ROSSINI, GIOACHINO. FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ROSSINI"), TO MR SCHMITZ AND SIGNORA CAPEZZUOLI

informing them that the singer Grisi is staying with him in Paris, sending his best wishes and expressing the hope to meet Madame Capezzuoli one day ...La Grisi è qui giunta felicemente e come il potete credere nella visita che mi ha fatta si è parlato quasi esclusivamente di voi… 1 page, small quarto, with autograph envelope, stamped and postmarked, Paris, 7 February 1864

Giulia Grisi was one of the most important dramatic sopranos of the first half of the nineteenth century. Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti all created roles for her. At this stage in her career she lived with her husband in Florence, where the recipients lived. Signora Capezzuoli is the wife of Rossini’s Florentine attorney, who later in 1864 sold a villa in the city on Rossini’s behalf.