Receipt for four musical performances

PLANEL, [Louis Theophile]

Verlag: April 22, 1830, Lima, Peru, 1830

Beschreibung

Oblong 8vo (6 x 8 inches), partly printed form with ms insertions, printed recto only, with engraved vignette of a woman playing a keyboard instrument at head, signed in type by Planel and with his ms flourish; some light crinkling and foxing Rare ephemera documenting an early opera performance in South America by European performers, a receipt for four performances delivered at Lima starting on May 8, 1830. The performances were part of a South American tour by Italian opera singers Teresa Schieroni, Margherita Garavaglia, Domingo Pizzoni, Giacomo Bettali and Mayorga and the Uruguayan violinist, conductor and composer Louis Theophile Planel (who acknowledges receipt of one ounce of gold from a Señor Daliphar). In addition to Lima, the tour included stops in Buenos Aires, Santiago, Valparaíso and after leaving South American, would continue with a six-month stop at Macao in China.REFERENCE: Rosselli, "Latin America and Opera: A Process of Interaction, 1810-1930," Revista de Musicología, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 139-145. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 101022

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Receipt for four musical performances

Verlag: April 22, 1830, Lima, Peru

Erscheinungsdatum: 1830

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers