Letter 4868
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 16/28 February 1893 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Aleksey Kartavov |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 204) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 45–46 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Москва 16 февр[аля] [18]93 г[ода] Многоуважаемый Алексей Фёдорович!
Позвольте с наилучшей стороны рекомендовать Вам певицу г[оспо]жу Политову, которая желала бы войти в состав управляемой Вами оперной труппы. Премного обяжете, если относитесь к ней с сочувствием. Искренно преданный, П. Чайковский |
Moscow 16 February 1893 Most respected Aleksey Fyodorovich!
Permit me to recommend to you with the greatest respect Mrs Politova [1], who desires to join the opera company that you manage. I should be inordinately obliged if you would treat her with sympathy. Sincerely devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Anna Iosifovna Politova (b. 1866), mezzo-soprano who graduated from Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya's classes at the Moscow Conservatory in 1889, and who from 1890 to 1893 worked with Ippolit Pryanishnikov's opera company in Moscow. She had written to Tchaikovsky asking if he could recommend her to another company in Saint Petersburg.
