Ludovic Halévy Collection of 2 signed autograph letters

  
Set of 2 signed autograph letters. French playwright, librettist of operettas and operas, and novelist.

Set of two signed autograph letters from Ludovic Halévy. The first letter, signed and undated, is addressed to a friend, written in black ink on a double sheet of watermarked laid paper. In this first letter, Halévy recounts a confrontation with the theater director Léon Carvalho, who was then in charge of the Opéra-Comique. Hurt by a disparaging remark, he reacts firmly and threatens to no longer frequent the institution.

My dear friend, I am only asking you not to forget what was said tonight in your presence. At the moment I was discussing a matter of casting and performance dates, Mr.

Carvalho found it appropriate to insult me and call me the Author of Bouis-bouis. So be it, but on that basis, I would be out of place at the Opéra-Comique, and I will not set foot there again.

Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.9 cm. Condition: See photos and description for more details.

Number of pages: 2 pages.

The second letter is more familiar and personal in tone.

Halévy explains that his son has lost part of his English notebook, and he asks his correspondent for the missing texts so that the child can prepare for an oral exam.

Dear Sir and colleague, It’s me again. My little boy wrote his English homework in a poorly bound notebook, and he lost the first two sheets of this notebook which contained the text of your first lessons: quatrains and proverbs. The first quatrain that is in the notebook is this: Agray, old man, the third and last...

Everything that precedes is missing for my little boy who cannot prepare for the oral exam on Saturday. So I kindly ask you to send me the quatrains and proverbs that are not in this unfortunate notebook. I am sorry to trouble you with this, and I thank you a thousand times in advance.

Dimensions: 11 x 16.3 cm. Number of pages: 3 pages.

Ludovic Halévy, born January 1, 1834, in Paris and died in Paris on May 7, 1908, was a French playwright, librettist of operettas and operas, and novelist.

He notably co-wrote with Henri Meilhac the libretto for Carmen. Autograph letters, old papers, antique books, photographs, engravings, stamps... We appraise and/or buy your letters, collections of letters, and antique books throughout France. Feel free to contact me.

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