Letter 4366a

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Date 6/18 April 1891
Addressed to Ivan Vsevolozhsky
Where written Rouen
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3331)
Publication Неизвестный Чайковский (2009), p. 181–182

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
6 апр[еля 18]91

Глубокоуважаемый Иван Александрович!

Позвольте рекомендовать Вам А. М. Маркову, прекрасную молодую певицу, мне кажается, обещается сделаться украшением того русского оперного персонала, где ей придётся действовать.

Искренне преданный,

П. Чайковский

6 April 1891

Most respected Ivan Aleksandrovich!

Permit me to recommend to you A. M. Markova [1], a fine young singer, who in my opinion, promises to adorn any Russian opera stage on which she performs.

Sincerely devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Markova (1865–1924), a operatic soprano who went on to become an artist at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow from 1892 to 1912.