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[Dance & Film] Diaghilev, Sergei. (1872-1929) . Autograph Letter. Autograph letter from the important ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, signed "Serge Diaghilev." One page, 8vo, Paris, 24 October, 1923, to the Algerian-born French theatre director Émile Isola (with his brother Vincent, known as the Frères Isola), on printed stationery from the Savoy Hotel (Paris), in French. In part "M. Astruc m'a mis au courant de la conversation avec vous en me disant combien vous avez ete aimable dans l'affaire de l'engagement de Vigneau pour Monte-Carlo. J'espere beaucoup que la chose s'arrangera grace a votre bienveillant...et je suis dans l'attente de vos bonnes nouvelles." ["Mr. Astruc [Gabriel Astruc: French journalist, agent, promoter, theatre manager, theatrical impresario, and playwright] has brought me up to speed on his conversation with you and has told me how generous you have been in helping with the hiring of Vigneau for Monte-Carlo. I very much hope that this will come through thanks to your kind...and I am hopefully awaiting your good news. "]. Small hole punch upper right corner, usual folds, otherwise in fine condition.
An interesting letter written during the preparation of the 1923 Monte-Carlo season, in which Diaghilev can be seen writing to an important colleague regarding the hiring of the baritone Daniel Vigneau (1881 - ?), who did indeed later sing in the Diaghilev production of Gounod's opera Le Medecin Malgre Lui. According to Stravinsky, Diaghilev "became enthusiastic over Gounod when we went together to several performances of the opera Philemon et Baucis, which was produced in 1923 at the Theatre du Trianon Lyrique in Paris. This gave him the idea to bring back to the fore this delightful composer. Diaghilev did research among Gounod's forgotten works and I still remember with what delight he listened to Le Medecin Malgre Lui, which he found and which I played to him with as much pleasure as he had in hearing it. The following year he produced with great care these two operas in Monte Carlo, but his dream of a Gounod "revival" failed in the face of an indifferent and snobbish public who did not dare applaud the music of a composer not accepted by the avant-garde." (Igor Stravinsky, The Atlantic Monthly; November 1953; The Diaghilev I Knew; Volume 192, No. 5; pages 33 - 36. "
An interesting letter written during the preparation of the 1923 Monte-Carlo season, in which Diaghilev can be seen writing to an important colleague regarding the hiring of the baritone Daniel Vigneau (1881 - ?), who did indeed later sing in the Diaghilev production of Gounod's opera Le Medecin Malgre Lui. According to Stravinsky, Diaghilev "became enthusiastic over Gounod when we went together to several performances of the opera Philemon et Baucis, which was produced in 1923 at the Theatre du Trianon Lyrique in Paris. This gave him the idea to bring back to the fore this delightful composer. Diaghilev did research among Gounod's forgotten works and I still remember with what delight he listened to Le Medecin Malgre Lui, which he found and which I played to him with as much pleasure as he had in hearing it. The following year he produced with great care these two operas in Monte Carlo, but his dream of a Gounod "revival" failed in the face of an indifferent and snobbish public who did not dare applaud the music of a composer not accepted by the avant-garde." (Igor Stravinsky, The Atlantic Monthly; November 1953; The Diaghilev I Knew; Volume 192, No. 5; pages 33 - 36. "
[Dance & Film] Diaghilev, Sergei. (1872-1929) . Autograph Letter. Autograph letter from the important ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, signed "Serge Diaghilev." One page, 8vo, Paris, 24 October, 1923, to the Algerian-born French theatre director Émile Isola (with his brother Vincent, known as the Frères Isola), on printed stationery from the Savoy Hotel (Paris), in French. In part "M. Astruc m'a mis au courant de la conversation avec vous en me disant combien vous avez ete aimable dans l'affaire de l'engagement de Vigneau pour Monte-Carlo. J'espere beaucoup que la chose s'arrangera grace a votre bienveillant...et je suis dans l'attente de vos bonnes nouvelles." ["Mr. Astruc [Gabriel Astruc: French journalist, agent, promoter, theatre manager, theatrical impresario, and playwright] has brought me up to speed on his conversation with you and has told me how generous you have been in helping with the hiring of Vigneau for Monte-Carlo. I very much hope that this will come through thanks to your kind...and I am hopefully awaiting your good news. "]. Small hole punch upper right corner, usual folds, otherwise in fine condition.
An interesting letter written during the preparation of the 1923 Monte-Carlo season, in which Diaghilev can be seen writing to an important colleague regarding the hiring of the baritone Daniel Vigneau (1881 - ?), who did indeed later sing in the Diaghilev production of Gounod's opera Le Medecin Malgre Lui. According to Stravinsky, Diaghilev "became enthusiastic over Gounod when we went together to several performances of the opera Philemon et Baucis, which was produced in 1923 at the Theatre du Trianon Lyrique in Paris. This gave him the idea to bring back to the fore this delightful composer. Diaghilev did research among Gounod's forgotten works and I still remember with what delight he listened to Le Medecin Malgre Lui, which he found and which I played to him with as much pleasure as he had in hearing it. The following year he produced with great care these two operas in Monte Carlo, but his dream of a Gounod "revival" failed in the face of an indifferent and snobbish public who did not dare applaud the music of a composer not accepted by the avant-garde." (Igor Stravinsky, The Atlantic Monthly; November 1953; The Diaghilev I Knew; Volume 192, No. 5; pages 33 - 36. "
An interesting letter written during the preparation of the 1923 Monte-Carlo season, in which Diaghilev can be seen writing to an important colleague regarding the hiring of the baritone Daniel Vigneau (1881 - ?), who did indeed later sing in the Diaghilev production of Gounod's opera Le Medecin Malgre Lui. According to Stravinsky, Diaghilev "became enthusiastic over Gounod when we went together to several performances of the opera Philemon et Baucis, which was produced in 1923 at the Theatre du Trianon Lyrique in Paris. This gave him the idea to bring back to the fore this delightful composer. Diaghilev did research among Gounod's forgotten works and I still remember with what delight he listened to Le Medecin Malgre Lui, which he found and which I played to him with as much pleasure as he had in hearing it. The following year he produced with great care these two operas in Monte Carlo, but his dream of a Gounod "revival" failed in the face of an indifferent and snobbish public who did not dare applaud the music of a composer not accepted by the avant-garde." (Igor Stravinsky, The Atlantic Monthly; November 1953; The Diaghilev I Knew; Volume 192, No. 5; pages 33 - 36. "