Letter 3144
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Russian text (original)
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English translation
Copyright © 2010 by
Luis Sundkvist
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| Москва, 1887 г., 13 января |
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Moscow, 1887, 13 January
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TELEGRAM |
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Черевички пойдут понедельник 19, прикажете ли приготовить ложу. Буду счастлив, если приедете.
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Cherevichki will be performed
Monday 19th: do you want me to get a box? Will be happy if you can come.
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Чайковский
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Tchaikovsky
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Notes:
- This telegram was sent by Tchaikovsky in response to a letter from
Emiliia Pavlovskaia written around 10/22 January 1887, in which she informed him that, contrary to what she had been promised earlier, the management of the
Saint Petersburg Mariinskii Theatre could not release her from her obligations in the last week of January so that she could come to
Moscow and attend the première of
Cherevichki. Pavlovskaia said that she was very upset by this, but nevertheless asked Tchaikovsky to let her know the date of the première: "I shall at least mentally, with my heart, be following the course of your opera". As this telegram shows, Tchaikovsky was still overestimating the generosity of the Mariinskii Theatre's management towards its singers.
Pavlovskaia's letter has been published in:
Чайковский на московской сцене (1940), p. 373
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