which was experiencing financial difficulties (referred in the present letter) that led to its closure later in the decade
A Glee Club was a musical group that specialized in singing short songs - these clubs started to disappear in England after the 1850s
signed cabinet photo shown as Isolde in Tristan und Isolde
interior playbill and publicity page
who became a regular member of Zurich Opera
Silvestre, Armand - Autograph Note signed 1887 Autographs Singers 50 or less I which was experiencing financial difficultiesFrench poet (1837 1901), and librettist, author of many opra comique librettos, including Saint Sens' "Henry VIII" (1883). Autograph note in French (untranslated) signed by him, dated June 10, 1887, to a gentleman, thanking him for a present, saying he would ask to D'Auber to write an article on his "XV pice de mariage". Size is 4. 5 x 7. 1 inches, 1 page, central fold, in very good condition.