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	\|Publication={{und\|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 20 (2013), p. 203 (abridged)		\|Publication={{und\|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 20 (2013), p. 203 (abridged)
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	<ref name="note1">The autograph was auctioned on 8 October 1994 in [[Berlin]] by J. A. Stargardt.</ref>		<ref name="note1">The autograph was auctioned on 8 October 1994 in [[Berlin]] by J. A. Stargardt.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">J. A. Stargardt, {{und\|Musikautographen. Sammlung Max Reis und anderer Besitz. Auktion in Basel, 8. Oktober 1994. Auktion 67 Erasmushaus Haus der Bücher AG Basel. Katalog 657}} (item No. 246), including a facsimile of the first page.</ref>		<ref name="note2">J. A. Stargardt, {{und\|Musikautographen. Sammlung Max Reis und anderer Besitz. Auktion in Basel, 8. Oktober 1994. Auktion 67 Erasmushaus Haus der Bücher AG Basel. Katalog 657}} (item No. 246), including a facsimile of the first page.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky is referring to ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]'', which had its premiere ten days previously, on 13/25 February 1881, at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]].</ref>		<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky is referring to [[The Maid of Orleans]], which had its premiere ten days previously, on 13/25 February 1881, at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]].</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=23 February/7 March 1881
|To=[[Enrico Bevignani]]
|Place=[[Rome]]
|Language=French
|Autograph={{locunknown}}<ref name="note1"/>
|Publication={{und|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 20 (2013), p. 203 (abridged)
}}
==Text and Translation==
This incomplete text is based on the partial facsimile and extracts published in Stargardt's 1994 auction catalogue <ref name="note2"/>, and may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=French
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|Rome, 7 Mars}}
{{centre|Cher {{sic|maitre|maître}} et ami!}}
Je n'ai reçu Votre bonne lettre qu'ici, dans cette chère et bienaimée Rome, {{sic|ou|où}} je me trouve depuis 5 jours. Mon Dieu, que Votre patrie est belle! Si Vous saviez combien je jouis de ce chaud et brillant soleil de printemps, de cette masse de {{sic|fleur|fleurs}} qu'on voit dans les rues, de {{sic|touts|tous}} ces beaux monuments et de {{sic|touts|tous}} ces {{sic|chef|chefs}} d'œuvres que j'admire tous {{sic|le|les}} jours {{...}}

Et puis quel bonheur d'être enfin libre comme l'air, de n'avoir aucun souci, de pouvoir vivre sans être obligé de voir un tas de gens parmi {{...}} ceux auxquels on s'intéresse ne sont que des exceptions! {{...}}

Mon opéra a eu du succès. J'ai été rappelé 24 fois. L'exécution a été bonne mais la mise en scène très médiocre. Les artistes ont fait tout ce qui a été possible et j'ai été bien touché de la {{sic|simpathie|sympathie}} que ma musique leur inspire.

Je ne puis en dire autant de la direction {{...}}. Mais ce qui me rend complètement heureux, mon cher maestro, c'est {{sic|que Onèguine|qu'Onèguine}} a gagné Votre {{sic|simpathie|sympathie}}. Je considérerai toujours cette œuvre comme le plus cher fils de mes œuvres {{...}}

|Translated text={{right|[[Rome]], 7 March}}
{{centre|Dear maestro and friend!}}
I have only here received your kind letter, in this dear and beloved city of Rome, where I have found myself for 5 days. My God, how beautiful your country is! If you knew how much I was enjoying this warm and bright spring sunshine, this mass of flowers one can see in the streets, all the beautiful monuments, and all the masterpieces which I admire every day {{...}}

And what happiness to be finally free as the air, without any concerns, to live without being obliged to see a mass of people {{...}} the only exceptions being the interesting ones! {{...}}

My opera was a success <ref name="note3"/>. I was called for 24 times. The performances were good, but the staging very mediocre. The artists did everything they possibly could, and have been most touched by the sympathy that my music inspired in them.

I cannot say the same for the conducting {{...}}. But what restores some of my good spirits, my dear maestro, is that ''[[Onegin]]'' has won your sympathy. I have always considered this the favourite son of my works {{...}}

}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">The autograph was auctioned on 8 October 1994 in [[Berlin]] by J. A. Stargardt.</ref>
<ref name="note2">J. A. Stargardt, {{und|Musikautographen. Sammlung Max Reis und anderer Besitz. Auktion in Basel, 8. Oktober 1994. Auktion 67 Erasmushaus Haus der Bücher AG Basel. Katalog 657}} (item No. 246), including a facsimile of the first page.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky is referring to ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]'', which had its premiere ten days previously, on 13/25 February 1881, at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]].</ref>
</references>