Lot 433
Puccini, Giacomo. Autograph Letter Signed ("G. Puccini"). In Italian. One page, large octavo, Viareggio, July 30, 1914. On Villa Motta letterhead. To Bianca Lendvai. Addressed and stamped on verso, minor adhesive residue on verso. Condition is very good to fine.
This Puccini letter features excellent content and context, both musical and personal: "I have received your most kind letters and thank you so much for remembering me. I am so pleased to find you so happy on beautiful Margherita Island. Here there are so many Hungarians, and Viareggio is getting bigger and bigger. I am working and happy with the libretto of Willner and Adami. -- The little opera will be finished by spring -- not before…All happy wishes, because you truly deserve them…" The work in question is assuredly La Rondine, which premiered in March 1917. Bianca Lendvai and Puccini had an intense affair a few years before the date of this letter, but the language and tone here indicate they were probably past the torrid period.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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