Lot n° 405
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AUTOGRAPHES] QUÉLUS or Jean-Baptiste QUÉLUS PSEUDONYM OF JEAN-BAPTISTE GROGNIER DIT ADOLPHE GROGNIER (AURILLAC 1813 - BRUSSELS 1883), COMEDIAN, LYRIC SINGER, DIRECTOR OF THE MONNAIE THEATRE - Autograph letter signed to [Charles de Brouckère], Mayor of Brussels.
Brussels, 22 August 1849.
22 August 1849. Bifeuillet, 21 x 13 cm, 3 ½ p., headed "Théâtre des Galeries St-Hubert/ Direction", signed. “A. Quélus". Marginal ink stains.
About shows he attended in Paris as director of the Théâtre des Galeries St-Hubert (founded in Brussels in 1848). About Meyerbeer's Le Prophète: "[...] I began to mourn the death of Donizetti, who knew how to make operas without the help of painters, stagehands, physicists, skaters and other dancers [...]. The next day I went to see Meyerbeer, he received me very well [...]." This is followed by a lament about the reputation he is given in Paris: "Slander knows no distance, it has beaten me here [...]".
The Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Grognier, known as Adolphe Grognier, also known under the pseudonym Jean-Baptiste Quélus (Aurillac 1813 - Brussels 1883), was an actor and opera singer. Established in Brussels, he was also director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie and professor of declamation at the Conservatoire.
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- POREL - Autograph note signed. Paris], April 3, 1906. Bifeuillet, 17 x 12 cm, 1 p., on blue paper headed "Théâtre du Vaudeville/ Cabinet du Directeur".
"Dear Sir, please excuse our reading on my return from Italy [...]". Paul Désiré Parfouru dit Porel (1843-1917), actor, director and manager of the Vaudeville, was the husband of Réjane, one of the most popular French actresses with Sarah Bernhardt.
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