L. A. S., Saint-Cloud September 29, 1883, [to his friend and librettist Émile Augier]; 4 pages in-8. On the reworking and revival of his opera Sapho (premiered in 1851, revived at the Paris Opera on April 2, 1884). "Vaucorbeil was very happy with our last act, which I let him hear in its entirety, as much as it was possible for me to do so alone..." It will be necessary to take a day for the reading. They have stopped the cast: Sapho, Mme Krantz; Glycère, Richard; Phaon, M. Dereims; Alcée, Melchissédec, etc., and for the Shepherd, Denantes, "a young Toulouzain who apparently has a ravishing voice"... An L is attached. A. S. by Benjamin Godard (November 28, 1884).
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