Maria Malibran / Signed Autograph Letter / Theatre / Representation / Dresses

Autograph letter signed "maria" to louis viardot [bruxelles, 18 March 1832], 1 p. 1/4 in-4°, seal broken with the motto "addio" in an oval tears with folds, some discharges of period ink. Superb and long letter written with two hands by the famous couple, the composer charles de bériot and the singer maria Malibran, about their next theatrical performance in common.

Charles de bériot writes on the first page. Your second letter came very well to decide the different [sic], for I who like to follow your advice I was already beginning to use my influence on maria to commit him to accept the first proposal. She always persisted in the negative answer, and I believe today, all the reflections made, that she is right. It's time to change the climate, and to rest a bit in bets, I hear at the Italian theater.

For I believe that in spite of all our travel plans we cannot remain far away from the capital. We thank you a thousand times, my dear friend, for having so early and so often given us news of what is so close to us. I'm sure you'll have seen a few times before, who told you everything we're doing here. The house is almost fully furnished, it is now charming. Now I want only one thing to happen that you can come and spend some time with us and that our good virginia is in the game.

It would be a few days of distraction she needs if I judge from the letter she wrote to us. I don't dare to commit you to something that may be impossible, but think about it.

Maria malibran continues on the second page. Whatever I silk the greatest laziness there is under the cap of heaven, there has been no means, the most has been torn from the hands of my arch, and I am writing to you at this moment simply to have the pleasure of having a moment with the martyr of all of us; in other words - next Saturday mme malibran and mr de bériot will be heard in a concert given by the great theatre, it is said that there will be a lot of people. Second news is that we will have peace. 3rd news, decidedly I will bring my betting furniture - 6th new Greek revival. [Treaty of constantinople which ends the war of Greek independence], we propose a commitment to [word illegible] for some representations here. That's all there is again. I'd like to see. What consoles me a little is to have a good friend as you see her for me - I have in the white street a muslin dress from the indes with golden stripes, another in white crepe embroidered in satin, and in the theatre a black velvet dress that I have worn for my benefit - if virginie could send me these three objects at once so that I could receive them Saturday in the day, I would put on one of the two dresses. Do you want to tell him that?

The post office's about to leave. I have to cut short the feeling that was going to follow my recommendation - I kiss you virginia and you by ricochet. Louis viardot rue barn-batelière nr19 bets.

Married Malibran, but separated from him, maria garcia (born 1808) meets the famous Belgian violinist and composer charles de bériot in 1829 at the château de chimay. She became her mistress for six years and the wife in 1836 after the cancellation of her marriage with Eugene Malibran. But in the meantime they lived together, she gave him a charles-wilfrid son born on February 12, 1833. In this letter they were seen to settle in Brussels in 1832. Is it already in the "tulipant" mansion of the 18th century (on the future fernand cocq square with ixelles) that beriot demolished in 1833 to make way for the "Malibran" pavilion built by vanderstraeten?

Maria died at 28 years of age in 1836 at the top of her glory (a large tomb was erected at Laeken, with bruxelles). His premature death put an end to this romantic union par excellence. Bériot sold the mansion in 1849 to the commune of ixelles, which made it its communal hotel after some transformations. Louis viardot, the recipient of this missive, is a well-known figure of the romantic era, especially as a translator.

He marries after the death of his sister paulin garcia. Spectacular format (27.2 x 21.2 cm). This item is in the category "collections\letters, old papers\autographs\others". The seller is "laurent-autographs" and is located in this country: fr.

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Epoque: restoration
theme: theatre
type: signed autograph letter
number of pages: 3