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Puccini, Giacomo AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (“GPUCCINI”), TO MARIA BIANCA GINORI, 24 DECEMBER 1923 about the final revision of Manon Lescaut, staged at La Scala with Gilda Dalla Rizza in the title role, who has had more success than the year before, informing her that he has occasionally been hunting but there’s little or nothing to catch, so he is stuck with his wife Elvira who has been confined to bed with influenza for that week (“...figurati che allegria!...”), and thanking her for her letter to the Ministry on his behalf (...Fu ripresa Manon alla Scala con la dalla Rizza con maggiore successo dell’anno scorso..."). 1 page, 4to ( c. 26.7 x 21cm), printed stationery, autograph envelope, Viareggio, “Vigilia di natale”, [24 December] 1923