (the words of a love song), together 3 pages, 8vo.
Carlotta Grisi, the most famous dancer of her day, created the roles of Giselle in 1841 and La Péri, performed at the Paris Opera in 1843, both written for her by Théophile Gautier. The present letter invites a friend to dinner when she will tell him about the malicious things being done to her [presumably by rival dancers]; Giudetta (Carlotta's cousin) offers to pose for Devéria the next day, and Massenet refers to a recommendation for [the singer] Victor Charpentier. (4)
Carlotta Grisi, the most famous dancer of her day, created the roles of Giselle in 1841 and La Péri, performed at the Paris Opera in 1843, both written for her by Théophile Gautier. The present letter invites a friend to dinner when she will tell him about the malicious things being done to her [presumably by rival dancers]; Giudetta (Carlotta's cousin) offers to pose for Devéria the next day, and Massenet refers to a recommendation for [the singer] Victor Charpentier. (4)
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