Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 422
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
ANTON RUBINSTEIN. Autograph Letter Signed, "Ant. Rubinstein," to an unnamed recipient ("Very esteemed Sir"), in German, hoping to arrange a meeting and proposing that he perform Rubinstein's new opera, Feramors. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; faint bleedthrough overall. Baden-Baden, 23 June 1863

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". . . I would like to . . . propose that you perform one of my works next winter. This would be my second opera, 'Feramors,' which had been performed at Dresden with applause . . . .

"I understand the opera staff of your theater is easy to work with and the cast could be filled easily. . . ."

Feramors premiered on February 24, 1863, at the Semperoper Dresden.